Analysts Set Diploma PLC (LON:DPLM) Price Target at GBX 5,605.71

Shares of Diploma PLC (LON:DPLM) have earned an average recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the seven ratings firms that are currently covering the stock, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Three analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company. The average 1 year target price among brokerages that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is GBX 5,605.71.

A number of research analysts have recently weighed in on DPLM shares. Jefferies Financial Group lifted their price target on Diploma from GBX 4,500 to GBX 5,200 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, September 11th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft upped their price objective on shares of Diploma from GBX 5,400 to GBX 6,000 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 18th. Berenberg Bank reissued a “buy” rating and set a GBX 6,350 target price on shares of Diploma in a research note on Wednesday, November 19th. Peel Hunt restated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 6,150 price target on shares of Diploma in a report on Tuesday, November 18th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada upgraded Diploma to an “outperform” rating and increased their price objective for the stock from GBX 4,500 to GBX 6,000 in a report on Friday, October 3rd.

Diploma Stock Performance

Shares of DPLM opened at GBX 5,325 on Wednesday. The company has a 50-day moving average of GBX 5,423.84 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 5,278.10. The stock has a market cap of £7.14 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 38.78, a PEG ratio of 2.82 and a beta of 0.75. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 62.17, a current ratio of 2.17 and a quick ratio of 0.80. Diploma has a one year low of GBX 3,532 and a one year high of GBX 5,700.

Diploma (LON:DPLM) last posted its quarterly earnings data 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%. On average, equities research analysts expect that Diploma will post 163.7995512 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Activity

In other news, insider Geraldine Huse purchased 750 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, November 19th. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 3,997 per share, with a total value of £29,977.50. Also, insider Wilson Ng acquired 410 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 19th. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 5,369 per share, for a total transaction of £22,012.90. 1.13% of the stock is owned by insiders.

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.