Ian El-Mokadem Purchases 500 Shares of Diploma (LON:DPLM) Stock

Diploma PLC (LON:DPLM) insider Ian El-Mokadem acquired 500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, January 14th. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 5,615 per share, for a total transaction of £28,075.

Diploma Trading Up 0.4%

Shares of LON:DPLM opened at GBX 5,685 on Friday. The stock has a 50 day moving average of GBX 5,418.32 and a 200 day moving average of GBX 5,356.69. The company has a market cap of £7.62 billion, a PE ratio of 41.41, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.82 and a beta of 0.75. The company has a current ratio of 2.17, a quick ratio of 0.80 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 62.17. Diploma PLC has a 12-month low of GBX 3,532 and a 12-month high of GBX 5,760.

Diploma (LON:DPLM) last released its earnings results on Monday, December 8th. The company reported GBX 176 EPS for the quarter. Diploma had a net margin of 9.25% and a return on equity of 13.18%. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Diploma PLC will post 163.7995512 EPS for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several analysts recently issued reports on DPLM shares. Peel Hunt reiterated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 6,150 target price on shares of Diploma in a research report on Friday, December 19th. Berenberg Bank reiterated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 6,350 price objective on shares of Diploma in a research report on Wednesday, November 19th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft upped their target price 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. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada upgraded shares of Diploma to an “outperform” rating and lifted their price target for the company from GBX 4,500 to GBX 6,000 in a report on Friday, October 3rd. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of GBX 5,634.29.

About Diploma

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.