Diploma (LON:DPLM) Share Price Passes Above Two Hundred Day Moving Average – Should You Sell?

Diploma PLC (LON:DPLM) shares passed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Friday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 4,276.46 ($57.85) and traded as high as GBX 4,668.32 ($63.15). Diploma shares last traded at GBX 4,638 ($62.74), with a volume of 112,410 shares trading hands.

Diploma Trading Down 0.2%

The business’s 50 day moving average price is GBX 4,142.96 and its 200-day moving average price is GBX 4,276.46. The firm has a market cap of £6.19 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 53.31, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.82 and a beta of 0.75. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 62.17, a quick ratio of 0.80 and a current ratio of 2.17.

Diploma (LON:DPLM) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, May 21st. The company reported GBX 80.20 ($1.08) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Diploma had a net margin of 9.25% and a return on equity of 13.18%. Equities analysts expect that Diploma PLC will post 163.7995512 EPS for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Diploma news, insider David S. Lowden purchased 750 shares of Diploma stock in a transaction on Friday, March 21st. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 3,928 ($53.14) per share, for a total transaction of £29,460 ($39,853.90). Also, insider Ian El-Mokadem purchased 500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 24th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 3,948 ($53.41) per share, with a total value of £19,740 ($26,704.55). Insiders have bought a total of 1,346 shares of company stock valued at $5,393,173 in the last quarter. Company insiders own 0.52% 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.