Preformed Line Products Company (PLPC) Earnings: Q3 2026 Results

The quarter ended September 30, 2026 and Preformed Line Products published the results on October 28, 2026. Revenue and diluted EPS are shown against Q3 2025, the same quarter a year earlier, which takes seasonal swings out of the comparison.

• Q3 2025 included an $11.7 million pre-tax charge for terminating the U.S. Pension Plan. Excluding it, PLP reported adjusted diluted EPS of $2.09 for Q3 2025; it reports no adjusted figure for Q3 2026.
• Segment net sales are after intersegment sales. Preformed Line Products reports in thousands; figures here are in millions.

Source: Preformed Line Products Q3 2026 results, October 28, 2026. Also in the Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2026. Figures as reported; checked against the release on November 10, 2026.

How Preformed Line Products splits revenue in its own release, under its own labels, for Q3 2026 against Q3 2025. Indented lines are parts of the line above them.

• Preformed Line Products's PLP-USA revenue was $103 million in Q3 2026, up 27% from $80.8 million in Q3 2025, 49% of total revenue.
• Preformed Line Products's The Americas revenue was $33.0 million in Q3 2026, up 13% from $29.3 million in Q3 2025, 16% of total revenue.
• Preformed Line Products's EMEA revenue was $37.7 million in Q3 2026, down 1% from $38.1 million in Q3 2025, 18% of total revenue.
• Preformed Line Products's Asia-Pacific revenue was $36.1 million in Q3 2026, up 21% from $29.9 million in Q3 2025, 17% of total revenue.

Segment lines are the figures writers cite most often, because they show where the growth in a quarter came from. Companies redraw their segments from time to time and restate the prior year to match, so a year-ago figure here can differ from the one printed a year ago. When that has happened, the note above says so.

Revenue and diluted EPS for the last 5 quarters. Each date links to that quarter's release.

Net sales and diluted EPS attributable to PLPC shareholders, each as first reported in that quarter's release.

We do not hold a confirmed date for Preformed Line Products's next report. Companies post the date on their investor relations site a few weeks ahead, usually with the time of the conference call.

Each quarter keeps its own page with the figures as reported, so a link to one stays pointed at the same numbers after the next report.

• Q3 2026 (this page), reported Oct 28, 2026

Preformed Line Products' net sales rose 18% to $209.5 million in Q3 2026, from $178.1 million a year earlier. Excluding currency translation, which added $3.1 million, the increase was 16%. PLP-USA was $102.7 million, the second straight quarter above $100 million, and the three international segments were The Americas ($33.0 million), EMEA ($37.7 million) and Asia-Pacific ($36.1 million). (Preformed Line Products Q3 2026 release, Oct 28, 2026; Preformed Line Products Form 10-Q, Q3 2026, Oct 29, 2026)

PLP makes products that support, protect, connect, terminate and secure cables and wires on overhead, ground-mounted and underground networks: formed wire solutions, connectors, fiber optic and copper splice closures, solar hardware mounting and EV charging station foundations. Energy products were 75% of Q3 2026 net sales, up from 69%, communications 19%, down from 23%, and special industries 6%. (Preformed Line Products Form 10-K, 2025, Mar 5, 2026; Preformed Line Products Form 10-Q, Q3 2026, Oct 29, 2026)

PLP-USA net sales rose 27%, which the 10-Q attributes mainly to higher volumes in energy sales and, to a lesser extent, communications. In constant currency, The Americas grew 7%, helped by Delta Star, a Brazilian maker of substation connectors bought in May 2026, and higher communications volumes. Asia-Pacific grew 17% on energy volumes, and EMEA fell $0.6 million on lower communications volumes. (Preformed Line Products Form 10-Q, Q3 2026, Oct 29, 2026)

Order backlog was approximately $232.8 million at the end of 2025, up from $191.0 million a year earlier, and PLP expected to ship substantially all of it in 2026. Its products are used by utility maintenance and construction crews, which makes sales seasonal. (Preformed Line Products Form 10-K, 2025, Mar 5, 2026)

Preformed Line Products' GAAP diluted EPS was $3.56 in Q3 2026, against $0.53 a year earlier, on net income of $18.0 million against $2.6 million. Q3 2025 carried an $11.7 million pre-tax charge for terminating the U.S. Pension Plan; adding back its after-tax $7.7 million, PLP reported adjusted diluted EPS of $2.09 for that quarter, and diluted EPS rose 70% on that basis. (Preformed Line Products Q3 2026 release, Oct 28, 2026)

Gross margin rose 370 basis points to 33.4%. PLP-USA gross profit rose 57% to $37.3 million because of higher volumes, favorable product mix and price increases enacted in 2025 and 2026, partly offset by higher material and manufacturing costs. The release says selling and freight costs, investment in personnel and tariff headwinds offset part of the gain. (Preformed Line Products Q3 2026 release, Oct 28, 2026; Preformed Line Products Form 10-Q, Q3 2026, Oct 29, 2026)

The effective tax rate was 30%, against negative 11% a year earlier, when PLP recorded a tax benefit from releasing pension amounts held in other comprehensive income. Diluted weighted average shares were 5,072 thousand. PLP bought back 810 shares in the quarter, and 74,969 shares remained under its repurchase authorization. (Preformed Line Products Form 10-Q, Q3 2026, Oct 29, 2026; Preformed Line Products Q3 2026 release, Oct 28, 2026)

Diluted EPS divides net income by the weighted average number of shares outstanding in the quarter, plus the shares that options and other equity awards could add. Buybacks shrink that count and lift EPS for the same profit; share issuance and stock awards enlarge it.

Preformed Line Products does not publish a revenue or earnings outlook in its release. Its executive chairman said tariffs continue to present headwinds and that geopolitical conditions keep changing, and pointed to domestic U.S. manufacturing and a footprint in 20 countries. (Preformed Line Products Q3 2026 release, Oct 28, 2026)

Year to date, net sales rose 21% to $598.5 million and diluted EPS was $10.18 against $5.42. Operating cash flow was $68.1 million through nine months, and PLP ended the quarter with $99.3 million in cash and $53.9 million of available credit. (Preformed Line Products Q3 2026 release, Oct 28, 2026)

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The consensus figures on this page are Yahoo Finance's, as pulled on the date shown. Each comes with the number of analysts behind it; the smaller that number, the more one revised estimate can move the average.

The figures below are the ones Preformed Line Products's own release and filings put weight on for Q3 2026, with the latest reported value for each.

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• Restated comparisons are flagged in the notes on this page. When a company redraws its segments or changes how it adjusts EPS, it restates the year-ago column, so the year-ago figure in a new release can differ from the one printed a year ago. This page always uses the comparison in the newer release, because that is the like-for-like one.

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