Preformed Line Products (PLPC) Gross Margin (2010 - 2026)
Preformed Line Products (PLPC) reported Gross Margin of 31.33% for Q1 2026, down 144.0% year-over-year from 71.19% in Q1 2025, and up 398.34% on a QoQ basis from 10.5% in Q4 2025.
Preformed Line Products (PLPC) has 17 years of Gross Margin data on file, last reported at 31.33% in Q1 2026.
- Quarterly Gross Margin fell 144.0% year-over-year to 31.33% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 665.15% (up 63283.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 4533.46%, up 450149.0% from the prior year.
- Gross Margin climbed to 31.33% in Q1 2026 per PLPC's latest filing, from 10.5% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Gross Margin topped out at 2097.55% in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 10.5% in Q4 2025.
- The 5-year median for Gross Margin is 32.77% (2025), against an average of 152.06%.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Gross Margin jumped 206336 bps; it then slumped 206110 bps in 2023.
- Tracing PLPC's Gross Margin over 5 years: stood at 36.62% in 2022, then slipped by 10 bps to 33.04% in 2023, then gained by 1 bps to 33.29% in 2024, then plunged by 132 bps to 10.5% in 2025, then surged by 398 bps to 31.33% in 2026.
- Per Business Quant, the three latest PLPC Gross Margin figures stand at 31.33% (Q1 2026), 10.5% (Q4 2025), and 29.68% (Q3 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Gross Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vertiv Holdings | 125.39 Bn | 122.89 Bn | 999.70 Mn | 37.73% |
| 2 | Bloom Energy | 85.22 Bn | 82.75 Bn | 225.54 Mn | 30.03% |
| 3 | nVent Electric | 26.63 Bn | 26.44 Bn | 445.60 Mn | 35.88% |
| 4 | Hubbell | 25.22 Bn | 24.72 Bn | 505.30 Mn | 33.32% |
| 5 | Advanced Energy Industries | 12.25 Bn | 12.25 Bn | 200.90 Mn | 39.32% |
| 6 | Powell Industries | 10.16 Bn | 9.61 Bn | 87.94 Mn | 29.65% |
| 7 | Acuity Inc. (De) | 8.82 Bn | 8.55 Bn | 520.40 Mn | 49.29% |
| 8 | EnerSys | 8.70 Bn | 8.26 Bn | 290.87 Mn | 29.44% |
| 9 | Plug Power | 5.25 Bn | 4.87 Bn | -21.61 Mn | -13.21% |
| 10 | Preformed Line Products | 1.76 Bn | 1.69 Bn | 55.22 Mn | 31.33% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 31.33% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -10.50% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 29.68% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 32.66% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 32.77% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 33.29% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 31.15% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 31.92% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 31.32% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 33.04% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 33.74% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 36.48% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 36.45% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 36.62% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 35.24% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 32.24% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 2,097.55% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 30.32% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 31.88% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 32.35% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 34.19% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 30.90% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 35.24% |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 33.64% |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 32.00% |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 31.83% |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 33.00% |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 32.92% |
| Mar 31, 2019 | 28.06% |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 30.38% |
| Sep 30, 2018 | 30.89% |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 32.32% |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 32.12% |
| Dec 31, 2017 | 31.74% |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 33.79% |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 30.43% |
| Mar 31, 2017 | 29.17% |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 34.09% |
| Sep 30, 2016 | 32.68% |
| Jun 30, 2016 | 32.21% |
| Mar 31, 2016 | 30.87% |
| Dec 31, 2015 | 28.37% |
| Sep 30, 2015 | 29.38% |
| Jun 30, 2015 | 30.09% |
| Mar 31, 2015 | 28.86% |
| Dec 31, 2014 | 31.03% |
| Sep 30, 2014 | 31.79% |
| Jun 30, 2014 | 31.20% |
| Mar 31, 2014 | 30.52% |
| Dec 31, 2013 | 30.84% |
| Sep 30, 2013 | 31.40% |
| Jun 30, 2013 | 33.61% |
| Mar 31, 2013 | 31.71% |
| Dec 31, 2012 | 31.62% |
| Sep 30, 2012 | 33.72% |
| Jun 30, 2012 | 33.02% |
| Mar 31, 2012 | 33.09% |
| Dec 31, 2011 | 32.23% |
| Sep 30, 2011 | 34.56% |
| Jun 30, 2011 | 32.05% |
| Mar 31, 2011 | 34.06% |
| Dec 31, 2010 | 31.15% |
| Sep 30, 2010 | 33.71% |
| Jun 30, 2010 | 33.43% |