secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS CO (PLPC)
CIK:        0000080035
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-10-30T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-24-044351
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80035/000162828024044351/0001628280-24-044351-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80035/000162828024044351/plpc-20241030.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-24-044351

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