Preformed Line Products (PLPC) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)

Preformed Line Products' (PLPC) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 10.43% in Q1 2026, down 53.0% year-on-year from 22.2% in Q1 2025, and up 1.12% on a QoQ basis from 10.32% in Q4 2025.

Preformed Line Products (PLPC) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Preformed Line Products (PLPC) has 16 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 10.43% in Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed fell 53.0% year-over-year to 10.43% in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 10.43%, a 53.0% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 11.05%, up 48.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 stood at 10.43%, up from 10.32% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for PLPC reached as high as 21.27% in Q3 2023 and fell as low as 8.58% in Q3 2024.
  • Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 13.52% across 5 years, with a median of 11.7% in 2025.
  • Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed soared 805 bps in 2023 and sank 1269 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 15.97% in 2022, then increased by 7 bps to 17.05% in 2023, then plunged by 37 bps to 10.7% in 2024, then slipped by 4 bps to 10.32% in 2025, then advanced by 1 bps to 10.43% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Return on Capital Employed figures were 10.43% in Q1 2026, 10.32% in Q4 2025, and 11.68% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Electrovaya 424.38 Bn 424.36 Bn 6.04 Mn 8.37%
2 Vertiv Holdings 116.45 Bn 113.95 Bn 999.70 Mn 26.52%
3 Bloom Energy 61.23 Bn 58.77 Bn 225.54 Mn 4.38%
4 Hubbell 25.93 Bn 25.43 Bn 505.30 Mn 18.97%
5 nVent Electric 25.66 Bn 25.47 Bn 445.60 Mn 11.66%
6 Advanced Energy Industries 11.88 Bn 11.18 Bn 200.90 Mn 13.11%
7 Acuity Inc. (De) 9.90 Bn 9.48 Bn 606.40 Mn 17.52%
8 Powell Industries 9.42 Bn 8.87 Bn 87.94 Mn 32.43%
9 EnerSys 7.49 Bn 7.05 Bn 290.87 Mn 13.24%
10 Preformed Line Products 1.60 Bn 1.60 Bn 55.22 Mn 10.43%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 10.43%
Dec 31, 2025 10.32%
Sep 30, 2025 11.68%
Jun 30, 2025 11.70%
Mar 31, 2025 10.96%
Dec 31, 2024 10.70%
Sep 30, 2024 8.58%
Jun 30, 2024 10.49%
Mar 31, 2024 13.48%
Dec 31, 2023 17.05%
Sep 30, 2023 21.27%
Jun 30, 2023 20.42%
Mar 31, 2023 19.32%
Dec 31, 2022 15.97%
Sep 30, 2022 13.48%
Jun 30, 2022 12.36%
Mar 31, 2022 11.67%
Dec 31, 2021 12.33%
Sep 30, 2021 10.81%
Jun 30, 2021 12.20%