---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000080035-25-000020"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PLPC"
cik: "0000080035"
company_name: "PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS CO"
filed_at: "2025-10-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T01:47:34.742617+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# PLPC Q3 net sales up 21% to $178.1M; adjusted EPS $2.09, +36% YoY

## Summary
- GAAP diluted EPS $0.53 vs $1.54; includes $11.7M non-cash pension termination charge.
- Adjusted diluted EPS $2.09, up 36% from $1.54; adjusted net income $10.3M.
- Energy and communications end-market sales drove growth; JAP Telecom acquisition contributed.
- Tariffs and LIFO costs totaled $3.8M pre-tax in Q3; selling price increases lag but expected to fully mitigate.
- First nine months 2025 net sales $496.2M (+16% YoY); adjusted EPS $6.98, up 30%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000080035-25-000020
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PLPC
- cik: 0000080035
- company_name: PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS CO
- filed_at: 2025-10-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80035/000008003525000020/0000080035-25-000020-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80035/000008003525000020/plpc-20251029.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000080035-25-000020.txt

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