Key Points
- Insider Geraldine Huse purchased 750 shares on November 19 at an average price of GBX 3,997 per share, totaling £29,977.50.
- Diploma shares recently opened at GBX 5,210, trade within a 12‑month range of GBX 3,532–5,700, and the company has a market cap of £6.98 billion with a PE ratio of 41.91.
- Analysts' consensus is a Moderate Buy with an average target of GBX 5,605.71; four analysts rate it Buy and three rate it Hold, and several firms have raised price targets recently.
Diploma PLC (LON:DPLM - Get Free Report) insider Geraldine Huse purchased 750 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Wednesday, November 19th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 3,997 per share, with a total value of £29,977.50.
Diploma Price Performance
Shares of Diploma stock opened at GBX 5,210 on Thursday. The company's fifty day simple moving average is GBX 5,409.05 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 5,113.03. Diploma PLC has a 12-month low of GBX 3,532 and a 12-month high of GBX 5,700. The firm has a market cap of £6.98 billion, a PE ratio of 41.91, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.82 and a beta of 0.75. The company has a quick ratio of 0.80, a current ratio of 2.17 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 62.17.
Analyst Ratings Changes
A number of research analysts recently issued reports on DPLM shares. Jefferies Financial Group boosted their price target on Diploma from GBX 4,500 to GBX 5,200 and gave the company a "hold" rating in a report on Thursday, September 11th. Peel Hunt reissued a "buy" rating and set a GBX 6,150 target price on shares of Diploma in a research note on Tuesday. Berenberg Bank restated a "buy" rating and set a GBX 6,350 target price on shares of Diploma in a report on Wednesday. Royal Bank Of Canada upgraded shares of Diploma to an "outperform" rating and lifted their price target for the company from GBX 4,500 to GBX 6,000 in a report on Friday, October 3rd. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reissued a "neutral" rating and set a GBX 4,440 price objective on shares of Diploma in a research report on Wednesday, August 6th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Diploma presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of GBX 5,605.71.
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Diploma PLC, together with its subsidiaries, supplies specialized technical products and services in the United Kingdom, Continental Europe, North America, and internationally. It operates through three business sectors: Life Sciences, Seals, and Controls. The Life Sciences sector supplies technology-enabled products used in surgical procedures in operating theatres and endoscopy; testing equipment and services for clinical laboratories; and bio-pharma, food safety and testing, and other research-oriented products.
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