Preformed Line Products PLPC Ratios & Valuation
| FY'25 | FY'24 | FY'23 | FY'22 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | |||||
| Gross margin | 31.2%-0.8pp | 32%-3.1pp | 35.1%+1.3pp | 33.8%+1.6pp | |
| Operating margin | 8.2%-0.3pp | 8.5%-4.0pp | 12.6%+1.7pp | 10.9%+1.7pp | |
| Net margin | 5.3%-1.0pp | 6.2%-3.2pp | 9.5%+0.9pp | 8.5%+1.6pp | |
| EBITDA margin | 11.7%-0.4pp | 12.1%-3.3pp | 15.4%+1.9pp | 13.5%+1.3pp | |
| Free cash flow margin | 5%-3.9pp | 8.9%-1.9pp | 10.8%— | —— | |
| Returns | |||||
| Return on equity | 7.9%-1.0pp | 8.8%-7.5pp | 16.3%+0.2pp | 16.1%+4.4pp | |
| Return on assets | 5.7%-0.6pp | 6.3%-4.5pp | 10.8%+0.5pp | 10.3%+2.8pp | |
| Return on invested capital | 10%+1.3pp | 8.7%-6.0pp | 14.7%+2.0pp | 12.7%+2.8pp | |
| Efficiency | |||||
| Asset turnover | 1.1×+0.1× | 1×-0.1× | 1.1×-0.1× | 1.2×+0.1× | |
| Inventory turnover | 3.3×+0.4× | 2.9×0.0× | 2.9×-0.3× | 3.2×-0.1× | |
| Liquidity | |||||
| Current ratio | 3.2×+0.3× | 2.9×0.0× | 2.9×+0.1× | 2.8×+0.3× | |
| Quick ratio | 1.9×+0.2× | 1.7×+0.1× | 1.6×0.0× | 1.6×+0.1× | |
| Cash ratio | 0.7×+0.2× | 0.5×0.0× | 0.5×+0.2× | 0.3×0.0× | |
| Leverage | |||||
| Debt-to-equity | 0.1×0.0× | 0.1×-0.1× | 0.2×-0.1× | 0.3×+0.1× | |
| Debt-to-assets | 0.1×0.0× | 0.1×-0.1× | 0.1×-0.1× | 0.2×0.0× | |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -0.4×-0.3× | -0.2×-0.4× | 0.2×-0.7× | 0.9×+0.1× | |
| Interest coverage | 42.3×+19.5× | 22.9×+1.3× | 21.6×0.0× | 21.6×-1.9× | |
| Per Share | |||||
| Book value per share | $96.22+12.7% | $85.37+2.5% | $83.28+16.1% | $71.74+12.8% | |
| Valuation | |||||
| Market capitalization | $1.01B+61.9% | $625.86M-3.9% | $651.1M+58.9% | $409.77M+29.3% | |
| Enterprise value | $978.85M+59.5% | $613.59M-9.3% | $676.63M+38.3% | $489.32M+33.2% | |
| Price / earnings | 28.7×+11.8× | 16.9×+6.6× | 10.3×+2.7× | 7.5×-1.3× | |
| Price / sales | 1.5×+0.5× | 1.1×+0.1× | 1×+0.3× | 0.6×0.0× | |
| Price / book | 2.1×+0.6× | 1.5×-0.1× | 1.6×+0.4× | 1.1×+0.1× | |
| EV / EBITDA | 12.5×+4.0× | 8.6×+2.0× | 6.6×+0.9× | 5.7×-0.1× | |
| EV / sales | 1.5×+0.4× | 1×0.0× | 1×+0.2× | 0.8×+0.1× | |
| Free cash flow yield | 3.3%-5.2pp | 8.4%-2.7pp | 11.1%— | —— | |
| Earnings yield | 3.5%-2.4pp | 5.9%-3.8pp | 9.7%-3.5pp | 13.3%+2.0pp | |
| Dividend yield | 0.4%-0.2pp | 0.7%0.0pp | 0.6%-0.4pp | 1%-0.3pp |
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- 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.