Analysis updated on Oct. 16, 2026 (UTC) · Total · absolute moveSwitch to Alpha · Nasdaq
Our AI ranks Preformed Line Products Co outside the neutral middle of its coverage (a directional signal). Create a free account and follow it to see the exact price target.
Preformed Line Products Co is a small-cap company with a market capitalization of $1.73B. It ranks number 5 by market capitalization among the 7 Water, Sewer, Pipeline, Comm & Power Line Construction issuers in our coverage with a current forecast.
For PLPC, the Spearman rank correlation between our 90-day forecasts and the returns that followed is 29.0%, measured on 357 forecast dates between 2022-07-29 and 2026-07-17 on this stock's own recent history. A rank correlation runs from -100% to +100%: it measures whether higher forecasts were followed by higher returns, and a value near zero or below means the model has shown little skill on this stock. On the 30-day forecasts the same correlation is 16.0%, measured on 400 forecast dates between 2022-07-29 and 2026-09-16. Across our coverage, the out-of-sample test on 4495 stocks from 2025-01-06 to 2026-07-07 produced a positive net return in 82.5% of rebalance periods (factor-neutral book, net of estimated costs). Full backtest report
Expected absolute price move over the horizon, market included. This is the number a price target is built from. Ratings: strong buy ≥ +5.0%, buy ≥ +3.4%, sell < +1.8%, strong sell < +0.8% (top 15%, next 20%, middle 30%, next 20%, bottom 15% of the 2026-10-16 signals)
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Trailing twelve months. The industry median and the rank (1 = highest) are taken over the Water, Sewer, Pipeline, Comm & Power Line Construction peers listed below that report each metric.
| Metric | PLPC | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Market Cap | $1.73B | 5/7 |
| P/E Ratio | 39.73x | 2/6 |
| P/B Ratio | 3.49x | 4/6 |
| Dividend Yield | 0.24% | – |
| EPS | $8.88 | – |
| Book Value/Share | $101.16 | – |
| Revenue/Share | $151.40 | – |
| FCF/Share | $7.04 | – |
| Metric | PLPC | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| ROE | 8.7% | 4/5 |
| ROA | 6.2% | 2/5 |
| ROIC | 11.8% | – |
| Gross Margin | 31.4% | 1/6 |
| Operating Margin | 9.0% | – |
| Net Margin | 5.8% | 1/5 |
| EBT Margin | 7.8% | 1/6 |
| Tax Rate | 24.9% | – |
| Metric | PLPC | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Current Ratio | 2.99x | 1/7 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.88x | – |
| D/E Ratio | 0.41x | 6/6 |
| Financial Leverage | 1.41x | 6/6 |
| Interest Coverage | 8.4x | – |
| Working Capital | $264M | 6/7 |
| Metric | PLPC | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Operating Cash Flow | $72M | 5/6 |
| Free Cash Flow | $34M | 5/6 |
| Capital Spending | -$38M | 2/6 |
| OCF Growth YoY | 9.3% | 3/6 |
| FCF Growth YoY | -13.2% | 4/6 |
| FCF/Sales | 4.7% | 3/6 |
| CapEx/Sales | 5.1% | 1/6 |
| Metric | PLPC | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Asset Turnover | 1.06x | 5/6 |
| Receivables Turnover | 4.9x | 5/6 |
| Inventory Turnover | 3.4x | – |
| Fixed Assets Turnover | 3.2x | 6/6 |
| Days Sales Outstanding | 75 days | 2/6 |
| Days Inventory | 106 days | – |
| Metric | PLPC | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Total Revenue | $740M | 5/6 |
| Operating Income | $66M | – |
| Net Income | $43M | 5/5 |
| SG&A Expense | $154M | – |
| Cost of Goods Sold | $507M | 5/6 |
| Metric | PLPC | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Dividends Per Share | $0.84 | – |
| Payout Ratio | 9.5% | – |
| Shares Outstanding | 5M | – |
| Net Income Growth | 1.7% | 3/5 |
| EPS Growth | 3.7% | 4/6 |
| Total Current Assets | $397M | 56.8% of assets |
| Cash & Short-term Investments | $76M | 10.9% of assets |
| Accounts Receivable | $151M | 21.7% of assets |
| Inventory | $148M | 21.2% of assets |
| Total Liabilities | $203M | 29.1% of assets |
Companies classified under the same SEC industry code as Preformed Line Products Co (Water, Sewer, Pipeline, Comm & Power Line Construction): 7 common-stock issuers with a forecast this week, one row per issuer, largest first. This is a classification match, not a curated list of competitors.
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Our AI ranks Preformed Line Products Co outside the neutral middle of its coverage (a directional signal). Create a free account and follow it to see the exact price target.
For PLPC, the Spearman rank correlation between our 90-day forecasts and the returns that followed is 29.0%, measured on 357 forecast dates between 2022-07-29 and 2026-07-17 on this stock's own recent history. A rank correlation runs from -100% to +100%: it measures whether higher forecasts were followed by higher returns, and a value near zero or below means the model has shown little skill on this stock. On the 30-day forecasts the same correlation is 16.0%, measured on 400 forecast dates between 2022-07-29 and 2026-09-16. Across our coverage, the out-of-sample test on 4495 stocks from 2025-01-06 to 2026-07-07 produced a positive net return in 82.5% of rebalance periods (factor-neutral book, net of estimated costs). Full backtest report
Preformed Line Products Co forecasts are refreshed on trading days as the daily model run completes. The forecast on this page was produced on Oct. 16, 2026.
7 issuers in our coverage, PLPC included, share the SEC industry code Water, Sewer, Pipeline, Comm & Power Line Construction. The largest are: Mastec Inc (MTZ), Dycom Industries Inc (DY), Myr Group Inc. (MYRG), Primoris Services Corp (PRIM), Itg, Inc./De/ (ITG), Energy Services Of America Corp (ESOA).
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