HIGHBuilt-inProduct / Revenue mix
71%
Energy Products
“10-K Item 1: 'Energy products were approximately 71%, 71%, and 64% of the Company's revenues in 2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively.'”
PLPC · Concentration risk · 10-K extracted
Preformed Line Products (PLPC) concentration risks
Updated
The most significant concentration Preformed Line Products discloses is Energy Products at 71%, classified HIGH by disclosed size. Below: the full set from the latest 10-K — verbatim quotes, filing references, and a synthesis of what these exposures mean together.
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Source: Preformed Line Products’s SEC Form 10-K filed — view the filing on SEC EDGAR ↗
At a glance
Disclosed-size breakdown · 4 disclosed concentrations
HIGH3
MEDIUM0
LOW1
Disclosed concentrations
Each card carries a disclosed-size chip (HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW — how large the exposure is as a share of revenue, not how dangerous it is) and a nature tag: Built-in(the company’s own model, geography, or products) or Outside party (an external customer, supplier, or distributor it relies on).
HIGHBuilt-inGeographic
53%
international sales
“10-K Item 1A: 'International sales account for a substantial portion of the Company's net sales (53%, 55%, and 48% in 2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively).'”
HIGHOutside partySupplier
sole source suppliers
“10-K Item 1A: 'In limited circumstances, the Company relies on sole source suppliers for certain materials and may face challenges or delays in establishing an alternative source.'”
LOWOutside partyCustomer
10.7%
one customer
“10-K Item 1: 'The Company has one customer accounting for 10.7% of the Company's consolidated revenues.'”
TrendMatrix Research · concentration synthesis
What these concentrations mean together
updated 2026-07-06Preformed Line Products shows a concentrated but layered risk profile, split between structural business-mix exposures and narrower dependency items. Energy products made up approximately 71% of the company's revenues in 2025, consistent with 71% in 2024 and up from 64% in 2023 — a high and stable share reflecting the company's core focus rather than a one-off customer relationship. International sales represent a similarly high share, accounting for 53% of net sales in 2025 versus 55% in 2024 and 48% in 2023, adding a currency- and geopolitical-cycle dimension on top of the product-line concentration. On the supply side, the company relies on sole source suppliers for certain materials in limited circumstances, which it flags could create challenges or delays in finding alternatives — a high-share dependency risk distinct from the structural product and geographic concentrations. The one customer-specific item is comparatively small: a single customer accounted for 10.7% of consolidated revenues, a lower-share exposure relative to the other three. The energy-product and international-sales concentrations are the pieces most likely to move the verdict, since they describe the core of the business, while the sole-source and single-customer items are narrower risks layered on top.
For the engine’s reasoning on PLPC’s current verdict — including which dimensions drove the score — see the per-dimension breakdown.
Industry peers · Electrical Equipment & Parts
Peer concentration profile
| Symbol | Name | HIGH | MEDIUM | LOW | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PLPC● | Preformed Line Products Company | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| AYI | Acuity Inc. | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| AEIS | Advanced Energy Industries, Inc | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| ATKR | Atkore Inc. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| BE | Bloom Energy Corporation | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| AMPX | Amprius Technologies, Inc. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Concentration counts reflect items disclosed in each peer’s most recent 10-K; disclosed-size classification uses TrendMatrix’s internal 10-K extraction taxonomy.