Diploma (LON:DPLM) Insider Purchases 177 Shares

Diploma PLC (LON:DPLM) insider Katie Bickerstaffe  bought 177 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, May 20th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 6,730 per share, with a total value of £11,912.10.

Diploma Price Performance

Shares of LON:DPLM traded down GBX 25 on Thursday, reaching GBX 6,845. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 16,536,172 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,856,040. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 6,369.17 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 5,767.02. Diploma PLC has a 52-week low of GBX 4,558 and a 52-week high of GBX 7,295. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 47.65, a quick ratio of 0.80 and a current ratio of 2.06. The company has a market cap of £9.18 billion, a P/E ratio of 49.85, a PEG ratio of 2.82 and a beta of 0.92.

Diploma (LON:DPLM) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May 19th. The company reported GBX 74.70 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The business had revenue of £851.10 million during the quarter. Diploma had a return on equity of 18.55% and a net margin of 9.42%. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that Diploma PLC will post 163.7995512 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their price objective on shares of Diploma from GBX 6,200 to GBX 6,800 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, March 19th. Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their price target on shares of Diploma from GBX 6,600 to GBX 7,300 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price target on Diploma from GBX 5,120 to GBX 5,760 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, March 27th. Shore Capital Group reissued a “hold” rating on shares of Diploma in a research report on Wednesday, March 18th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a “hold” rating and issued a GBX 5,700 price target on shares of Diploma in a research note on Wednesday. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of GBX 6,626.25.

Diploma Company Profile

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.