---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001564590-21-052662"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PLPC"
cik: "0000080035"
company_name: "PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS CO"
filed_at: "2021-10-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T17:05:44.656722+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Preformed Line Products Q3 sales up 6.2% but EPS falls to $2.15 from $2.59; costs weigh

## Summary
- Net sales $135.4M (+6.2% YoY); currency favorable $2.0M.
- Net income $10.7M ($2.15 diluted EPS) vs $13.0M ($2.59) in Q3 2020.
- Rising raw material/transport costs offset by price increase effective June 1, 2021; second price increase effective Oct 15, 2021.
- First nine months: sales $386.0M (+11.0%), net income $26.8M ($5.40 EPS) vs $27.1M ($5.43).
- CEO expects price increases to mitigate cost inflation in Q4 2021 and beyond.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001564590-21-052662
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PLPC
- cik: 0000080035
- company_name: PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS CO
- filed_at: 2021-10-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80035/000156459021052662/0001564590-21-052662-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80035/000156459021052662/plpc-8k_20211028.htm

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