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 stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, dividends, community ranking, earnings and risk.

Which has more volatility & risk, PLPC or VICR?

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

Which has higher valuation and 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	$572.20M	1.24	$63.33M	$6.66	21.67
Vicor	$359.06M	6.75	$53.60M	$0.52	103.19

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of PLPC or VICR?

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

Does the media prefer PLPC or VICR?

In the previous week, Preformed Line Products and Preformed Line Products both had 6 articles in the media. Preformed Line Products' average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Vicor's score of 0.60 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	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Vicor	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate PLPC or VICR?

Vicor has a consensus target price of $43.00, suggesting a potential downside of 19.87%. Given Vicor's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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

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%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PLPC or VICR?

Vicor received 10 more outperform votes than Preformed Line Products when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.66% 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 228 67.66%	Underperform Votes 109 32.34%
Vicor	Outperform Votes 238 58.91%	Underperform Votes 166 41.09%

Summary

Vicor beats Preformed Line Products on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.