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PLPC

๐Ÿญ Industrials

Preformed Line Products Company

Conservative #320Aggressive #904Low Risk
$260.32-0.45%
Day High$261.38
Day Low$248.94
Volume0.1M
Mkt Cap$1.3B
52W Low $11952W High $288
Market Cap
$1.2B
P/E Ratio
34.7
Sector avg: 49.9
Rev Growth
-11.3%
Sector avg: 19.0%
Earnings Growth
-41.4%
Profit Margin
5.6%
Sector avg: -48.2%
Debt/Equity
0.10

Why This Score

PLPC scores 61.4 on the Conservative profile, blending a fundamental score (80% weight, emphasizing quality and stability (84% of fundamental weight)) with a machine-learning signal (20% weight) trained on 82 features across 30 years of data.

Strengths
  • High conviction (97/100) โ€” fundamental and ML signals agree on this stock.
Risk Factors
  • Liquidity concern: Limited trading volume or float results in a 5-point penalty for execution risk.

Moderate penalties (-5.0 points) reflect identified risk factors. The overall score balances these against the stock's fundamental strengths.

Score Breakdown

Overall Score61.4
Fundamental Score64.8
ML Score53.0

Score by Horizon

3 Month
66.2
6 Month
74.0
Primary
1 Year
77.8

Quality Assessment

D
Quality Grade
Below average quality โ€” weak profitability or high leverage

Position Sizing

Suggested Allocation
5%
Confidence
high

Score Composition Waterfall

How each component affects the final score
Backtested Scoring Levers (IC-calibrated from 30y ElasticNet)
Weinstein (12.1%)
100
Advancing
Sentiment (2.5%)
58
Neutral
Analyst (6.4%)
50
Neutral
Tradability (post-hoc)
51
Grade Clow volume
Base
57.4
SHAP
+2.0
Factors
+0.6
Conviction
+1.4
Final
61.4
Positive adjustment
Negative adjustment
Base blend
Final score

Factor Breakdown

52AVG
Value58
Quality39
Growth9
Stability88
Investment64

Signal SegmentsComputed from ML features

Fundamental (Valuation, Quality, Growth)34.0
Technical (Momentum, Weinstein, Volatility)94.0
External (Sentiment, Analyst, Macro)64.0
Scores below 50 indicate weakness in that segment relative to the universe.

Data Quality

Score
Features
Confidence
Feature Coverage89%

Growth Estimates

Short-term
+1.0% to +5.5%
Medium-term
+2.0% to +8.8%
Long-term
+3.1% to +12.2%

ML Model Core Features100 trained inputs โ†’ ML Score: 53

These features are direct inputs to the machine learning model. The model was trained on these signals alongside 100 features (including 12 momentum/technical indicators) to produce the ML percentile score.

Analyst Intelligence
Consensus Score50.0/100
Target Upside+0.0%
Coverage0 analysts
Market Sentiment
Sentiment Score57.5/100
News Volume1 articles
Technical Stage
Weinstein Stage2 โ€” Advancing
12M Momentum+1.2%
6M Momentum+0.5%
Volatility+0.1%
Momentum & Technical
Momentum Acceleration+68.9%
Momentum ConsistencyModerate (0.40)
Relative Strength vs Sector+104.5%
Trend Strength (ADX Proxy)Strong (5.0)
Momentum Quality+1.112
Momentum BreadthBroad โœ“
Macro Regime
Bull RegimeYes
High Vol RegimeNo
S&P 500 Return+25.0%
Yield Curve-0.1bp

Sector-Relative AnalysisIn-model features

Value Trap Signal
16%
Moderate โ€” watch growth
Sector RevGr Rank
P6
Revenue growth vs Industrials peers
Sector PE Rank
P35
Valuation vs Industrials peers
Sector FCF Rank
P50
Free cash flow vs Industrials peers
Growth Deviation
-0.2ฯƒ
Z-score vs sector median
Stagnation Flag
NO
Not flagged

Analysis Signals

Scoring Factors
Fundamental score of 65 relative to sector peers65/100
Machine learning ensemble ranks this stock at the 53th percentileP53
Blended score: 80% fundamental (65) + 20% ML (53) = 62.462.4
Risk assessment: low. Low vol 0.1%; Drawdown 3% โ†’ 0.0ptLow
Earnings quality grade D: weak earnings quality, multiple concerns. Score adjusted by 0 pointsGrade D
SHAP feature alignment: +2.0pt (features align with model priorities)SHAP
Conviction adj: +1.4pt (conviction=N/A)Conviction
Risk Factors
Liquidity penalty: -5.0pt (grade C)Liquidity

Sector Peer Comparison(Industrials โ€” Rank #28 of 135 stocks)

StockScoreP/ERev GrowthMarginMkt Cap
PLPC61.434.7-11.3%5.6%$1.2B
FER84.112.27.4%35.3%$52.6B
NDSN77.235.13.8%17.4%$16.2B
OMAB76.420.14.3%32.7%$6.1B
ODFL76.339.8-0.9%20.4%$40.8B
FAST73.142.68.7%15.3%$51.7B
CSX71.526.5-3.1%20.5%$78.9B
WWD71.347.87.3%12.4%$23.0B
LECO71.331.5-4.4%11.6%$15.6B
PCAR71.028.2-4.2%12.4%$65.1B
CTAS70.841.97.7%17.5%$80.3B
RYAAY69.913.03.8%11.6%$36.1B
CPRT69.523.09.7%33.4%$35.6B
FELE69.335.5-2.1%8.9%$4.3B
NSSC68.934.5-3.8%24.7%$1.7B
AEIS68.081.221.4%8.3%$12.3B
Sector Average45.849.919.0%-48.2%โ€”

Company Overviewvia FMP

Preformed Line Products Company, together with its subsidiaries, designs and manufactures products and systems that are used in the construction and maintenance of overhead, ground-mounted, and underground networks for the energy, telecommunication, cable operator, information, and other industries. The company offers formed wire products to support, protect, terminate, and secure power conductor and communication cables, as well as to control cable dynamics; and hardware products to support and protect transmission conductors, spacers, spacer-dampers, stockbridge dampers, corona suppression devices, and various compression fittings for dead-end applications. It also provides protective closures to protect fixed line communication networks, such as copper cable or fiber optic cable from moisture, environmental hazards, and other contaminants; and hardware assemblies, pole line hardware, resale products, underground connectors, solar hardware systems, guy markers, tree guards, fiber optic cable markers, pedestal markers, and urethane products that are used by energy, renewable energy, communications, cable, and special industries for various applications. The company serves public and private energy utilities and communication companies, cable operators, financial institutions, governmental agencies, contractors and subcontractors, distributors, and value-added resellers in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific. It markets its products through a direct sales force, as well as through manufacturing representatives. The company was incorporated in 1947 and is headquartered in Mayfield, Ohio.

CEO
Dennis F. McKenna
Employees
3,401
Beta
0.76
Industry
Electrical Equipment & Parts
FMP-Identified Peers

Technical Picturecomputed from daily prices

RSI (14)
47.8
Neutral
Trend
Bullish
10-day vs 50-day MA
From 52W High
-9.6%
High: $287.96
From 52W Low
+118.8%
Low: $118.99
Moving Averages
10-Day
$263.50
Below
20-Day
$265.20
Below
50-Day
$243.40
Above
200-Day
$197.30
Above
60-Day Support
$200.62
60-Day Resistance
$287.96
Weinstein Stage Analysisbased on 200-day SMA framework
Stage 2 โ€” AdvancingScore: 75/100

Stock is in an uptrend above the 200-day moving average. This is the stage where institutional accumulation typically occurs. The 50-day SMA provides support.

Favorable technical position; 50-day SMA acts as support
Price vs 200 SMA
+31.9%
200 SMA Slope (60d)
+18.56%
Rising
Volume Ratio
1x
10d avg vs 50d avg
Days in Stage
100
Confidence: 90%
Key Reversal Detected (2026-02-12)

Financial Statementslast 4 quarters via FMP

MetricQ3 2025Q2 2025Q1 2025Q4 2024
Revenue$178M$170M$149M$167M
Gross Profit$53M$55M$49M$56M
Operating Income$13M$17M$13M$18M
Net Income$3M$13M$12M$10M
EPS (Diluted)$0.53$2.56$2.33$2.13
Gross Margin29.7%32.7%32.8%33.3%
Operating Margin7.4%10.1%8.8%10.5%
Net Margin1.5%7.5%7.8%6.3%

Why This Stock

Industrials

Tradability FilterGrade C โ€” 51/100Score impact: +1.6pt

Volume
17
100K avg/day
Dollar Vol
84
$26M/day
Float
40
0K shares
Mkt Cap
45
$1.2B
Range
100
142% spread
Composite Liquidity Score51/100
FDCBA
low volume

Multi-Year Range Analysis

Sideways: 6/100
YearLowHighRangeStatus
2021$57.00$82.4636.5%Wide
2022$54.97$96.0054.4%Wide
2023$78.53$184.8280.7%Wide
2024$109.01$145.2828.5%Moderate
2025$118.99$245.9969.6%Wide
3-Year Range
103.2%
Narrow Years
1 / 5
Sideways Penalty
None

Growth Projection Adjustment

0.5x dampening
revenue decline

Growth estimates have been dampened based on technical and fundamental signals. This is a post-hoc adjustment to prevent overly optimistic projections for stocks showing declining momentum or deteriorating fundamentals.

Free Float
0.0%
Outstanding Shares
0M
Bid-Ask Spread
142.0%
Institutional Tradable
Limited

Scores are generated by a multi-stage ML pipeline combining fundamental analysis, ensemble predictions, and structural risk signals. All data is for research purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.