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How Preformed Line Products Company stacks up
PLPC · against 771 other Industrials companies of similar size
Profitability
66/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #266 of 772 · scores higher than 64% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score89 peers with a profitability score of 60–69, including PLPC · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 66?
Weighted metrics compared with all Industrials companies.Mainly thanks to its return on assets and return on invested capital, which are stronger than most Industrials peers.
- Operating margin is close to the peer norm. Operating margin: 9.0% vs peer median 7.7%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 68% of peers. Return on invested capital: 11.4% vs peer median 7.1%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 78% of peers. Return on assets: 6.2% vs peer median 3.1%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = PLPC, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | PLPC | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 742 reported | 11.4% | 7.4% | 68% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 774 reported | 9.0% | 7.9% | 56% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 730 reported | 6.2% | 3.3% | 80% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 726 reported | 9.0% | 8.4% | 53% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 777 reported | 31.4% | 25.4% | 65% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around PLPCScores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score