---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-24-044351"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PLPC"
cik: "0000080035"
company_name: "PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS CO"
filed_at: "2024-10-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T08:42:50.532160+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Preformed Line Products Q3 net sales down 8% YoY to $147M; EPS $1.54 vs $3.03

## Summary
- Q3 net sales $147.0M (-8% YoY); net income $7.7M ($1.54 diluted EPS) vs $15.1M ($3.03).
- Nine-month net sales $426.6M (-19% YoY); net income $26.6M ($5.37) vs $57.0M ($11.39).
- Decline driven by communications end-market slowdown and inventory destocking; gross margin 31.2% flat.
- Order backlog increasing suggests nearing end of destocking; cost containment partially offset lower sales.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-24-044351
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PLPC
- cik: 0000080035
- company_name: PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS CO
- filed_at: 2024-10-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80035/000162828024044351/0001628280-24-044351-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80035/000162828024044351/plpc-20241030.htm

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