Diploma PLC (LON:DPLM) Receives GBX 5,634.29 Average Price Target from Analysts

Shares of Diploma PLC (LON:DPLM) have been given an average recommendation of “Moderate Buy” by the seven analysts that are currently covering the firm, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Three analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and four have given a buy recommendation to the company. The average twelve-month target price among brokers that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is GBX 5,634.29.

Several equities research analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Berenberg Bank reissued a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 6,350 price objective on shares of Diploma in a report on Wednesday, November 19th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised their price objective on shares of Diploma from GBX 6,000 to GBX 6,200 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 14th. Finally, Peel Hunt reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 6,150 target price on shares of Diploma in a report on Friday, December 19th.

Diploma Price Performance

Shares of DPLM opened at GBX 5,410 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 62.17, a current ratio of 2.17 and a quick ratio of 0.80. Diploma has a 1-year low of GBX 3,532 and a 1-year high of GBX 5,760. The stock has a market cap of £7.25 billion, a PE ratio of 39.40, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.82 and a beta of 0.75. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 5,434.88 and a 200 day moving average price of GBX 5,408.99.

Diploma (LON:DPLM) last posted its earnings results on Monday, December 8th. The company reported GBX 176 earnings per share for the quarter. Diploma had a return on equity of 13.18% and a net margin of 9.25%. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that Diploma will post 163.7995512 EPS for the current year.

Insider Activity at Diploma

In other news, insider Johnny Thomson sold 30,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, January 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 5,668, for a total value of £1,700,400. Also, insider Katie Bickerstaffe purchased 352 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, January 14th. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 5,645 per share, with a total value of £19,870.40. Insiders acquired 2,012 shares of company stock worth $9,993,580 in the last ninety days. Company insiders own 1.14% of the company’s stock.

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.