Diploma PLC (LON:DPLM) Given Average Recommendation of “Moderate Buy” by Brokerages

Shares of Diploma PLC (LON:DPLM – Get Free Report) have received a consensus recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the eight research firms that are currently covering the firm, Marketbeat.com reports. Three analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and five have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1-year price target among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is GBX 6,251.25.

DPLM has been the subject of a number of research reports. Stifel Nicolaus increased their target price on shares of Diploma from GBX 6,200 to GBX 6,800 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, March 19th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price target on shares of Diploma from GBX 5,120 to GBX 5,760 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, March 27th. Jefferies Financial Group lifted their price target on shares of Diploma from GBX 5,200 to GBX 5,700 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, March 23rd. Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their price target on shares of Diploma from GBX 6,200 to GBX 6,600 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, March 19th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lifted their price target on shares of Diploma from GBX 6,200 to GBX 6,400 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, March 19th.

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Diploma Stock Down 2.4%

DPLM stock opened at GBX 6,689.42 on Friday. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is GBX 6,278.03 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 5,741.33. The company has a current ratio of 2.04, a quick ratio of 0.80 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 46.97. Diploma has a 1-year low of GBX 4,146 and a 1-year high of GBX 7,295. The stock has a market cap of £8.97 billion, a P/E ratio of 48.72, a P/E/G ratio of 2.82 and a beta of 0.92.

Insider Buying and Selling at Diploma

In other news, insider Ian El-Mokadem purchased 500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 20th. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 5,820 per share, for a total transaction of £29,100. Insiders own 1.14% of the company’s stock.

About Diploma

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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.

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