Key Points
- Insider purchase: Director Wilson Ng bought 410 shares on Dec. 19 at GBX 5,369 each, a total investment of £22,012.90.
- Diploma trades near its 1‑year high (opened GBX 5,395), has a market capitalization of £7.23 billion and a P/E of 39.29, indicating relatively high valuation.
- Recent quarterly EPS was GBX 176, and analysts hold a consensus Moderate Buy with an average target of GBX 5,605.71 and several upgrades pushing targets as high as GBX 6,350.
Diploma PLC (LON:DPLM - Get Free Report) insider Wilson Ng purchased 410 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Friday, December 19th. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 5,369 per share, with a total value of £22,012.90.
Diploma Stock Up 0.4%
LON DPLM opened at GBX 5,395 on Tuesday. Diploma PLC has a 1-year low of GBX 3,532 and a 1-year high of GBX 5,700. The company has a market capitalization of £7.23 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 39.29, a PEG ratio of 2.82 and a beta of 0.75. The stock's 50 day moving average is GBX 5,423.37 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 5,273.23. The company has a current ratio of 2.17, a quick ratio of 0.80 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 62.17.
Diploma (LON:DPLM - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Monday, December 8th. The company reported GBX 176 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Diploma had a return on equity of 13.18% and a net margin of 9.25%. Equities analysts forecast that Diploma PLC will post 163.7995512 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
Several equities research analysts have recently commented on the stock. Royal Bank Of Canada upgraded shares of Diploma to an "outperform" rating and boosted their target price for the company from GBX 4,500 to GBX 6,000 in a research note on Friday, October 3rd. Jefferies Financial Group lifted their price target on shares of Diploma from GBX 4,500 to GBX 5,200 and gave the company a "hold" rating in a report on Thursday, September 11th. Berenberg Bank reaffirmed a "buy" rating and set a GBX 6,350 price objective on shares of Diploma in a research note on Wednesday, November 19th. Peel Hunt reaffirmed a "buy" rating and set a GBX 6,150 price objective on shares of Diploma in a report on Tuesday, November 18th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft boosted their target price on Diploma from GBX 5,400 to GBX 6,000 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Tuesday, November 18th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, Diploma presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of GBX 5,605.71.
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About Diploma
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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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