Key Points
- Ian El‑Mokadem bought 500 shares on 20 Mar at GBX 5,820 (total £29,100) and previously purchased 500 shares on 14 Jan at GBX 5,615 (total £28,075), showing recent insider buying activity.
- Multiple brokers raised targets (Jefferies to GBX 5,700; Deutsche Bank to GBX 6,400; RBC to GBX 6,600; Stifel to GBX 6,800), leaving a consensus average target of GBX 6,086 (a "Moderate Buy") versus a recent open around GBX 5,815 and a market cap of £7.8bn.
Diploma PLC (LON:DPLM - Get Free Report) insider Ian El-Mokadem bought 500 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Friday, March 20th. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 5,820 per share, with a total value of £29,100.
Ian El-Mokadem also recently made the following trade(s):
- On Wednesday, January 14th, Ian El-Mokadem purchased 500 shares of Diploma stock. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 5,615 per share, for a total transaction of £28,075.
Diploma Stock Up 1.6%
DPLM stock opened at GBX 5,815 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 46.97, a current ratio of 2.04 and a quick ratio of 0.80. The company's 50 day simple moving average is GBX 5,462.01 and its 200-day simple moving average is GBX 5,429.85. Diploma PLC has a 12 month low of GBX 3,532 and a 12 month high of GBX 6,019.52. The firm has a market capitalization of £7.80 billion, a PE ratio of 42.35, a P/E/G ratio of 2.82 and a beta of 1.03.
Analyst Ratings Changes
A number of brokerages have commented on DPLM. Jefferies Financial Group increased their target price on Diploma from GBX 5,200 to GBX 5,700 and gave the company a "hold" rating in a report on Monday. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft upped their price objective on Diploma from GBX 6,200 to GBX 6,400 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, March 19th. Royal Bank Of Canada increased their price objective on Diploma from GBX 6,200 to GBX 6,600 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Thursday, March 19th. Peel Hunt reiterated a "buy" rating and set a GBX 6,150 price objective on shares of Diploma in a research report on Friday, December 19th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus boosted their target price on shares of Diploma from GBX 6,200 to GBX 6,800 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, March 19th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Diploma presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of GBX 6,086.25.
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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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