Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for PLPC in the last 90 days.
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Preformed Line Products (PLPC) Stock Analysis & Forecast
Oct 12 close
$383.49−13.76 (−3.5%)
Gekko Brief
Oct 12 closePreformed Line Products closed at $383.49 on 12 October 2026, -3.5% on the day. The price sits between the 50-day ($420.37) and 200-day ($333.99) moving averages, inside a 52-week range of $184.02 to $504.69. The GekkoIndex reads 64.8, in the Accumulation zone, up 7.4 points over five sessions. Gekko Fair Value is $384.81, so the price is 0.3% below it.
The next earnings report is due on 4 November 2026, 23 days away. Over the last 2 reports the company beat the earnings estimate 2 times, with an average move of 8.6% across the report. Seasonally, the next 20 trading days from this point averaged +1.6% over the last 5 years, rising in 4 of them.
1 firms rate the stock: 1 buy, 0 hold and 0 sell, with a consensus target of $480.00. A typical daily move is about 4.2%, and a typical 20-day move about 6.4%. On the swing-trade checklist, 2 items read supportive and 1 reads as a headwind (earnings risk).
A plain summary of the figures as of the Oct 12, 2026 close.
Preformed Line Products price vs fair value
Close $383.49200-day averageGekko Fair Value $384.81
Preformed Line Products quick facts
- Market cap
- $1.87B
- P/E ratio
- 44.8
- Forward P/E
- 7.8
- EPS, TTM
- $8.87
- Revenue, TTM
- $740.2M
- Profit margin
- 5.8%
- Dividend yield
- 0.21%
- Beta
- 0.90
- Volume
- 53,388 avg 72,779
- 1-year return
- +86.2%
- Typical daily move
- ±4.2%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±6.4%
- 50-day average
- $420.37
- 200-day average
- $333.99
- Next earnings
- Nov 4
- Shares outstanding
- 4.89M
Preformed Line Products swing-trade checklist
Preformed Line Products scores 2 supportive, 2 mixed and 1 headwind across the 5 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
2 supportive2 mixed1 headwind
- Trendmixed
Averages disagree
Close $383.49 sits between the 50-day ($420.37) and 200-day ($333.99) averages, or the averages disagree.
See the chart - GekkoIndexsupportive
64.8, Accumulation
Reading 64.8 is in the Accumulation zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valuemixed
0.3% below
Price is within 5% of Gekko Fair Value (0.3% below).
See fair value - Smart moneyno data
No data
No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart money - Earnings riskheadwind
Reports in 23 days
Reports on Nov 4, 2026, 23 days away — inside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalitysupportive
+1.6% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +1.6% over 5 years, rising in 4 of them.
See seasonality
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Preformed Line Products stock chart and price history
Preformed Line Products closed at $383.49 on Oct 12, 2026, +86.2% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $184.02 to $504.69.
Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- −9.5%
- 3 months
- +10.9%
- 6 months
- +23.1%
- 1 year
- +86.2%
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About Preformed Line Products
Preformed Line Products makes hardware and formed-wire components used to build and maintain power and communications lines that run overhead, at ground level, and underground. Its products help support, protect, terminate, and manage cables and conductors for utilities, telecom networks, and cable systems, and it is known for items such as spacers, dampers, compression fittings, and protective closures for copper and fiber optic lines.
Beyond its core line hardware, the company makes pole line hardware, underground connectors, solar hardware, guy markers, tree guards, cable markers, and urethane products for use in energy, renewable energy, and communications applications. Customers include public and private utilities, communication and cable operators, government bodies, contractors, distributors, and resellers, reached through the company's own sales staff as well as outside manufacturing representatives. Its reach extends across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia-Pacific.
Preformed Line Products was founded in 1947 and is based in Mayfield, Ohio. Its shares are listed on the NASDAQ under the ticker PLPC.
- Listed
- NASDAQ
- Sector
- Producer manufacturing
- Industry
- Building products
- Website
- plp.com
Preformed Line Products GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
Preformed Line Products’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 64.8, in the Accumulation zone, up 7.4 points over five sessions.
64.8Accumulation
Up 7.4 points over five sessions, from the Neutral zone.
Reading for Oct 12, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 7 | Too few readings yet | |||
| Accumulation (current zone) | 144 | +2.0% | +11.7% | ||
| Neutral | 480 | +0.8% | +2.6% | ||
| Distribution | 45 | −2.0% | −5.1% | ||
| Selling | 5 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average PLPC share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Accumulation readings averaged +2.2% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
Accumulation zone: Institutional interest building. About the five zones →
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Is Preformed Line Products stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
Preformed Line Products trades 0.3% below Gekko Fair Value of $384.81, so the shares are about fair value on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Preformed Line Products shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$384.81
Gekko Fair Value, Oct 10, 2026
0.3% below fair value · About fair value
At the end of Aug 2026 the price was 32.6% above the estimate.
Gekko Fair ValueShare price, month end
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Preformed Line Products insider and Congress trading
No open-market insider purchases were filed for Preformed Line Products, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
Congress trades last 90 days
No trades in PLPC were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
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Buybacks
Preformed Line Products has been buying back its own shares.
- Bought back, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
- $8.00M
- As a share of market cap
- 0.43%
- Trailing four quarters
- $23.33M
From company filings.
Hedge funds and billionaires quarter ended Dec 31
0of the funds Gekko tracks hold PLPC.
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Preformed Line Products earnings: next date and track record
Preformed Line Products reports on Nov 4, 2026 (23 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 2 of its last 2 reports.
Next earnings report
Nov 4, 2026
23 days away
- EPS estimate
- $3.37
- Revenue estimate
- $215.0M
2 of 2reports beat the EPS estimate
±8.6%average move across the report
3 of 8reports followed by a gain
Share-price move across each report
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | $4.49 est $2.41 | $212.7M est $193.0M | +24.0% |
| Apr 29, 2026 | $2.14 est $1.82 | $176.3M est $178.0M | −6.8% |
| Oct 29, 2025 | $2.09 | $178.1M est $181.0M | −4.2% |
| Jul 30, 2025 | $2.56 | $169.6M | +8.0% |
| May 1, 2025 | $2.33 | $148.5M | 0.0% |
| Mar 13, 2025 | $2.13 | — | +17.4% |
| Oct 30, 2024 | $1.54 | $147.0M | −3.3% |
| Jul 31, 2024 | $1.89 | $138.7M | −5.0% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
Preformed Line Products stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Preformed Line Products is $480.00, +25.2% from the last close, from 1 firm rating the stock in the last 90 days.
$480.00consensus 12-month target, +25.2% from the last close
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 1 firm.
Latest analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4 | Freedom Capital Markets | $480 | +25.2% |
+11.7%average 20-day move after past Accumulation readings
+1.6%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±4.2%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Preformed Line Products seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Oct 10, Preformed Line Products averaged +1.6% across the last 5 years, rising in 4 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | +1.6% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | +2.8% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | +0.1% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +1.6% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +1.8% | 3 of 5 |
For scale, PLPC’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 6.4%.
Preformed Line Products market cap and key statistics
Preformed Line Products’s market cap is $1.87B, with a P/E ratio of 44.8 and revenue of $740.2M over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $1.87B
- P/E ratio
- 44.8
- Forward P/E
- 7.8
- EPS, TTM
- $8.87
- Gekko Fair Value
- $384.81
Trading
- Volume
- 53,388
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 72,779
- 52-week high
- $504.69
- 52-week low
- $184.02
- Shares outstanding
- 4.89M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $740.2M
- Profit margin
- 5.8%
- Return on equity
- 9%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- +75.4%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 0.90
- Typical daily move
- ±4.2%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±6.4%
- Dividend yield
- 0.21%
Preformed Line Products stock news this week
Coverage of Preformed Line Products this week reads neutral: 1 positive, 1 neutral and 1 negative headlines.
- A passive investor reports 276,669 shares in Preformed Line Products (PLPC).Stock Titan, Oct 9
- Preformed Line Products (PLPC) Looks Fully Priced After Its 91% Run This YearSimply Wall Street, Oct 8
- Preformed Line Products Company $PLPC Holdings Boosted by Ausbil Investment Management LtdDefense World, Oct 8
- Preformed Line Products stock gained 1.30 percent before Q3 resultsAD HOC NEWS, Oct 7
Preformed Line Products peers
Preformed Line Products’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| MASMasco | Neutral | 0.2% above |
| CSLCarlisle Companies | Accumulation | 16.7% below |
| WSOWatsco | Accumulation | 1.2% below |
| SPXCSPX Technologies | Accumulation | 23.5% below |
| AOSA.O. Smith | Accumulation | 21.3% below |
| MHKMohawk Industries | Accumulation | 4.5% above |
A peer links to its own page where one exists.
Preformed Line Products stock FAQ
What is Preformed Line Products’s market cap?
Preformed Line Products’s market cap is $1.87B at the Oct 12, 2026 close of $383.49, with 4.89M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 44.8.
What is the Preformed Line Products stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Preformed Line Products is $480.00, +25.2% from the last close. Of the 1 firm that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 1 rate it a buy, 0 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is Preformed Line Products stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate Preformed Line Products is about fair value: the Oct 12, 2026 close of $383.49 is 0.3% below Gekko Fair Value of $384.81. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does Preformed Line Products report earnings next?
Preformed Line Products is expected to report on Nov 4, 2026 (23 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $3.37 per share on revenue of $215.0M.
What is Preformed Line Products’s 52-week high and low?
Preformed Line Products’s 52-week high is $504.69 and its 52-week low is $184.02; it closed at $383.49 on Oct 12, 2026, +86.2% over the past year.
Is Preformed Line Products stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 2 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (gekkoindex and seasonality), 2 as mixed (trend and fair value) and 1 as a headwind (earnings risk). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
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