Key Points
- Insider sale: Johnny Thomson sold 30,000 shares on January 16 at an average price of GBX 5,668, for a total of £1,700,400.
- Valuation & trading: Shares recently traded near GBX 5,500 with a 52‑week range of GBX 3,532–5,760, a market cap of about £7.38bn and a P/E of 40.06.
- Analyst sentiment: Four analysts have Buy ratings and three Hold, leaving a consensus of Moderate Buy and an average target price of GBX 5,634, with several firms raising targets recently.
Diploma PLC (LON:DPLM - Get Free Report) insider Johnny Thomson sold 30,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Friday, January 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 5,668, for a total value of £1,700,400.
Diploma Trading Up 0.7%
Shares of LON DPLM opened at GBX 5,500 on Wednesday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.80, a current ratio of 2.17 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 62.17. The stock's 50 day moving average price is GBX 5,420.67 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 5,372.45. Diploma PLC has a 52-week low of GBX 3,532 and a 52-week high of GBX 5,760. The stock has a market capitalization of £7.38 billion, a P/E ratio of 40.06, a PEG ratio of 2.82 and a beta of 0.75.
Diploma (LON:DPLM - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Monday, December 8th. The company reported GBX 176 EPS for the quarter. Diploma had a return on equity of 13.18% and a net margin of 9.25%. On average, analysts anticipate that Diploma PLC will post 163.7995512 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
A number of analysts have weighed in on DPLM shares. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft increased their target price on shares of Diploma from GBX 6,000 to GBX 6,200 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Wednesday, January 14th. Royal Bank Of Canada raised shares of Diploma to an "outperform" rating and boosted their price objective for the company from GBX 4,500 to GBX 6,000 in a research report on Friday, October 3rd. Berenberg Bank reiterated a "buy" rating and set a GBX 6,350 price objective on shares of Diploma in a research note on Wednesday, November 19th. Finally, Peel Hunt reissued a "buy" rating and issued a GBX 6,150 target price on shares of Diploma in a report on Friday, December 19th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Diploma has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of GBX 5,634.29.
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Diploma Company Profile
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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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