Growth Metrics

Preformed Line Products (PLPC) FCF Payout Ratio (2010 - 2026)

Preformed Line Products (PLPC) reported FCF Payout Ratio of 0.28 for Q1 2026, down 29.28% year-over-year from 0.4 in Q1 2025, and down 439.87% on a QoQ basis from 0.08 in Q4 2025.

Preformed Line Products (PLPC) has 17 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.28 in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio fell 29.28% year-over-year to 0.28 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.12 (up 30.3% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.12, up 60.11% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio eased to 0.28 in Q1 2026 per PLPC's latest filing, from 0.08 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 0.63 in Q4 2022 and bottomed at 0.28 in Q1 2026.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.07 (2023), against an average of 0.09.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when FCF Payout Ratio tumbled 167.53%; it then soared 811.38% in 2024.
  • Tracing PLPC's FCF Payout Ratio over 5 years: stood at 0.63 in 2022, then slumped by 85.97% to 0.09 in 2023, then sank by 46.39% to 0.05 in 2024, then soared by 75.4% to 0.08 in 2025, then plunged by 439.87% to 0.28 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest PLPC FCF Payout Ratio figures stand at 0.28 (Q1 2026), 0.08 (Q4 2025), and 0.12 (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Vertiv Holdings 125.39 Bn 122.89 Bn 999.70 Mn 0.03
2 Bloom Energy 85.22 Bn 82.75 Bn 225.54 Mn -
3 nVent Electric 26.63 Bn 26.44 Bn 445.60 Mn 0.70
4 Hubbell 25.22 Bn 24.72 Bn 505.30 Mn 1.64
5 Advanced Energy Industries 12.25 Bn 12.25 Bn 200.90 Mn -0.09
6 Powell Industries 10.16 Bn 9.61 Bn 87.94 Mn 0.07
7 Acuity Inc. (De) 8.82 Bn 8.55 Bn 520.40 Mn 0.09
8 EnerSys 8.70 Bn 8.26 Bn 290.87 Mn 0.07
9 Plug Power 5.25 Bn 4.87 Bn -21.61 Mn -
10 Preformed Line Products 1.76 Bn 1.69 Bn 55.22 Mn -0.28

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -0.28
Dec 31, 2025 0.08
Sep 30, 2025 0.12
Jun 30, 2025 0.05
Mar 31, 2025 -0.22
Dec 31, 2024 0.05
Sep 30, 2024 0.17
Jun 30, 2024 0.04
Mar 31, 2024 0.62
Dec 31, 2023 0.09
Sep 30, 2023 0.03
Jun 30, 2023 0.09
Mar 31, 2023 0.07
Dec 31, 2022 0.63
Sep 30, 2022 0.26
Jun 30, 2022 -0.15
Mar 31, 2022 -0.08
Dec 31, 2021 0.28
Sep 30, 2021 0.21
Jun 30, 2021 -0.32
Mar 31, 2021 0.12
Dec 31, 2020 0.13
Sep 30, 2020 0.08
Jun 30, 2020 0.16
Mar 31, 2020 -0.13
Dec 31, 2019 -1.04
Sep 30, 2019 0.21
Jun 30, 2019 -0.28
Mar 31, 2019 -0.55
Dec 31, 2018 0.07
Sep 30, 2018 -0.46
Jun 30, 2018 0.18
Mar 31, 2018 -0.27
Dec 31, 2017 0.11
Sep 30, 2017 0.06
Jun 30, 2017 0.84
Mar 31, 2017 -0.27
Dec 31, 2016 0.54
Sep 30, 2016 0.11
Jun 30, 2016 -0.20
Mar 31, 2016 -0.24
Dec 31, 2015 0.15
Sep 30, 2015 -0.46
Jun 30, 2015 0.26
Mar 31, 2015 -0.66
Dec 31, 2014 1.11
Sep 30, 2014 0.15
Jun 30, 2014 0.16
Mar 31, 2014 -0.14
Dec 31, 2013 0.60
Sep 30, 2013 -0.38
Jun 30, 2013 0.01
Dec 31, 2012 0.33
Sep 30, 2012 0.11
Jun 30, 2012 0.10
Mar 31, 2012 -0.88
Dec 31, 2011 -0.26
Sep 30, 2011 0.16
Jun 30, 2011 1.18
Mar 31, 2011 -0.21
Dec 31, 2010 0.14
Sep 30, 2010 0.13