Preformed Line Products (PLPC) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer PLPC or AEGN?

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)	N/A
Aegion	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

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

41.2% of Preformed Line Products shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.7% of Aegion shares are owned by institutional investors. 35.1% of Preformed Line Products shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of Aegion shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer PLPC or AEGN?

In the previous week, Preformed Line Products had 4 more articles in the media than Aegion. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Preformed Line Products and 0 mentions for Aegion. Preformed Line Products' average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Aegion's score of 0.00 indicating that Preformed Line Products is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Preformed Line Products	Positive
Aegion	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PLPC or AEGN?

Aegion received 94 more outperform votes than Preformed Line Products when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.17% of users gave Preformed Line Products an outperform vote while only 65.50% of users gave Aegion an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Preformed Line Products	Outperform Votes 223 67.17%	Underperform Votes 109 32.83%
Aegion	Outperform Votes 317 65.50%	Underperform Votes 167 34.50%

Which has more risk & volatility, PLPC or AEGN?

Preformed Line Products has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aegion has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, PLPC or AEGN?

Preformed Line Products has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Aegion. Preformed Line Products is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aegion, 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	$669.68M	0.99	$63.33M	$10.34	12.99
Aegion	$1.21B	0.76	-$20.89M	$1.21	24.79

Is PLPC or AEGN more profitable?

Preformed Line Products has a net margin of 8.20% compared to Aegion's net margin of -3.65%. Preformed Line Products' return on equity of 12.67% beat Aegion's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Preformed Line Products	8.20%	12.67%	8.53%
Aegion	-3.65%	7.55%	3.30%

Summary

Preformed Line Products beats Aegion on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.