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How Preformed Line Products Company stacks up
PLPC · against 758 other Industrials companies of similar size
Valuation
39/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #495 of 759 · scores higher than 34% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the valuation score69 peers with a valuation score of 30–39, including PLPC · Click a bar to see the companies
Why valuation scores 39?
Weighted metrics compared with all Industrials companies.Mainly because of its free cash flow yield, which is weaker than most Industrials peers.
- less free cash flow for the price paid: weaker than 62% of peers. Free cash flow yield: 2.3% vs peer median 3.7%
- Earnings yield is close to the peer norm. Earnings yield: 2.8% vs peer median 3.8%
- EBITDA yield is close to the peer norm. EBITDA yield: 6.1% vs peer median 6.9%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yieldHigher is better · 758 reported | 2.8% | 4.5% | 35% | 30% | |
| EBITDA yieldHigher is better · 767 reported | 6.1% | 7.8% | 39% | 50% | |
| Free cash flow yieldHigher is better · 191 reported | 2.3% | 4.4% | 38% | 20% | |
| Book yieldHigher is better · 760 reported | 32.5% | 53.4% | 30% | Context only |
Ranking by valuation 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