Preformed Line Products Company

PLPC

Industrials Electrical Equipment & Parts

Preformed Line Products Company’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $669.3 million, up 12.7% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+17.6%
EPS
+575.5%
Free cash flow
+19.5%
Total debt
+48.8%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

298.15 2.85 −0.95%
Market cap
$1.5B
P/E
25.1×
Fwd P/E
19.4×
Dividend yield
0.28%
F-score
5/9
ROIC
10.5%
Net debt / EBITDA
−0.6×
Dividend safety
93/100

Preformed Line Products Company (PLPC) Return on invested capital

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Preformed Line Products Company's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 10.5%, up 2.5 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (8.01%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 3.50% (fiscal 2015) to 12.6% (fiscal 2023); the current reading is higher than 45% of that period. That is above the Electrical Equipment & Parts industry median of 0.00% and above the Industrials sector median of 2.21%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 8.01% (0.21)
FY2024 8.22% (4.37)
FY2023 12.6% 1.55
FY2022 11.0% 1.84
FY2021 9.20% 0.40
FY2020 8.80% 1.69
FY2019 7.11% (1.76)
FY2018 8.87% 1.78
FY2017 7.09% 1.43
FY2016 5.66% 2.16

Against its own ten years

Low 3.50% High 12.6%
Ten-year median 8.22%
Current reading's percentile 45

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
PLPC Preformed Line Products Company 10.5%
ENR Energizer Holdings, Inc. compare 5.95%
EOSE Eos Energy Enterprises, Inc. compare 0.00%
ADSE ADS-TEC Energy PLC compare 0.00%
TE T1 Energy Inc compare −17.2%
FCEL FuelCell Energy, Inc. compare −24.1%
AMPX Amprius Technologies, Inc. compare −50.3%
PLUG Plug Power, Inc. compare −56.7%
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Electrical Equipment & Parts industry median 0.00%
Industrials sector median 2.21%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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