Is PLPC a high-quality business?

AlphaMadera's AlphaQuality grade scores Preformed Line Products Company on six pillars — profitability, capital efficiency, balance-sheet strength, growth durability, cash generation, and shareholder yield. The composite letter grade reflects how PLPC compares to a Buffett-style quality bar.

What is Preformed Line Products Company's AlphaQuality grade?

AlphaQuality assigns a letter grade (A through F) to PLPC based on a six-pillar quantitative model. The live page shows the composite grade plus each pillar's individual score with the underlying metrics.

What makes PLPC a quality stock?

AlphaQuality looks at return on capital, free-cash-flow margins, debt-to-equity, revenue stability, dividend and buyback policy, and operating-margin trend. Stocks scoring well across all six pillars earn higher grades — the methodology favors compounders over cyclicals.

PLPC - Preformed Line Products Company

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AlphaQuality

Quantitative six-pillar business-quality grade

Platform & Compounding FCF

AlphaQuality — archetype-weighted quantitative grade

C+ 59.6 / 100 composite

Composite Grade

Composite of six pillars weighted for platform & compounding fcf businesses. Purely quantitative — no stock price or analyst input.

Profitability

Weight: 25%

C- 50.3

5yr Avg ROIC 9.3% 57/100
Operating Margin Trend -0.43 pp/yr 35/100

Capital Efficiency

Weight: 15%

C+ 60.9

5yr Avg ROE 9.5% 57/100
5yr Share-Count CAGR -0.1% 67/100

Growth Quality

Weight: 25%

C 53.6

5yr Revenue CAGR 6.6% 68/100
5yr EPS CAGR -0.2% 20/100
Revenue-Growth Years (5) 4/5 80/100

Cash Generation

Weight: 20%

C+ 60.0

5yr FCF Margin 5.1% 50/100
5yr FCF/NI Conversion 0.73x 72/100

Balance Sheet

Weight: 10%

A+ 98.8

Net Debt / EBITDA -0.45x 97/100
Interest Coverage (EBIT/Int) 42.24x 100/100
Altman Z-Score 8.56 100/100

Stability

Weight: 5%

C 51.3

EPS Volatility (σ/μ) 0.56 25/100
Piotroski F-Score 6 67/100
Negative-Revenue Years (5) 1/5 80/100

Not enough curated-guru data to call a flow.

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How this is calculated

AlphaQuality grades six pillars from 0-100 and weights each by archetype:

Profitability (25%) — 5yr Avg ROIC, Operating Margin Trend
Capital Efficiency (15%) — 5yr Avg ROE, 5yr Share-Count CAGR
Growth Quality (25%) — 5yr Revenue CAGR, 5yr EPS CAGR, Revenue-Growth Years (5)
Cash Generation (20%) — 5yr FCF Margin, 5yr FCF/NI Conversion
Balance Sheet (10%) — Net Debt / EBITDA, Interest Coverage (EBIT/Int), Altman Z-Score
Stability (5%) — EPS Volatility (σ/μ), Piotroski F-Score, Negative-Revenue Years (5)

We deliberately ignore stock price, analyst targets, and consensus ratings so the grade is suitable for backtesting forward returns. A minimum of 5 fiscal years of audited statements is required; distressed and highly leveraged infrastructure businesses are declared ungradable rather than forced into a numeric score.