Preformed Line Products Financial Ratios
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At close: Oct 9, 4:00 PM ET · Delayed 15 min
Preformed Line Products ratio analysis
Preformed Line Products earned a net margin of 5.3% in FY 2025, down from 6.2% a year earlier. Gross margin was 31.2% compared with a median of 32.1% over the prior 9 years. Return on equity reached 7.4%, meaning Preformed Line Products generated 0.07 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity.
Debt-to-equity stood at 0.09 versus 0.07 the year before, and the current ratio was 3.17. At the end of FY 2025, PLPC traded at 29.7 times earnings; across the 10 fiscal years shown, its year-end P/E ranged from 7.7 to 29.7, with a median of 12.3. Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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Preformed Line Products financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | 29.68 | 17.19 | 10.56 | 7.66 | 9.00 | 11.44 | 13.23 | 10.98 | 28.77 | 19.70 |
| Price / sales | 1.56 | 1.07 | 0.98 | 0.64 | 0.61 | 0.72 | 0.69 | 0.68 | 0.96 | 0.89 |
| Price / book | 2.19 | 1.50 | 1.58 | 1.15 | 1.00 | 1.15 | 1.14 | 1.15 | 1.52 | 1.34 |
| Gross margin | 31.2% | 32.0% | 35.1% | 33.8% | 32.1% | 33.0% | 31.6% | 31.4% | 31.4% | 32.5% |
| Operating margin | 8.2% | 8.5% | 12.6% | 10.9% | 9.2% | 8.6% | 7.3% | 7.8% | 6.9% | 6.4% |
| Net margin | 5.3% | 6.2% | 9.5% | 8.5% | 6.9% | 6.4% | 5.2% | 6.3% | 3.3% | 4.5% |
| Free cash flow margin | 5.0% | 8.9% | 10.8% | -2.3% | 2.9% | 3.7% | -0.5% | 3.2% | 6.0% | 0.4% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 7.4% | 8.8% | 15.2% | 15.2% | 11.3% | 10.2% | 8.7% | 10.7% | 5.3% | 6.8% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 5.4% | 6.5% | 10.5% | 9.6% | 7.3% | 6.5% | 5.4% | 7.4% | 3.5% | 4.5% |
| Debt / equity | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.17 | 0.26 | 0.20 | 0.21 | 0.26 | 0.15 | 0.16 | 0.21 |
| Current ratio | 3.17 | 2.91 | 2.92 | 2.85 | 2.58 | 2.47 | 2.86 | 3.08 | 3.30 | 3.41 |
| Revenue growth | 12.7% | -11.3% | 5.1% | 23.1% | 10.9% | 4.9% | 5.7% | 11.3% | 12.4% | -5.1% |
| EPS growth | -4.8% | -40.9% | 16.5% | 51.3% | 20.2% | 30.6% | -12.1% | 110.9% | -16.3% | 137.9% |