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PLPC (Preformed Line Products Co) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 6.89% (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Preformed Line Products Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Preformed Line Products Co's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $623.6 Mil. Preformed Line Products Co's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2024 was $43.0 Mil. Preformed Line Products Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 6.89%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Preformed Line Products Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

PLPC' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.6   Med: 10.23   Max: 17.07
Current: 6.66

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Preformed Line Products Co was 17.07%. The lowest was 4.60%. And the median was 10.23%.

PLPC's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
69.58% of 3037 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 3.69 vs PLPC: 6.66

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. Preformed Line Products Co's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 20.14%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past seven years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.


Preformed Line Products Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Preformed Line Products Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Preformed Line Products Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Preformed Line Products Co Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 9.95 12.02 14.51 16.34 12.77

Preformed Line Products Co Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 12.59 12.77 10.65 8.59 6.89

Competitive Comparison of Preformed Line Products Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Electrical Equipment & Parts subindustry, Preformed Line Products Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Preformed Line Products Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Preformed Line Products Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Preformed Line Products Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Preformed Line Products Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation

In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.

Preformed Line Products Cos Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=86.249/675.2377626
=12.77 %

Preformed Line Products Co's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $43.0 Mil.



Preformed Line Products Co  (NAS:PLPC) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation

Joel Greenblatt defines the earnings yield using the above equation because it more accurately reflects the company's profitability relative to its stock price. Items like interest payment and tax etc. are not directly related to the company's operational profitability.

Enterprise Value instead of market cap (share price) is used in the calculation because it is the real price stock and bond investors together pay for the company.


Be Aware

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % based on Don Yacktman's definition is a better measure of the expected rate of return for a stock.


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Preformed Line Products Co Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
660 Beta Drive, Mayfield Village, Cleveland, OH, USA, 44143
Preformed Line Products Co is a designer and manufacturer of products and systems for constructing and maintaining overhead and underground networks for energy, telecommunication, cable operators, data communication, and other industries. In addition, it provides solar hardware systems and mounting hardware for a variety of solar power applications. Its products consist of Energy Products, Communications Products, and Special Industries Products. The company's majority of the revenue is derived from the sale of products in The Americas with operations also in PLP-USA, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and Asia-Pacific. The revenue gets driven by Energy products which comprise protecting transmission conductors, spacers, spacer-dampers, and Stockbridge dampers.
Executives
Michael E Gibbons director 15885 SPRAGUE RD, STRONGSVILLE OH 44136-1799
Katherine E. Wensink 10 percent owner 600 SUPERIOR AVENUE, EAST, SUITE 2100, CLEVELAND OH 44114
Barbara P Ruhlman Irrevocable Trust Dated 7/29/08 10 percent owner P.O. BOX 91129, CLEVELAND OH 44101
Barbara P Ruhlman Revocable Trust Dated 9/21/16 10 percent owner 660 BETA DRIVE, MAYFIELD VILLAGE OH 44143
Randall M Ruhlman 10 percent owner C/O PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS, PO BOX 91129, CLEVELAND OH 44101
Robert G Ruhlman director, 10 percent owner C/O BAKER HOSTETLER LLP, 1900 EAST NINTH ST, CLEVELAND OH 44114
Third Restatement Of Barbara P. Ruhlman Trust Agreement, Dated November 20, 2008 10 percent owner C/O MCDONALD HOPKINS LLC, 600 SUPERIOR AVENUE, EAST SUITE 2100, CLEVELAND OH 44114
Bernard L. Karr 10 percent owner 600 SUPERIOR AVENUE, EAST, SUITE 2100, CLEVELAND OH 44114
Andrew S Klaus officer: CFO 660 BETA DRIVE, MAYFIELD VILLAGE OH 44143
John J Olenik officer: VP-Research & Engineering 660 BETA DRIVE, MAYFIELD VILLAGE OH 44143
Timothy O'shaughnessy officer: V.P. Human Resources 660 BETA DR, MAYFIELD VILLAGE OH 44143
Curlee J Cecil Jr officer: V.P. - Human Resources C/O PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS, PO BOX 91129, CLEVELAND OH 44101
C Sunkle David officer: VP-Research & Engineering P.O. BOX 91129, CLEVELAND OH 44101
Michael A Weisbarth officer: VP-Finance & Treasurer 660 BETA DRIVE, MAYFIELD VILLAGE OH 44143
Barbara P Ruhlman 10 percent owner C/O BAKER HOSTETLER LLP, 1900 EAST NINTH ST, CLEVELAND OH 44114