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PLPC NASDAQ

Preformed Line Products Company
1W: -6.7% 1M: -20.8% 3M: +12.7% YTD: +58.2% 1Y: +43.2% 3Y: +141.1% 5Y: +418.0%
$349.42
+14.48 (+4.32%)
After Hours: $349.76 (+0.34, +0.10%)
Weekly Expected Move ±5.9%
$291 $310 $329 $349 $368
NASDAQ · Industrials · Electrical Equipment & Parts · Tech Score Strong Sell · Power 37 · $1.6B mcap · 3M float · 2.63% daily turnover · Short 63% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: lower than 63% of companies Debt: 3.0% of company value Bonds: none of note held by US funds details ▾
Of US companies ranked in the safest four tenths, about 1 in 3,500 filed for bankruptcy within a year (2020-2025).
If the stock fell to about $1.40 (down 99.6%), Preformed Line Products Company would be worth roughly what it owes.
Total debt $51.5M against a stock market value of $1.64B.
Distance to default 6.56 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-26, balance sheet 2026-06-30, debt counted $26.7M (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 61.8%; Altman Z 7.86. A ranking and a back-test, not a forecast.
US fund filings (SEC N-PORT) show under $25M of this company's bonds, so there is no bond page. Its debt may be bank loans or privately placed. How these are computed.
Smart Money Score
Moderate 50
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Key Statistics
Market Cap$1.6B
52W Range184.02-504.69
Volume83,362
Avg Volume88,201
Beta0.90
Dividend$0.84
Analyst Ratings
1 Buy 0 Hold 0 Sell
Consensus Buy
Company Info
CEODennis F. McKenna
Employees3,734
SectorIndustrials
IndustryElectrical Equipment & Parts
IPO Date1999-04-28
Websiteplp.com
660 Beta Drive
Mayfield, OH 44143
US
440 461 5200
About Preformed Line Products Company

Preformed Line Products Company (PLPC), along with its subsidiaries, specializes in the design and manufacturing of a comprehensive range of products and integrated systems. These solutions are vital for constructing and maintaining overhead, ground-level, and underground network infrastructures across various industries, including energy, telecommunications, cable operation, and information technology. Their offerings encompass specialized formed wire products engineered to support, safeguard, terminate, and secure power conductors and communication cables, while also managing cable dynamics. Furthermore, PLPC provides diverse hardware components intended to brace and shield transmission conductors, such as spacers, spacer-dampers, stockbridge dampers, corona suppression devices, and various compression fittings used in dead-end applications. The company also produces protective closures essential for shielding fixed-line communication networks, including both copper and fiber optic cables, from moisture, environmental hazards, and other potential contaminants. Additional products include hardware assemblies, pole line hardware, resale items, underground connectors, solar hardware systems, guy markers, tree guards, fiber optic cable markers, pedestal markers, and urethane products, serving a multitude of applications in the energy, renewable energy, communications, cable, and specialized sectors. PLPC serves a global clientele, reaching public and private energy utilities, communication companies, cable operators, financial institutions, government agencies, contractors, subcontractors, distributors, and value-added resellers throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific regions. The company markets its products via both an internal direct sales force and through manufacturing representatives. Established in 1947, Preformed Line Products Company is headquartered in Mayfield, Ohio.

Recent Insider Trades

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RUHLMAN RANDALL M S-Sale 5,000 $407.78 2026-09-08
RUHLMAN RANDALL M S-Sale 142 $400.04 2026-09-04
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RUHLMAN RANDALL M J-Other 9,121 $358.15 2026-08-03
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