secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS CO (PLPC)
CIK:        0000080035
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-07-29T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001564590-21-039142
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Preformed Line Products Q2 sales up 13.1% to $133M, EPS drops to $1.80 from $2.11
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- Net sales $133.0M vs $117.6M in Q2 2020; currency added $6.2M (5.3%).
- Net income $8.9M ($1.80 diluted EPS) vs $10.5M ($2.11) a year ago.
- Gross profit hurt by significant raw material and transportation cost increases.
- First-half 2021 net sales $250.6M (+13.7%); net income $16.0M ($3.25 EPS).
- CEO cites PLP USA communications growth; plans facility investments for capacity.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80035/000156459021039142/0001564590-21-039142-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80035/000156459021039142/plpc-8k_20210729.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-21-039142

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