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Preformed Line Products PLPC Ratios & Valuation

Income StatementBalance SheetCash FlowRatiosSegments
QuarterlyAnnualTTM
YoYQoQ
SimplifiedDetailed
Q1 '26Q4 '25Q3 '25Q2 '25Q1 '25
Profitability
Gross margin30.9%-1.5pp31.2%-0.8pp32%+0.2pp32.5%-0.1pp32.3%-1.5pp
Operating margin8%-0.7pp8.2%-0.3pp9.2%+2.2pp9.2%+0.7pp8.7%-1.9pp
Net margin4.9%-1.6pp5.3%-1.0pp5.6%-0.1pp6.7%-0.2pp6.5%-1.7pp
EBITDA margin11.4%-0.8pp11.7%-0.4pp12.5%+1.7pp12.6%+0.5pp12.2%-1.6pp
Free cash flow margin5%-2.6pp5%-3.9pp6.4%-1.2pp6.3%-5.7pp7.6%-1.5pp
Returns
Return on equity7.5%-1.6pp7.9%-1.0pp8.3%+0.4pp9.7%-0.3pp9.2%-3.8pp
Return on assets5.5%-1.2pp5.7%-0.6pp6%+0.5pp7%+0.3pp6.6%-2.1pp
Return on invested capital9.5%+0.3pp10%+1.3pp10.5%+2.7pp9.9%+0.4pp9.2%-2.9pp
Efficiency
Asset turnover1.1×+0.1×1.1×+0.1×1.1×+0.1×1.1×+0.1×1×0.0×
Inventory turnover3.4×+0.4×3.3×+0.4×3.1×+0.5×3×+0.3×2.9×+0.1×
Liquidity
Current ratio3×-0.1×3.2×+0.3×3.1×+0.3×3.1×+0.1×3.1×-0.1×
Quick ratio1.8×0.0×1.9×+0.2×1.8×+0.3×1.8×+0.3×1.8×+0.1×
Cash ratio0.6×0.0×0.7×+0.2×0.6×+0.2×0.6×+0.1×0.5×+0.1×
Leverage
Debt-to-equity0.1×0.0×0.1×0.0×0.1×0.0×0.1×0.0×0.1×0.0×
Debt-to-assets0.1×0.0×0.1×0.0×0.1×0.0×0.1×0.0×0.1×0.0×
Net debt / EBITDA-0.3×-0.1×-0.4×-0.3×-0.4×-0.3×-0.3×-0.3×-0.2×-0.4×
Interest coverage48.1×+20.4×42.3×+19.5×43.9×+28.1×35.5×+18.8×27.7×+8.9×
Per Share
Book value per share$96.11+9.2%$96.22+12.7%$94.37+9.5%$92.98+10.9%$88.04+5.3%
Valuation
Market capitalization$1.33B+91.5%$1.01B+61.9%$966.01M+53.5%$761.99M+24.5%$692.18M+9.5%
Enterprise value$1.3B+91.9%$978.85M+59.5%$935.24M+50.1%$735.82M+20.8%$677.08M+5.0%
Price / earnings38.7×+20.9×28.7×+11.8×25.9×+6.8×18×+2.8×17.7×+5.5×
Price / sales1.9×+0.8×1.5×+0.5×1.5×+0.4×1.2×+0.2×1.2×+0.1×
Price / book2.8×+1.2×2.1×+0.6×2.1×+0.6×1.7×+0.2×1.6×+0.1×
EV / EBITDA16.3×+7.1×12.5×+4.0×11.3×+1.2×9.3×+0.6×9.3×+1.8×
EV / sales1.9×+0.7×1.5×+0.4×1.4×+0.3×1.2×+0.1×1.1×+0.1×
Free cash flow yield2.6%-4.0pp3.3%-5.2pp4.4%-2.5pp5.2%-6.2pp6.6%-2.4pp
Earnings yield2.6%-3.1pp3.5%-2.4pp3.9%-1.4pp5.6%-1.0pp5.6%-2.5pp
Dividend yield0.3%-0.3pp0.4%-0.2pp0.4%-0.2pp0.5%-0.1pp0.6%-0.1pp

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Questions, answered.

What are Preformed Line Products's profit margins?
Preformed Line Products (PLPC) runs a 30.9% gross margin and a 8.0% operating margin, with a 4.9% net margin.
Where do Preformed Line Products's ratios come from?
Every ratio is computed from Preformed Line Products's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.