Johnny Thomson Sells 30,000 Shares of Diploma (LON:DPLM) Stock

Diploma PLC (LON:DPLM) insider Johnny Thomson sold 30,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, January 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 5,668, for a total transaction of £1,700,400.

Diploma Trading Down 0.6%

Shares of Diploma stock opened at GBX 5,465 on Thursday. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is GBX 5,420.77 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 5,373.09. The firm has a market capitalization of £7.33 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 39.80, a PEG ratio of 2.82 and a beta of 0.75. Diploma PLC has a 12-month low of GBX 3,532 and a 12-month high of GBX 5,760. 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 (LON:DPLM) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, December 8th. The company reported GBX 176 earnings per share for the quarter. Diploma had a net margin of 9.25% and a return on equity of 13.18%. Analysts predict that Diploma PLC will post 163.7995512 EPS for the current year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research firms have issued reports on DPLM. Berenberg Bank reissued a “buy” rating and set a GBX 6,350 price target on shares of Diploma in a research report on Wednesday, November 19th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft boosted their target price on shares of Diploma from GBX 6,000 to GBX 6,200 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 14th. Royal Bank Of Canada raised shares of Diploma to an “outperform” rating and upped their price target for the company from GBX 4,500 to GBX 6,000 in a report on Friday, October 3rd. Finally, Peel Hunt reiterated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 6,150 price objective on shares of Diploma in a research note on Friday, December 19th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Diploma presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of GBX 5,634.29.

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.