---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-25-012613"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PLPC"
cik: "0000080035"
company_name: "PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS CO"
filed_at: "2025-03-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-24T21:48:08.891472+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Preformed Line Products Q4 net sales +15% YoY to $167.1M; EPS $2.13 (+65%)

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $167.1M (+15% vs Q4 2023, +14% sequential); diluted EPS $2.13 (vs $1.29).
- Full-year net sales $593.7M (-11% YoY) due to U.S. energy/comm destocking; net income $37.1M ($7.50 EPS).
- Debt reduced by $33.7M in 2024 on strong cash generation and lower capex.
- International subsidiaries drove Q4 growth; U.S. weak on BEAD delay and customer destocking.
- Executive Chairman sees destocking nearing end; focus on new products, automation, and acquisitions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-25-012613
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PLPC
- cik: 0000080035
- company_name: PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS CO
- filed_at: 2025-03-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- 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/80035/000162828025012613/0001628280-25-012613-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80035/000162828025012613/plpc-20250313.htm

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