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Preformed Line Products Company (PLPC): analyst forecast and price target
Analyst consensus
Moderate Buy1 Buy0 Hold0 Sell
Ratings of 1 analysts in the last 3 months · top analysts only12-month forecast
Based on 1 price targets given in the last 3 months, the average target is $480, the highest $480, the lowest $480. The average is +36.0% from the last price of $353.
| Analyst | Firm | Price target | Rating | Upside | Action | Date | Move vs SPY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI xAi Electrical Equipment and PartsxAI Grok-3 | TipRanks - xAI | $430 → $408−5.1% | Buy | +15.6% | Reiterated | 17.10.26on TipRanks Oct 16 23:05 | — | |
| AI DeepSeek Electrical Equipment and PartsDeepSeek R1-0528 | TipRanks - DeepSeek | $428 → $406−5.1% | Hold | +15.0% | Reiterated | 17.10.26on TipRanks Oct 16 23:05 | — | |
| AI OpenAI Electrical Equipment and PartsOpenAI 4o | TipRanks - OpenAI | $436 → $414−5.0% | Buy | +17.3% | Reiterated | 17.10.26on TipRanks Oct 16 23:05 | — | |
| AI Anthropic Electrical Equipment and PartsAnthropic Opus-4.1 | TipRanks - Anthropic | $415 → $394−5.1% | Hold | +11.6% | Reiterated | 17.10.26on TipRanks Oct 16 23:05 | — | |
| AI Google Electrical Equipment and PartsGemini 2.5Pro | TipRanks - Google | $440 → $418−5.0% | Buy | +18.4% | Reiterated | 17.10.26on TipRanks Oct 16 23:05 | — | |
| AI PerPlexity Electrical Equipment and PartsPerPlexity SonarPro | TipRanks - PerPlexity | $498 → $414−16.9% | Buy | +17.3% | Upgrade | 17.10.26on TipRanks Oct 16 23:05 | — | |
| Sergey Glinyanov★★★★★★★★★★#2851 · hits 65% · avg +23.7% | Freedom Capital Markets | $372 → $480+29.0% | Buy | +36.0% | Upgrade | 04.08.26on TipRanks 15:30 | +16.5%next day +11.5% · 5 days +13.6% | ↗ |
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The latest rating of each analyst in the last 12 months, as TipRanks lists them. Every rating kept, earlier ones included
Best analysts covering Preformed Line Products Company
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How the average price target moved
The average target of all analysts (their ratings of the 3 months before) on each day, the top analysts’ dashed, against the price; the site keeps this record since 1 October 2026. On 01.10.26: target $480 at a price of $407 (+17.9%); now: $480 at $353 (+36.0%).
PriceAverage targetTop analysts’ target
Recommendation trend · top analysts
Strong BuyBuyHoldSell
| Rating | 05.26 | 06.26 | 07.26 | 08.26 | 09.26 | 10.26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strong Buy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Hold | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Earnings and sales forecast
Next report: 04.11.26 (Q3 2026, date not confirmed)
Earnings per share
Next quarter’s EPS estimate — $3.37 (from $3.37 to $3.37). Last quarter: $4.49.
Sales
Next quarter’s sales estimate — $215M (from $215M to $215M). Last quarter: $213M.
Best top-analyst consensus in the sector · Industrials
About Preformed Line Products Company
- CEO: Dennis F. McKenna
- Employees: 3,734
- 660 Beta Drive, Mayfield, OH, 44143, US
- www.plp.com
Preformed Line Products Company (PLPC), along with its subsidiaries, specializes in the design and manufacturing of a comprehensive range of products and integrated systems. These solutions are vital for constructing and maintaining overhead, ground-level, and underground network infrastructures across various industries, including energy, telecommunications, cable operation, and information technology. Their offerings encompass specialized formed wire products engineered to support, safeguard, terminate, and secure power conductors and communication cables, while also managing cable dynamics. Furthermore, PLPC provides diverse hardware components intended to brace and shield transmission conductors, such as spacers, spacer-dampers, stockbridge dampers, corona suppression devices, and various compression fittings used in dead-end applications. The company also produces protective closures essential for shielding fixed-line communication networks, including both copper and fiber optic cables, from moisture, environmental hazards, and other potential contaminants. Additional products include hardware assemblies, pole line hardware, resale items, underground connectors, solar hardware systems, guy markers, tree guards, fiber optic cable markers, pedestal markers, and urethane products, serving a multitude of applications in the energy, renewable energy, communications, cable, and specialized sectors. PLPC serves a global clientele, reaching public and private energy utilities, communication companies, cable operators, financial institutions, government agencies, contractors, subcontractors, distributors, and value-added resellers throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific regions. The company markets its products via both an internal direct sales force and through manufacturing representatives. Established in 1947, Preformed Line Products Company is headquartered in Mayfield, Ohio.
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