US · PLPC
Preformed Line Products Company
- Sector
- Industrials · Electrical Equipment & Parts
- Headquarters
- Mayfield, OH 44143
- Website
- preformed.com
Price · as of 2024-12-31
$333.73
Market cap 1.25B
Valuation summary
Four models, one snapshot. Upside is target ÷ current − 1.
| Valuation method | Value, $ | Upside, % |
|---|---|---|
| Artificial Intelligence(AI) | $186.72 | -44.05% |
| Intrinsic Value(DCF) | $115.84 | -65.29% |
| Graham-Dodd Method(GD) | $105.94 | -68.26% |
| Graham Formula(GF) | — | — |
Valuation history
Annual price (USD per share) overlaid with each model's fair value. Y-axis is log scale.
| Year | Price | AI | DCF | Graham-Dodd | Graham Formula |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | $50.47 | $91.82 | $107.34 | $44.68 | $169.12 |
| 2011 | $49.71 | $182.16 | $610.68 | $55.12 | $191.04 |
| 2012 | $60.02 | $52.64 | $311.66 | $51.57 | $62.61 |
| 2013 | $52.70 | $190.51 | $0.00 | $57.23 | $6.98 |
| 2014 | $38.43 | $47.56 | $0.00 | $41.52 | $7.55 |
| 2015 | $32.33 | $101.06 | $0.00 | $31.90 | $0.00 |
| 2016 | $41.12 | $39.57 | $0.00 | $42.88 | $9.89 |
| 2017 | $61.19 | $54.37 | $0.00 | $43.86 | $49.58 |
| 2018 | $48.10 | $163.73 | $0.00 | $60.68 | $99.54 |
| 2019 | $44.94 | $43.05 | $0.00 | $58.39 | $62.47 |
| 2020 | $71.03 | $45.85 | $0.00 | $70.86 | $77.02 |
| 2021 | $57.82 | $117.51 | $0.00 | $82.46 | $135.81 |
| 2022 | $116.05 | $156.35 | $484.20 | $109.74 | $334.49 |
| 2023 | $127.60 | $81.83 | $545.32 | $130.43 | $168.68 |
| 2024 | $119.96 | $186.72 | $0.00 | $105.94 | $0.00 |
AI valuation
Our deep-learning model estimates Preformed Line Products Company's (PLPC) per-share fair value from quarterly fundamentals, sector trend, and historical valuation patterns.
- AI fair value
- $186.72
- Current price
- $333.73
- AI upside
- -44.05%
Methodology and confidence bands appear in the dedicated valuation theory section. The AI score is an estimate, not a recommendation.
Intrinsic value (DCF)
Open DCF calculatorThree textbook valuation models, recomputed daily from the latest financial statements. The DCF uses our Chepakovich model. Graham-Dodd and Graham Formula are conservative reference points.
DCF
$115.84
-65.29% upside
Graham-Dodd
$105.94
-68.26% upside
Graham Formula
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— upside
Peer comparison
Same-industry comparables, ranked by market cap.
| Basic Info | Model Valuation | Core Valuation | Profitability | Leverage & Liquidity | Growth | Cash Flow | Dividends | Enterprise Value | Risk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ticker | Company Name | Price | Market Cap | AI Upside | DCF Upside | GD Upside | GF Upside | P/E | P/B | P/S | EV/EBITDA | PEG | P/TBV | Gross Margin | Operating Margin | Net Margin | ROE | ROIC | ROA | Debt/Equity | Interest Coverage | Current Ratio | Quick Ratio | Net Debt/EBITDA | EPS Growth | Sales Growth | FCF Growth | FCF Yield | Op Cash Flow Ratio | Cash ROIC | Dividend Yield | Dividend Payout | Shareholder Yield | EV/EBIT | EV/FCF | EV/Sales | Altman Z-Score |
| PLPC | Preformed Line Products C… | $333.73 | 1.25B | -44% | -65% | -68% | — | 15.86 | 1.39 | 0.99 | 7.90 | — | 1.53 | 31.97% | 8.55% | 6.25% | 8.85% | 8.87% | 6.31% | 0.09 | 22.85 | 2.91 | 1.56 | -0.28 | -4081.00% | -1134.00% | -2694.00% | 8.97% | 0.62 | 12.63% | 0.69% | 11.00% | 8.65% | 11.20 | 10.76 | 0.96 | 5.44 |
| ASTE | Astec Industries, Inc. | $62.09 | 1.42B | -38% | -59% | -51% | -57% | 37.72 | 2.15 | 1.04 | 15.86 | 4.81 | 2.15 | 26.53% | 4.64% | 2.75% | 5.88% | 6.01% | 3.22% | 0.47 | 3.54 | 2.49 | 0.89 | 2.29 | 78421.00% | 807.00% | 76000.00% | 1.47% | 0.19 | 2.70% | 0.81% | 30.70% | 0.86% | 26.12 | 79.59 | 1.21 | 2.90 |
| BBSI | Barrett Business Services… | $27.77 | 713.4M | +205% | -34% | -56% | +8% | 19.47 | 4.66 | 0.90 | 11.90 | 277.09 | 5.94 | 22.13% | 5.22% | 4.63% | 25.20% | 47.30% | 7.22% | 0.10 | 335.85 | 1.32 | 1.00 | -0.43 | 703.00% | 703.00% | -10735.00% | -0.39% | 0.03 | -4.31% | 0.78% | 15.30% | 3.61% | 15.58 | -228.69 | 0.81 | 3.54 |
| BLDP | Ballard Power Systems Inc… | $2.14 | 643.58M | +1,143% | -38% | — | +1,028% | -1.16 | 0.56 | 5.41 | 0.66 | -1.51 | 0.56 | -31.52% | -262.87% | -464.99% | -38.97% | -105.74% | -34.96% | 0.04 | -85.41 | 9.25 | 8.44 | 1.88 | 7705.00% | -3188.00% | -700.00% | -35.99% | -1.43 | -78.29% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 1.12 | 1.51 | -2.94 | -1.27 |
| ECO | Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp. | $54.05 | 1.76B | -15% | -26% | -93% | -46% | 14.54 | 3.12 | 4.57 | 11.16 | 126.02 | 3.12 | 57.32% | 41.51% | 31.40% | 25.00% | 15.71% | 10.77% | 1.06 | — | 3.41 | 2.93 | 2.39 | 1154.00% | -43.00% | -5373.00% | 3.98% | 1.62 | 6.87% | 3.95% | 57.50% | 10.01% | 14.01 | 32.01 | 5.81 | 3.18 |
| GIC | Global Industrial Company | $32.98 | 1.27B | 0% | +84% | -94% | -28% | 17.97 | 4.11 | 0.94 | 12.63 | 105.15 | 5.16 | 35.54% | 7.08% | 5.23% | 24.17% | 21.48% | 13.07% | 0.33 | — | 2.22 | 1.16 | 0.34 | 1709.00% | 480.00% | 5906.00% | 5.77% | 0.44 | 22.25% | 3.12% | 56.00% | 4.00% | 13.62 | 17.83 | 0.96 | 6.30 |
| LMB | Limbach Holdings, Inc. | $91.42 | 1.06B | +42% | +314% | -73% | -74% | 26.47 | 5.32 | 1.58 | 15.28 | 57.52 | 10.32 | 27.81% | 7.45% | 5.95% | 22.50% | 22.92% | 9.40% | 0.32 | 20.67 | 1.46 | 1.40 | 0.07 | 4602.00% | 47.00% | -4690.00% | 3.58% | 0.24 | 22.48% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 21.26 | 28.06 | 1.58 | 4.78 |
| RDW | Redwire Corporation | $9.07 | 1.5B | +213% | -24% | — | — | -50.23 | 10.74 | 33.93 | -63.21 | — | -205.98 | 5.15% | -68.48% | -67.55% | -44.95% | -39.30% | -26.01% | 0.04 | -5.78 | 1.62 | 0.85 | 0.29 | -298.00% | 1029.00% | 70351.00% | -1.68% | -1.14 | -36.26% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 1.86% | -49.33 | -59.37 | 33.78 | 16.74 |
| SFL | SFL Corporation Ltd. | $11.01 | 1.46B | +64% | -35% | — | -82% | -56.74 | 1.56 | 2.08 | 9.28 | — | 1.56 | 58.07% | 18.99% | -3.67% | -2.53% | 3.80% | -0.68% | 2.67 | — | 0.36 | 0.23 | 5.73 | -11980.00% | -1928.00% | -17988.00% | 14.65% | 0.41 | 6.10% | 8.34% | -473.30% | 28.30% | 28.62 | 17.81 | 5.43 | 0.51 |
| SLDP | Solid Power, Inc. | $3.53 | 652.44M | +604% | -71% | — | — | -2.14 | 0.50 | 10.24 | -1.10 | -4.65 | 0.51 | -0.72% | -523.03% | -479.27% | -21.13% | -33.00% | -19.68% | 0.02 | -2289.85 | 6.27 | 5.99 | 0.18 | 4595.00% | 1567.00% | -1398.00% | -38.91% | -3.20 | -25.15% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 4.40% | -0.93 | -1.21 | 4.84 | 2.25 |
| THR | Thermon Group Holdings, I… | $50.78 | 1.67B | -15% | -78% | -71% | -72% | 17.50 | 1.89 | 1.88 | 10.20 | 440.53 | 8.10 | 44.74% | 16.01% | 10.74% | 11.03% | 9.97% | 7.03% | 0.31 | 7.72 | 2.43 | 1.50 | 1.09 | 397.00% | 72.00% | -377.00% | 5.64% | 0.56 | 8.66% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 5.35% | 13.15 | 19.84 | 2.11 | 4.06 |
About Preformed Line Products Company
Preformed Line Products Company, together with its subsidiaries, designs and manufactures products and systems that are used in the construction and maintenance of overhead, ground-mounted, and underground networks for the energy, telecommunication, cable operator, information, and other industries. The company offers formed wire products to support, protect, terminate, and secure power conductor and communication cables, as well as to control cable dynamics; and hardware products to support and protect transmission conductors, spacers, spacer-dampers, stockbridge dampers, corona suppression devices, and various compression fittings for dead-end applications. It also provides protective closures to protect fixed line communication networks, such as copper cable or fiber optic cable from moisture, environmental hazards, and other contaminants; and hardware assemblies, pole line hardware, resale products, underground connectors, solar hardware systems, guy markers, tree guards, fiber optic cable markers, pedestal markers, and urethane products that are used by energy, renewable energy, communications, cable, and special industries for various applications. The company serves public and private energy utilities and communication companies, cable operators, financial institutions, governmental agencies, contractors and subcontractors, distributors, and value-added resellers in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific. It markets its products through a direct sales force, as well as through manufacturing representatives. The company was incorporated in 1947 and is headquartered in Mayfield, Ohio.
- CEO
- Dennis F. McKenna
- Employees
- 3.4K
- Beta
- 0.76
Disclaimer: Information on this page is provided for educational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice. Upside computed as ($115.84 ÷ $333.73) − 1 = -65.29% (DCF, example).