PLPC
Preformed Line Products Company
Industrials · Electrical Equipment & Parts · NMS
$380.05
Close 2026-05-28
✓ ETHICAL PASS

UNKNOWN MOAT
HIGH
Data Confidence: 86%
Full financial profile available
Market Cap
$1.9B
Trailing P/E
54.68
Forward P/E
Rev Growth
+18.7%
Profit Margin
4.9%
ROE
7.5%
Analyst Target
$372.00
Recommendation
NONE
About Preformed Line Products Company

Preformed Line Products Company designs and manufactures products and systems employed in the construction and maintenance of overhead, ground-mounted, and underground networks in the United States, the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific. The company offers energy products for supporting, protecting, terminating, and splicing transmission, and distribution lines, as well as bolted, welded, and compressed connectors for substations; optical ground wire and all dielectric self-supporting fiber optic cables; and string hardware products, polymer insulators, wildlife protection, substation fittings, and motion control devices like spacer dampers. It also provides communications products, such as rugged outside plant closures to protect and support wireline and wireless networks; demarcation related products, including wall boxes, pre-terminated cabinets, wall plates, and passive components; and formed wire products, utility pole line hardware, motion control products, and cable storage devices. In addition, the company offers special industries products comprising hardware assemblies, pole line hardware, plastic products, cable dynamics/vibration solutions, interior/exterior connectors, tools, and urethane solutions; drone inspection services for transmission and distribution power lines, substations, generation facilities, and communications assets; mounting solutions for photovoltaic solar, commercial, industrial, utility, and residential applications; and EV charging station foundations. It serves public and private energy utilities, and communication companies; cable operators, contractors, and subcontractors; and distributors and value-added resellers through a direct sales force and manufacturing representatives. Preformed Line Products Company was incorporated in 1947 and is headquartered in Mayfield Village, Ohio.

Ethical Screen
Business ActivityPASS
Debt RatioN/A
Cash RatioN/A
Receivables RatioN/A
Revenue Ratio (0.00%)PASS
OverallPASS
Score Ethical: 64.7
Score Valuation: 33.0
Score Quality: 43.2
Score Combined: 40.1

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Opportunity Scores
Valuation35.0
Quality44.3
Cash Flow9.8
Moat40.0
Balance Sheet0.0
Debt Purity50.0
Liquid Purity50.0
Rev Purity100.0
Compliance100.0
Tier: WATCH · Score: 38.8 · Rank: #4388
Insider Transactions
No insider transaction data.
Top Institutional Holders
No institutional holder data.
Additional Fundamentals
Enterprise Value
$1.8B
Price/Book
3.89
Beta
0.881
Analysts
1
Total Revenue (TTM)
$697.1M
Total Debt
$49.6M
Earnings Growth
-8.2%
Dividend Yield
22.0%
Short Ratio
1.56
Short % Float
0.1%
Employees
3,734

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Trade Consideration
The Opportunity
Score 40.1 (P44 — top 56.4% of scored tickers). Unknown Moat. Ethical PASS. 1 analysts at None.
Price: $380.05 | Target: $372.00 (+-2%)
Score
40
Moat
Unknown
Conviction
Standard
Upside
+-2%
The Fundamentals
Revenue Growth+18.7%
Profit Margin4.9%
ROE7.5%
Market Cap$1.9B
Position Sizing Scenarios
Stop: $323.04 (-15%) | Entry: $380.05
SharesCostProfit to TargetR:R
To Consensus ($372.00, 1 analysts)
10$3,800.50+$-80.50 (-2%)-0.1R
50$19,002.50+$-402.50 (-2%)-0.1R
100$38,005.00+$-805.00 (-2%)-0.1R
Risk Factors
  • No elevated risk flags in current data
The Verdict
Preformed Line Products Company passes all ethical screens and holds a unknown competitive moat.
Quantitative Grade

A single score combining all analytical layers below. A is strongest, D is weakest.

A
Quant Score
74.1
Risk Grade
LOW_RISK
Layers
7
Quality: HIGH_SORTINO
Risk Profile

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VaR 95%
-3.8%
worst expected daily loss, 19 in 20 days
CVaR 95%
-5.4%
avg loss on the worst 5% of days
Annual Volatility
Sortino Ratio
2.13
above 1.0 is good
Max Drawdown
-22.3%
Worst Day
Forward Outlook

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30d Prob Up
90d Prob Up
Median Return 30d
Liquidity Score
70
Liquidity Grade
LIQUID
Trend & Momentum

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Kalman Trend
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Momentum Signal
HMM Regime
RSI Signal
Technical Signals

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MA Crossover
ABOVE_200
Bollinger Position
NEAR_UPPER
Beta
Relative Volume
0.5x
Short Interest
Financial Health

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Altman Z-Score
below 1.81 = distress zone
Piotroski F-Score
Earnings Beat Rate
Earnings Consistency
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Seasonality

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Best Day
Wednesday
Worst Day
Monday
Best Month
Jan
Worst Month
Feb
Fri-Mon Effect
0.2815414026678482
Momentum Rankings

How does this ticker's recent performance compare to the entire universe? Ranked across 1, 3, 6, and 12-month returns.

1M Return
+5.7%
3M Return
+44.9%
6M Return
+93.5%
12M Return
+164.1%
Momentum Rank
#281
Momentum Signal
STRONG_UP

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