Preformed Line Products Company (PLPC) Free Cash Flow (FCF): $34.71M
The free cash flow (FCF) for Preformed Line Products Company (PLPC) is $34.71M. It is below its 12-month average by 19.43% ($43.08M).
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PLPC Free Cash Flow (FCF) Metrics
FREE CASH FLOW (FCF)
$34.71M
FREE CASH FLOW (FCF) AVG TTM
$43.08M
FREE CASH FLOW (FCF) AVG 3Y
$36.01M
FREE CASH FLOW (FCF) AVG 5Y
$29.39M
FREE CASH FLOW (FCF) AVG 10Y
$20.08M
FREE CASH FLOW (FCF) AVG 15Y
$17.05M
FREE CASH FLOW (FCF) AVG 20Y
$15.37M
CURRENT VS TTM AVG
-19.43%
CURRENT VS 3Y AVG
-3.60%
CURRENT VS 5Y AVG
+18.12%
CURRENT VS 10Y AVG
+72.89%
CURRENT VS 15Y AVG
+103.56%
CURRENT VS 20Y AVG
+125.77%
FCF Analysis
Free Cash Flow (TTM)
$34.71M
FCF Yield
1.88%
Price/FCF
53.3
Formula: FCF = Operating Cash Flow - Capital Expenditures
Why FCF matters:
- Shows actual cash available (not accounting earnings)
- Funds dividends, buybacks, and debt reduction
- Less susceptible to accounting manipulation than net income
- Key metric for DCF valuation models
Preformed Line Products Company Free Cash Flow (FCF) Formula & Definition
Free Cash Flow represents the cash a company generates after accounting for capital expenditures. It's the cash available for dividends, buybacks, debt reduction, or reinvestment.
Expanded definitions: Investopedia, Wikipedia, Corporate Finance Institute
Preformed Line Products Company Free Cash Flow (FCF) FAQ
- What is the free cash flow (FCF) for Preformed Line Products Company (PLPC)?
- The free cash flow (FCF) for PLPC stock is $34.71M.
- What is the TTM average free cash flow (FCF) for Preformed Line Products Company (PLPC)?
- The TTM average free cash flow (FCF) for PLPC stock is $43.08M.
- What is the 3Y average free cash flow (FCF) for Preformed Line Products Company (PLPC)?
- The 3Y average free cash flow (FCF) for PLPC stock is $36.01M.
- What is the 5Y average free cash flow (FCF) for Preformed Line Products Company (PLPC)?
- The 5Y average free cash flow (FCF) for PLPC stock is $29.39M.
- What is the 10Y average free cash flow (FCF) for Preformed Line Products Company (PLPC)?
- The 10Y average free cash flow (FCF) for PLPC stock is $20.08M.
- What is the 15Y average free cash flow (FCF) for Preformed Line Products Company (PLPC)?
- The 15Y average free cash flow (FCF) for PLPC stock is $17.05M.
- What is the 20Y average free cash flow (FCF) for Preformed Line Products Company (PLPC)?
- The 20Y average free cash flow (FCF) for PLPC stock is $15.37M.
Preformed Line Products Company Free Cash Flow (FCF) History
| DATE | FREE CASH FLOW (FCF) |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | $33.34M |
| 2024-12-31 | $52.83M |
| 2023-12-31 | $72.31M |
| 2022-12-31 | $-14.45M |
| 2021-12-31 | $15.21M |
| 2020-12-31 | $17.07M |
| 2019-12-31 | $-2.25M |
| 2018-12-31 | $13.45M |
| 2017-12-31 | $22.60M |
| 2016-12-31 | $1.25M |
| 2015-12-31 | $9.47M |
| 2014-12-31 | $7.59M |
| 2013-12-31 | $505000.00 |
| 2012-12-31 | $29.34M |
| 2011-12-31 | $-1.86M |
| 2010-12-31 | $16.41M |
| 2009-12-31 | $18.35M |
| 2008-12-31 | $8.26M |
| 2007-12-31 | $5.03M |
| 2006-12-31 | $4.56M |
| 2005-12-31 | $13.83M |
| 2004-12-31 | $6.68M |
| 2003-12-31 | $16.71M |
| 2002-12-31 | $13.88M |
| 2001-12-31 | $10.98M |
| 2000-12-31 | $9.12M |
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About 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. 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.
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Electrical Equipment & Parts
- CEO
- Dennis F. McKenna