Preformed Line Products Company (PLPC): Price and Financial Metrics

PLPC POWR Grades

• PLPC scores best on the Growth dimension, with a Growth rank ahead of 94.35% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for PLPC is in Momentum, which has been heading up over the past 177 days.
• PLPC ranks lowest in Momentum; there it ranks in the 34th percentile.

PLPC Stock Summary

• The price/operating cash flow metric for PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS CO is higher than 78.47% of stocks in our set with a positive cash flow.
• With a year-over-year growth in debt of 40.78%, PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS CO's debt growth rate surpasses 79.58% of about US stocks.
• In terms of twelve month growth in earnings before interest and taxes, PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS CO is reporting a growth rate of 51.03%; that's higher than 77.62% of US stocks.
• If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS CO, a group of peers worth examining would be KNDI, MTRN, BRC, HUN, and SSD.
• Visit PLPC's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.preformed.com.

PLPC Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Industrials stock, PLPC's EV/EBIT ratio is 46.15% lower, now standing at 8.4.
• PLPC's price/sales ratio has moved up 0.4 over the prior 243 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for PLPC.

PLPC Growth Metrics

The 4 year net income to common stockholders growth rate now stands at 78.36%.
• The 4 year cash and equivalents growth rate now stands at 9.93%.
• The 2 year cash and equivalents growth rate now stands at 1.5%.

PLPC's revenue has moved up $101,983,000 over the prior 15 months.

The table below shows PLPC's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2022-09-30	598.542	18.634	46.858
2022-06-30	568.52	13.36	45.679
2022-03-31	538.087	15.187	40.836
2021-12-31	517.417	33.598	35.729
2021-09-30	504.476	32.171	29.426
2021-06-30	496.559	46.519	31.672

PLPC's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• PLPC has a Quality Grade of B, ranking ahead of 83.21% of graded US stocks.
• PLPC's asset turnover comes in at 1.065 -- ranking 30th of 51 Construction stocks.
• BBU, KBR, and GVA are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with PLPC.

The table below shows PLPC's key quality metrics over time.