Diploma PLC (LON:DPLM) Insider Jennifer Ward Acquires 1,000 Shares

Diploma PLC (LON:DPLM) insider Jennifer Ward bought 1,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, January 16th. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 4,250 ($51.71) per share, with a total value of £42,500 ($51,709.45).

Diploma Trading Up 2.6 %

Diploma stock opened at GBX 4,406 ($53.61) on Friday. Diploma PLC has a 12 month low of GBX 3,200 ($38.93) and a 12 month high of GBX 4,653 ($56.61). The company has a market capitalization of £5.91 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 5,123.26, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.82 and a beta of 0.75. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is GBX 4,370.57 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 4,337.22. The company has a current ratio of 2.27, a quick ratio of 0.80 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 45.69.

Diploma Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, January 31st. Investors of record on Thursday, January 16th will be paid a GBX 42 ($0.51) dividend. This is a boost from Diploma’s previous dividend of $17.30. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, January 16th. This represents a yield of 0.93%. Diploma’s payout ratio is presently 6,627.91%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities analysts have issued reports on DPLM shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price objective on Diploma from GBX 4,370 ($53.17) to GBX 4,420 ($53.78) and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday. Shore Capital lowered shares of Diploma to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 19th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reissued a “buy” rating and set a GBX 5,100 ($62.05) price target on shares of Diploma in a research report on Friday, November 22nd. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Diploma currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of GBX 4,567.50 ($55.57).

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.