PLPC - Preformed Line Products Company
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.
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Electrical Equipment & Parts
- Market Cap
- $1.69B
- P/E Ratio
- 49.45
- Beta
- 0.89
- 52-Week Range
- 139.04-414.35
- Dividend Yield
- $0.83
- CEO
- Dennis F. McKenna
- Employees
- 3,734
- IPO Date
- Apr 28, 1999
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
PLPC Options Snapshot
Options pricing data for PLPC is refreshed daily after the close. When listed contracts exist, this page surfaces the latest at-the-money implied volatility, max pain strike, dealer gamma exposure (GEX), and 25-delta skew. Listed contracts and live snapshots appear once the options chain has been published by the exchange for the most recent session.
What This Page Covers
The PLPC overview links into per-metric analysis views: max pain, gamma exposure, volatility skew, expected move, options chain, open interest history, and aggregate Greeks. Microstructure data is available on short interest, short volume, fail-to-deliver, and market structure. Corporate data is on fundamentals, earnings, analyst ratings, and insider trading.
Frequently asked PLPC overview questions
- What is PLPC?
- PLPC is the ticker symbol for Preformed Line Products Company, a listed security. 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. Listed on NASDAQ. PLPC is the equity ticker shown on this page; equity options traders use the security for directional, volatility, and income strategies via the listed options chain.
- What are PLPC's key statistics?
- Preformed Line Products Company (PLPC) carries a market capitalization of $1.69B, trailing P/E ratio of 49.45, beta of 0.89 relative to the broader market, 52-week range of 139.04-414.35. Full income statement, balance sheet, cash flow, and TTM ratio history is on the per-ticker fundamentals page; daily price history and 52-week levels are accessible from the same view. These structural inputs frame how the options market prices implied volatility around earnings windows and capital events.
- What sector or industry does PLPC belong to?
- Preformed Line Products Company operates in the Industrials sector, in the Electrical Equipment & Parts industry. Sector classification affects how the ticker correlates with sector ETFs, how it reacts to macro factors like rate moves and commodity prices, and how its options pricing compares to sector peers. Compare PLPC's implied volatility and skew against sector benchmarks to gauge whether the options market is pricing single-name or systemic risk relative to the broader peer group.
- How current is the PLPC data on this page?
- Options snapshots refresh after each trading session; if no snapshot is currently posted for PLPC, it usually reflects low options liquidity or a recently listed name. Company-profile fields (sector, industry, market cap, P/E, IPO date) refresh from the vendor feed nightly. Financials and earnings refresh as 10-K and 10-Q filings are parsed (typically within several business days of the actual report). FINRA microstructure data refreshes on the source's cadence (daily for short volume, bi-monthly for short interest, weekly for the OTC volume file, twice-monthly for SEC FTD).