Key Points
- Diploma insider Katie Bickerstaffe purchased 246 shares at GBX 7,696 each, investing approximately £18,932. She also bought additional shares in July.
- Diploma shares opened at GBX 7,620, near their 12-month high of GBX 7,765, with a market capitalization of about £10.22 billion and a P/E ratio of 54.12.
- Analyst sentiment remains positive, with six Buy ratings and two Holds; the stock has a “Moderate Buy” consensus and an average price target of GBX 7,400.
Diploma PLC (LON:DPLM - Get Free Report) insider Katie Bickerstaffe bought 246 shares of Diploma stock in a transaction on Wednesday, September 23rd. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 7,696 per share, for a total transaction of £18,932.16.
Katie Bickerstaffe also recently made the following trade(s):
- On Thursday, July 16th, Katie Bickerstaffe bought 47 shares of Diploma stock. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 7,050 per share, for a total transaction of £3,313.50.
- On Thursday, July 16th, Katie Bickerstaffe purchased 133 shares of Diploma stock. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 7,048 per share, with a total value of £9,373.84.
Diploma Trading Down 0.1%
Shares of LON DPLM opened at GBX 7,620 on Thursday. Diploma PLC has a twelve month low of GBX 4,970 and a twelve month high of GBX 7,765. The company has a current ratio of 2.06, a quick ratio of 0.80 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 47.65. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 7,333.91 and a 200-day simple moving average of GBX 6,869.68. The stock has a market capitalization of £10.22 billion, a PE ratio of 54.12, a PEG ratio of 2.82 and a beta of 0.92.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
A number of research firms recently weighed in on DPLM. Jefferies Financial Group restated a "hold" rating and set a GBX 7,000 target price on shares of Diploma in a research note on Friday, May 29th. Royal Bank Of Canada reiterated an "outperform" rating and issued a GBX 7,400 price target on shares of Diploma in a research note on Tuesday, September 8th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price target on shares of Diploma from GBX 5,760 to GBX 8,250 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a report on Monday, August 24th. Finally, Berenberg Bank reissued a "buy" rating and issued a GBX 9,000 price objective on shares of Diploma in a research report on Monday, July 20th. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of GBX 7,400.
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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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