Preformed Line Products (PLPC) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026)

Preformed Line Products (PLPC) reported Operating Margin of 7.78% for Q1 2026, down 106.0% year-over-year from 129.68% in Q1 2025, and up 425.59% quarter-over-quarter from 2.39% in Q4 2025.

Preformed Line Products (PLPC) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Preformed Line Products (PLPC) has 17 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 7.78% in Q1 2026.

  • Operating Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 7.78%, down 106.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 172.31% (up 16361.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 1198.59%, up 119004.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin advanced to 7.78% in Q1 2026 per PLPC's latest filing, from 2.39% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Operating Margin peaked at 472.55% in Q1 2022 and troughed at 2.39% in Q4 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 36.64% and a median of 10.1% in 2025 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Operating Margin surged 46339 bps in 2022, then tumbled 45661 bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 14.47% in 2022, then slumped by 67 bps to 4.77% in 2023, then soared by 120 bps to 10.48% in 2024, then plunged by 123 bps to 2.39% in 2025, then jumped by 426 bps to 7.78% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows PLPC's Operating Margin at 7.78% in Q1 2026, 2.39% in Q4 2025, and 7.37% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Qtr)
1 Novonix 479.97 Bn 479.92 Bn - -
2 Vertiv Holdings 114.69 Bn 112.19 Bn 999.70 Mn 16.61%
3 Bloom Energy 79.53 Bn 77.06 Bn 225.54 Mn 9.61%
4 nVent Electric 27.08 Bn 26.89 Bn 445.60 Mn 15.76%
5 Hubbell 26.67 Bn 26.16 Bn 505.30 Mn 17.39%
6 Advanced Energy Industries 13.19 Bn 13.19 Bn 200.90 Mn 13.37%
7 Powell Industries 10.63 Bn 10.09 Bn 87.94 Mn 19.41%
8 Ballard Power Systems 10.07 Bn 9.54 Bn 5.64 Mn -33.48%
9 Acuity Inc. (De) 9.39 Bn 9.12 Bn 520.40 Mn 12.60%
10 Preformed Line Products 1.86 Bn 1.79 Bn 55.22 Mn 7.78%

Historic Data

Download Data
DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 7.78%
Dec 31, 2025 -2.39%
Sep 30, 2025 7.37%
Jun 30, 2025 10.10%
Mar 31, 2025 8.84%
Dec 31, 2024 10.48%
Sep 30, 2024 7.07%
Jun 30, 2024 8.14%
Mar 31, 2024 8.20%
Dec 31, 2023 4.77%
Sep 30, 2023 12.51%
Jun 30, 2023 15.48%
Mar 31, 2023 15.94%
Dec 31, 2022 14.47%
Sep 30, 2022 10.50%
Jun 30, 2022 10.98%
Mar 31, 2022 472.55%
Dec 31, 2021 8.34%
Sep 30, 2021 9.66%
Jun 30, 2021 9.57%