PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS ANNOUNCES FIRST QUARTER 2025 FINANCIAL RESULTS

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[{"type":"text","content":"CLEVELAND, May 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Preformed Line Products Company (NASDAQ: PLPC) today reported financial results for its first quarter of 2025.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \nQ1 2025 Highlights compared to Q1 2024:\nNet sales growth of 5%Gross margin increase of 150 bpsNet income and fully diluted EPS increase of 20%Net sales in the first quarter of 2025 were $148.5 million compared to $140.9 million in the first quarter of 2024, a 5% increase. PLP-USA as well as the international segments recorded sales growth compared to the first quarter of 2024 with the USA business benefiting from increased communication sales and the rest of the world experiencing growth in energy sales. Foreign currency translation had a negative impact of $4.4 million for the first quarter of 2025 net sales.\nNet income for the quarter ended March 31, 2025, was $11.5 million, or $2.33 per diluted share, compared to $9.6 million, or $1.94 per diluted share, for the comparable period in 2024. The first quarter of 2025 net income was impacted by an increase in gross profit from higher sales levels, partially offset by higher personnel-related period expenses. Gross profit as a percentage of net sales was 32.8% for the first quarter of 2025, an increase of 150 basis points versus the same quarter in 2024.\nRob Ruhlman, Executive Chairman, said, \"After a strong finish in 2024, we are off to a solid start for 2025. I am especially pleased with the sales growth in the USA communications business as well as growth in most of the international operations. While we remain optimistic about continued growth in our primary end markets, we are cautious about the impact on customer demand caused by the newly enacted tariffs. Our strong commitment to USA manufacturing will provide a competitive advantage in the current high-tariff environment, but we will incur certain cost increases related to key commodity inputs necessary for our USA production process, primarily steel and aluminum raw materials and component parts. We are actively working to mitigate the impact of cost increases caused by tariffs and other global commodity cost increases by implementing targeted selling price increases and continued focus on cost containment strategies. Our current focus is unchanged: provide our customers with the high-quality products and timely service they have come to expect ...

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