Preformed Line Products (PLPC) Competitors

Preformed Line Products (NASDAQ:PLPC) and Vicor (NASDAQ:VICR) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and profitability.

Which has better valuation & earnings, PLPC or VICR?

Preformed Line Products has higher revenue and earnings than Vicor. Preformed Line Products is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vicor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Preformed Line Products	$593.71M	1.19	$63.33M	$7.50	19.03
Vicor	$359.06M	6.09	$53.60M	$0.52	93.08

Does the media refer more to PLPC or VICR?

In the previous week, Vicor had 3 more articles in the media than Preformed Line Products. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Vicor and 4 mentions for Preformed Line Products. Preformed Line Products' average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Vicor's score of 0.85 indicating that Preformed Line Products is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Preformed Line Products	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Vicor	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate PLPC or VICR?

Vicor has a consensus price target of $43.00, suggesting a potential downside of 11.16%. Given Vicor's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Vicor is more favorable than Preformed Line Products.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Preformed Line Products	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Vicor	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PLPC or VICR?

Vicor received 9 more outperform votes than Preformed Line Products when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.75% of users gave Preformed Line Products an outperform vote while only 58.91% of users gave Vicor an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Preformed Line Products	Outperform Votes 229 67.75%	Underperform Votes 109 32.25%
Vicor	Outperform Votes 238 58.91%	Underperform Votes 166 41.09%

Is PLPC or VICR more profitable?

Vicor has a net margin of 6.46% compared to Preformed Line Products' net margin of 5.76%. Preformed Line Products' return on equity of 7.88% beat Vicor's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Preformed Line Products	5.76%	7.88%	5.60%
Vicor	6.46%	4.29%	3.76%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in PLPC or VICR?

41.2% of Preformed Line Products shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.5% of Vicor shares are owned by institutional investors. 35.1% of Preformed Line Products shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 31.0% of Vicor shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, PLPC or VICR?

Preformed Line Products has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vicor has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Vicor beats Preformed Line Products on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.