Preformed Line Products Co

Industrials
Water, Sewer, Pipeline, Comm & Power Line Construction
www.preformed.com

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Moat Score
Safety Score
Final Score

Market Cap $657.90M
PE 17
Debt $32.44M
Cash $54.84M
EV $635.50M
FCF $45.67M

Earnings

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Sales & Net Margins

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Earnings	$39.02M
EBIT	$52.58M
ROE	9%
ROA	9%
FCF	$45.67M
Equity	$435.82M
Growth Stability	73%
PE	16.86
PEG	1.57
PB	1.51
P/FCF	14.4
P/S	1.09
Price/Cash	0.08
Debt/Equity	0.07
Debt/FCF	0.71
Net Margins	8%
Gross Margins	32%
Op. Margins	9%
Earnings CAGR	19%
Sales Growth YoY	5%
Sales Growth QoQ	-11%
Sales CAGR	8%
FCF CAGR	16%
Equity CAGR	8%
Earnings Stability	0.8
Earnings Growth YoY	20%
Earnings Growth QoQ	10%
Earnings CAGR 5Y	11%

Sales CAGR 5Y	8%
FCF CAGR 5Y	43%
Equity CAGR 5Y	11%
Earnings CAGR 3Y	-2%
Sales CAGR 3Y	-2%
FCF CAGR 3Y	37%
Equity CAGR 3Y	10%
Market Cap	$657.90M
Revenue	$601.35M
Dividend Yield	1%
Payout Ratio	11%
Assets	$592.45M
Total Debt	$32.44M
Cash	$54.84M
Shares Outstanding	4.92M
EV	635.5M
Earnings Score	93%
Moat Score	88%
Safety Score	94%
Final Score	92%
Working Capital	220.81M
Current Ratio	3.08
Gross Profit	$194.35M
Shares Growth 3y	-0%
Equity Growth QoQ	3%
Equity Growth YoY	5%

Assets & ROA

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Stockholders Equity & ROE

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Preformed Line Products Co is a designer and manufacturer of products and systems for construction and maintenance of overhead and underground networks for the energy, telecommunication, cable operators, data communication and other industries. In addition, it provides solar hardware systems and mounting hardware for a variety of solar power applications. Its products consist of Energy Products, Communications Products, and Special Industries Products. The company's majority of the revenue is derived from the sale of products in the United States with operations also in The Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and Asia-Pacific. Most of its revenue gets driven by Energy products which comprise protecting transmission conductors, spacers, spacer-dampers, Stockbridge dampers.

SEC Filings

Direct access to Preformed Line Products Co (PLPC) Annual Reports (10K) and Quarterly Reports (10Q) from the SEC website.

2025
- 10-Q Mar 31
2024
- 10-K Dec 31
- 10-Q Sep 30
- 10-Q Jun 30
- 10-Q Mar 31
2023
- 10-K Dec 31
- 10-Q Sep 30
- 10-Q Jun 30
- 10-Q Mar 31

Sector Comparison

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Peter Lynch's Chart

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CAGR 19%

Stability 80%

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Preformed Line Products Co Discounted Cash Flow

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Years

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= $1.4B

	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	TV
fcf	$46M	$53M	$61M	$71M	$82M	$95M	$110M	$128M	$148M	$171M	$198M	$2B
DCF		$48M	$51M	$53M	$56M	$59M	$62M	$65M	$69M	$73M	$76M	$764M
Value	$1.4B

Competitiveness and MOAT

High margins render the company resilient under dire circumstances, hence able to drive competitors out or acquire them. ROE and ROA measure the average flow generated by each invested dollar. Their marginal value is a forecast of future growth, and it is considered by Buffett and Munger the most important single indicator.

Years	12/2015	12/2016	12/2017	12/2018	12/2019	12/2020	12/2021	12/2022	12/2023	12/2024	TTM
Net Margins	2%	5%	3%	6%	5%	6%	7%	9%	9%	6%	8%
ROA	-	6%	7%	9%	8%	9%	10%	13%	14%	9%	9%
ROE	-	7%	5%	11%	9%	10%	11%	15%	15%	9%	9%

Net Margins (7.75%)

Net Margins are at a level that is not too high nor too low. They are not a competitive advantage but they are not a competitive disadvantage either.

Safety and Stability

Being debt the number one cause of investment losses and company death, the ratio Debt/FCF is of utmost importance to guarantee safety. On the other hand the Graham’s stability measures the drawdown of earnings, hence indicating the reliability of the flow generated by the company.

Years	12/2015	12/2016	12/2017	12/2018	12/2019	12/2020	12/2021	12/2022	12/2023	12/2024	TTM
Debt over FCF	-	37.75	1.7	2.74	-30.72	3.58	4.12	-6.41	0.95	0.59	0.71
Debt over Equity	0.15	0.21	0.16	0.15	0.26	0.21	0.2	0.26	0.17	0.07	0.07
Growth Stability	-	-	-	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	73%	73%

Good Debt/FCF ratio (0.71)

Net Margins are high enough to offer a good protection on the profits in case of higher costs or higher interests. Furthermore higher margins reduce earnings’ volatility.

Good Debt/Equity ratio (0.07)

The company is not overleveraged and has a good balance between equity and debt.

Bad Graham’s Stability (73%)

The company has a bad stability in its earnings, which is a sign of a bad competitive advantage.

Growth

Growth can be dangerous when forecasting, simply projecting the current growth is in general wrong. A company passes through multiple phases, from being young and unprofitable, to the first periods of profitability and high growth, until it arrives at a period of regime with limited growth. Identifying in which phase the company is in may help forecasting.

Years	12/2015	12/2016	12/2017	12/2018	12/2019	12/2020	12/2021	12/2022	12/2023	12/2024	CAGR 5Y
Revenue YoY growth	-	-5%	12%	11%	6%	5%	11%	23%	5%	-11%	8%
Earnings YoY growth	-	129%	-17%	110%	-12%	28%	20%	52%	16%	-41%	11%
Equity YoY growth	-	2%	7%	5%	8%	9%	8%	13%	16%	1%	11%
FCF YoY growth	-	-87%	2K%	-40%	-117%	-859%	-11%	-195%	-601%	-27%	43%