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Preformed Line Products Co (Preformed Line Products Co) Piotroski F-Score : 8 (As of May. 03, 2024)


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What is Preformed Line Products Co Piotroski F-Score?

Good Sign:

Piotroski F-Score is 8, indicates a very healthy situation.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

Good or high score = 7, 8, 9
Bad or low score = 0, 1, 2, 3

Preformed Line Products Co has an F-score of 8. It is a good or high score, which usually indicates a very healthy situation.

The historical rank and industry rank for Preformed Line Products Co's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

PLPC' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4   Med: 6   Max: 8
Current: 8

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Preformed Line Products Co was 8. The lowest was 4. And the median was 6.


Preformed Line Products Co Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Preformed Line Products Co's Piotroski F-Score can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Preformed Line Products Co Piotroski F-Score Chart

Preformed Line Products Co Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Piotroski F-Score
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Preformed Line Products Co Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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Competitive Comparison of Preformed Line Products Co's Piotroski F-Score

For the Electrical Equipment & Parts subindustry, Preformed Line Products Co's Piotroski F-Score, along with its competitors' market caps and Piotroski F-Score 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 Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Preformed Line Products Co's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Preformed Line Products Co's Piotroski F-Score falls into.


How is the Piotroski F-Score calculated?

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

This Year (Dec23) TTM:Last Year (Dec22) TTM:
Net Income was 21.398 + 20.472 + 15.13 + 6.332 = $63.3 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 25.43 + 20.42 + 42.504 + 19.288 = $107.6 Mil.
Revenue was 181.824 + 181.813 + 160.438 + 145.603 = $669.7 Mil.
Gross Profit was 66.283 + 66.327 + 54.137 + 48.1 = $234.8 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec22)
to the end of this year (Dec23) was
(568.479 + 602.248 + 621.942 + 606.603 + 603.151) / 5 = $600.4846 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec22) was $568.5 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $56.7 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $324.8 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $111.3 Mil.
Net Income was 12.285 + 13.712 + 11.887 + 16.511 = $54.4 Mil.

Revenue was 138.223 + 163.471 + 165.402 + 169.924 = $637.0 Mil.
Gross Profit was 41.951 + 52.706 + 58.293 + 62.23 = $215.2 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec21)
to the end of last year (Dec22) was
(489.018 + 534.5 + 537.056 + 530.714 + 568.479) / 5 = $531.9534 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec21) was $489.0 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $75.4 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $328.2 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $115.3 Mil.

*Note: If the latest quarterly/semi-annual/annual total assets data is 0, then we will use previous quarterly/semi-annual/annual data for all the items in the balance sheet.

Profitability

Question 1. Return on Assets (ROA)

Net income before extraordinary items for the year divided by Total Assets at the beginning of the year.

Score 1 if positive, 0 if negative.

Preformed Line Products Co's current Net Income (TTM) was 63.3. ==> Positive ==> Score 1.

Question 2. Cash Flow Return on Assets (CFROA)

Net cash flow from operating activities (operating cash flow) divided by Total Assets at the beginning of the year.

Score 1 if positive, 0 if negative.

Preformed Line Products Co's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 107.6. ==> Positive ==> Score 1.

Question 3. Change in Return on Assets

Compare this year's return on assets (1) to last year's return on assets.

Score 1 if it's higher, 0 if it's lower.

ROA (This Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec22)
=63.332/568.479
=0.11140605

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec21)
=54.395/489.018
=0.11123312

Preformed Line Products Co's return on assets of this year was 0.11140605. Preformed Line Products Co's return on assets of last year was 0.11123312. ==> This year is higher. ==> Score 1.

Question 4. Quality of Earnings (Accrual)

Compare Cash flow return on assets (2) to return on assets (1)

Score 1 if CFROA > ROA, 0 if CFROA <= ROA.

Preformed Line Products Co's current Net Income (TTM) was 63.3. Preformed Line Products Co's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 107.6. ==> 107.6 > 63.3 ==> CFROA > ROA ==> Score 1.

Funding

Question 5. Change in Gearing or Leverage

Compare this year's gearing (long-term debt divided by average total assets) to last year's gearing.

Score 0 if this year's gearing is higher, 1 otherwise.

Gearing (This Year: Dec23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec22 to Dec23
=56.688/600.4846
=0.09440375

Gearing (Last Year: Dec22)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec21 to Dec22
=75.443/531.9534
=0.14182257

Preformed Line Products Co's gearing of this year was 0.09440375. Preformed Line Products Co's gearing of last year was 0.14182257. ==> This year is lower or equal to last year. ==> Score 1.

Question 6. Change in Working Capital (Liquidity)

Compare this year's current ratio (current assets divided by current liabilities) to last year's current ratio.

Score 1 if this year's current ratio is higher, 0 if it's lower

Current Ratio (This Year: Dec23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=324.815/111.317
=2.91792808

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec22)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=328.17/115.335
=2.84536351

Preformed Line Products Co's current ratio of this year was 2.91792808. Preformed Line Products Co's current ratio of last year was 2.84536351. ==> This year's current ratio is higher. ==> Score 1.

Question 7. Change in Shares in Issue

Compare the number of shares in issue this year, to the number in issue last year.

Score 0 if there is larger number of shares in issue this year, 1 otherwise.

Preformed Line Products Co's number of shares in issue this year was 4.97. Preformed Line Products Co's number of shares in issue last year was 5.047. ==> There is smaller number of shares in issue this year, or the same. ==> Score 1.

Efficiency

Question 8. Change in Gross Margin

Compare this year's gross margin (Gross Profit divided by sales) to last year's.

Score 1 if this year's gross margin is higher, 0 if it's lower.

Gross Margin (This Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=234.847/669.678
=0.35068645

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=215.18/637.02
=0.33779159

Preformed Line Products Co's gross margin of this year was 0.35068645. Preformed Line Products Co's gross margin of last year was 0.33779159. ==> This year's gross margin is higher. ==> Score 1.

Question 9. Change in asset turnover

Compare this year's asset turnover (total sales for the year divided by total assets at the beginning of the year) to last year's asset turnover ratio.

Score 1 if this year's asset turnover ratio is higher, 0 if it's lower

Asset Turnover (This Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of This Year (Dec22)
=669.678/568.479
=1.17801713

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec21)
=637.02/489.018
=1.30265144

Preformed Line Products Co's asset turnover of this year was 1.17801713. Preformed Line Products Co's asset turnover of last year was 1.30265144. ==> Last year's asset turnover is higher ==> Score 0.

Evaluation

Piotroski F-Score= Que. 1+ Que. 2+ Que. 3+Que. 4+Que. 5+Que. 6+Que. 7+Que. 8+Que. 9
=1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+0
=8

Good or high score = 7, 8, 9
Bad or low score = 0, 1, 2, 3

Preformed Line Products Co has an F-score of 8. It is a good or high score, which usually indicates a very healthy situation.

Preformed Line Products Co  (NAS:PLPC) Piotroski F-Score Explanation

The developer of the system is Joseph D. Piotroski is relatively unknown accounting professor who shuns publicity and rarely gives interviews.

He graduated from the University of Illinois with a B.S. in accounting in 1989, received an M.B.A. from Indiana University in 1994. Five years later, in 1999, after earning a Ph.D. in accounting from the University of Michigan, he became an associate professor of accounting at the University of Chicago.

In 2000, he wrote a research paper called "Value Investing: The Use of Historical Financial Statement Information to Separate Winners from Losers" (pdf).

He wanted to see if he can develop a system (using a simple nine-point scoring system) that can increase the returns of a strategy of investing in low price to book (referred to in the paper as high book to market) value companies.

What he found was something that exceeded his most optimistic expectations.

Buying only those companies that scored highest (8 or 9) on his nine-point scale, or F-Score as he called it, over the 20 year period from 1976 to 1996 led to an average out-performance over the market of 13.4%.

Even more impressive were the results of a strategy of investing in the highest F-Score companies (8 or 9) and shorting companies with the lowest F-Score (0 or 1).

Over the same period from 1976 to 1996 (20 years) this strategy led to an average yearly return of 23%, substantially outperforming the average S&P 500 index return of 15.83% over the same period.


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Preformed Line Products Co (Preformed Line Products Co) Business Description

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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 United States with operations also in The Americas, 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

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