PLPC
Preformed Line Products Company
PLPC has lower modeled downside risk, despite its lower overall score.
RDW
Redwire Corporation
RDW has a slight edge over PLPC overall, supported by stronger valuation.
PLPC Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Healthy | |
| Healthy | |
| Stable | |
| Strong |
PLPC's revenue, profitability and balance sheet are currently healthy, and its cash flow is stable.
RDW Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Healthy | |
| Under pressure | |
| Under pressure | |
| Unavailable |
RDW's revenue is currently healthy, but its profitability and cash flow are under pressure. There isn't enough data to rate its balance sheet.
PLPC PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheap | 9x | $108 | -63% |
| Fair | 11x | $136 | -54% |
| Forward | 21x | $294 | — |
| Expensive | 23x | $269 | -8.4% |
| Current | 25x | $294 | — |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
PLPC's PE is in its expensive range at 25x. If earnings grow as analysts expect, today's price would be 21x next year's earnings.
RDW PE Valuation
RDW has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
PLPC Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Improving | |
| Strong growth | |
| Growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Limited | |
| High |
Analysts expect earnings and revenue growth for PLPC, with profitability improving.
RDW Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Losses shrinking | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Limited | |
| Moderate |
Analysts expect RDW's losses to shrink, with revenue growing.
PLPC Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $13.95 | +17% |
| Q3 2026 | $11.91 | +58% |
| Q2 2026 | $8.88 | +3.7% |
| Q1 2026 | $6.95 | -12% |
| Q4 2025 | $7.14 | -4.8% |
| Q3 2025 | $7.55 | +13% |
| Q2 2025 | $8.56 | +5% |
| Q1 2025 | $7.89 | -24% |
| Q4 2024 | $7.50 | -41% |
PLPC has the edge over RDW on earnings quality, reporting a profit while its opponent remains loss making.
RDW Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$1.17 | +$2.01 |
| Q2 2026 | -$1.37 | +$1.89 |
| Q1 2026 | -$2.59 | -$0.32 |
| Q4 2025 | -$2.28 | +$0.07 |
| Q3 2025 | -$3.18 | -$1.97 |
| Q2 2025 | -$3.26 | -$2.28 |
| Q1 2025 | -$2.27 | -$1.55 |
| Q4 2024 | -$2.35 | -$1.62 |
RDW is still losing money, but far less than before: $1.17 per share over the past year, against $3.26 at its worst in mid-2025.
PLPC Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $209.5M | +18% |
| Q2 2026 | $212.7M | +25% |
| Q1 2026 | $176.3M | +19% |
| Q4 2025 | $173.1M | +3.6% |
| Q3 2025 | $178.1M | +21% |
| Q2 2025 | $169.6M | +22% |
| Q1 2025 | $148.5M | +5.4% |
| Q4 2024 | $167.1M | +15% |
PLPC's revenue has grown year over year for eight quarters in a row: $210M last quarter, up 18% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 12% | +4.5 points |
| Q2 2026 | 13% | +3 points |
| Q1 2026 | 7.8% | -1.1 points |
| Q4 2025 | 6.8% | -3.7 points |
| Q3 2025 | 7.4% | +0.3 points |
| Q2 2025 | 10% | +2 points |
| Q1 2025 | 8.8% | +0.6 points |
| Q4 2024 | 10% | +5.7 points |
PLPC has the edge over RDW on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
RDW Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $109M | +5.4% |
| Q2 2026 | $117.1M | +90% |
| Q1 2026 | $97M | +58% |
| Q4 2025 | $108.8M | +56% |
| Q3 2025 | $103.4M | +51% |
| Q2 2025 | $61.8M | -21% |
| Q1 2025 | $61.4M | -30% |
| Q4 2024 | $69.6M | +9.6% |
RDW's revenue has grown year over year for five quarters in a row: $109M last quarter, up 5.4% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -24% | +16 points |
| Q2 2026 | -19% | +130 points |
| Q1 2026 | -72% | -49 points |
| Q4 2025 | -75% | -48 points |
| Q3 2025 | -40% | -22 points |
| Q2 2025 | -149% | -140 points |
| Q1 2025 | -23% | -19 points |
| Q4 2024 | -27% | -17 points |
RDW's operating margin was −24% last quarter, up 16 points from the same quarter a year ago.
PLPC Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $10.1M | +22% |
| Q2 2026 | $18.3M | -1.6% |
| Q1 2026 | -$3.9M | +$1.4M |
| Q4 2025 | $11.8M | -43% |
| Q3 2025 | $8.3M | +44% |
| Q2 2025 | $18.6M | -24% |
| Q1 2025 | -$5.3M | -390% |
| Q4 2024 | $20.6M | +86% |
PLPC has the edge over RDW on cash generation, producing positive trailing cash flow while its opponent burns cash.
RDW Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$65.3M | -$38.5M |
| Q2 2026 | -$33.5M | +$57.2M |
| Q1 2026 | -$11.4M | +$35.5M |
| Q4 2025 | -$26.5M | -659% |
| Q3 2025 | -$26.9M | -$7.6M |
| Q2 2025 | -$90.6M | -$80.2M |
| Q1 2025 | -$46.9M | -3996% |
| Q4 2024 | $4.7M | -65% |
RDW has burned cash in most quarters: −$137M over the past year, against −$160M the year before.
PLPC Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +5.8% | +278K shares |
| 1 year | +2.7% | +131K shares |
| 3 years | +1.6% | +82K shares |
| 5 years | +1.9% | +97K shares |
| Available history | -0.3% | -15K shares |
PLPC has the edge over RDW on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $285,000 |
| Q2 2026 | $286,000 |
| Q1 2026 | $652,000 |
| Q4 2025 | $660,000 |
| Q3 2025 | $258,000 |
| Q2 2025 | — |
| Q1 2025 | $131,000 |
| Q4 2024 | $113,000 |
PLPC spent $2M buying back its own shares over the past year, about four times what it spent the year before.
RDW Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +13% | +29.6M shares |
| 1 year | +179% | +160M shares |
| 3 years | +289% | +186M shares |
| 5 years | +319% | +190M shares |
RDW has 250M diluted shares, up 179% from a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q4 2020 | — |
| Q2 2020 | — |
| Q1 2020 | — |
PLPC Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -0.4x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2026 | -0.4x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2026 | -0.4x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2025 | -0.5x | Net Cash |
| Q3 2025 | -0.5x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2025 | -0.4x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2025 | -0.4x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2024 | -0.4x | Net Cash |
PLPC has more cash than debt.
RDW Net Leverage
RDW's operating earnings (EBITDA) were negative over the past year, so its debt can't be measured against them.
PLPC Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 40.7 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 9.7 | Oversold |
PLPC's weekly RSI is 41 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 10 (oversold).
RDW Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 42.3 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 16.1 | Oversold |
RDW's weekly RSI is 42 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 16 (oversold).
PLPC PE vs Industrials Sector
| Metric | PLPC | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 25x | 24x | 2.7% above |
| PE % | 85 | 58 | 27 pts above |
PLPC is trading at 25x earnings, in line with the Industrials sector's median of 24x.
RDW PE vs Industrials Sector
RDW has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
PLPC Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $346.2 | 15% below |
| 20 week MA | $374.0 | 21% below |
| 50 week MA | $324.1 | 9.4% below |
| 100 week MA | $242.6 | 21% above |
| 200 week MA | $187.8 | 56% above |
PLPC has the edge over RDW on trend strength, trading above more of its moving averages.
RDW Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $9.06 | 11% below |
| 20 week MA | $10.1 | 20% below |
| 50 week MA | $10.6 | 24% below |
| 100 week MA | $11.6 | 31% below |
| 200 week MA | $8.07 | 0.5% below |
RDW is in a downtrend: it's below all five of its weekly moving averages, and 0.5% below its 200-week average.
PLPC Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $60.7 | $65.7 | +8.3% |
| 2021 | $65.7 | $60.8 | -7.5% |
| 2022 | $60.8 | $81.9 | +35% |
| 2023 | $81.9 | $133.9 | +64% |
| 2024 | $133.9 | $127.0 | -5.1% |
| 2025 | $127.0 | $212.8 | +68% |
| 2026 YTD | $212.8 | $293.8 | +38% |
PLPC has the edge over RDW on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.
RDW Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $10.2 | $7.34 | -28% |
| 2022 | $7.34 | $1.92 | -74% |
| 2023 | $1.92 | $2.85 | +48% |
| 2024 | $2.85 | $17.1 | +501% |
| 2025 | $17.1 | $7.15 | -58% |
| 2026 YTD | $7.15 | $8.03 | +12% |
RDW's yearly returns have swung widely, from +501% in 2024 to −74% in 2022. It's up 12% so far in 2026.