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

Diploma PLC (LON:DPLM) insider Johnny Thomson sold 30,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction 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 Stock Performance

LON:DPLM opened at GBX 5,500 on Wednesday. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is GBX 5,420.67 and its 200 day simple moving average is GBX 5,372.45. 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 twelve month low of GBX 3,532 and a twelve month high of GBX 5,760. The firm has a market capitalization of £7.38 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 40.06, a PEG ratio of 2.82 and a beta of 0.75.

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

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts recently commented on the company. Royal Bank Of Canada raised Diploma to an “outperform” rating and boosted their price target for the stock from GBX 4,500 to GBX 6,000 in a research report on Friday, October 3rd. Berenberg Bank reissued a “buy” rating and set a GBX 6,350 target price on shares of Diploma in a research report on Wednesday, November 19th. Peel Hunt restated a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 6,150 target price on shares of Diploma in a research note on Friday, December 19th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lifted their price target on shares of Diploma from GBX 6,000 to GBX 6,200 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 14th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price 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.