Preformed Line Products Company (PLPC) is a Electrical Equipment & Parts company in the Industrials sector, currently trading at $321.08. It has a SharesGrow Score of 57/100, indicating a above average investment profile with 3 out of 7 criteria passed.
SharesGrow calculates the intrinsic value of PLPC = $255.96 (-20.3% from the current price, the stock appears overvalued). Analyst consensus target is PLPC = $275 (-14.4% upside).
Valuation: PLPC trades at a trailing Price-to-Earnings (P/E) of 43.5 (S&P 500 average ~25) with a forward Price/Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) of 3.61.
Financials: revenue is $669M, +2.2%/yr average growth. Net income is $35M, growing at -10%/yr. Net profit margin is 5.3% (thin). Gross margin is 31.4% (-2.4 pp trend).
Balance sheet: total debt is $48M against $476M equity (Debt-to-Equity (D/E) ratio 0.1, conservative). Current ratio is 3.17 (strong liquidity). Debt-to-assets is 7.3%. Total assets: $654M.
Analyst outlook: 1 / 1 analysts rate PLPC as buy (100%) — strong consensus.
SharesGrow 7-Criteria breakdown: Value 14/100 (Fail), Growth 30/100 (Fail), Past 100/100 (Pass), Health 100/100 (Pass), Moat 47/100 (Partial), Future 64/100 (Pass), Income 45/100 (Partial).
