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Diploma (LON:DPLM) Stock Price Passes Above 200-Day Moving Average - Here's Why

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Shares of Diploma PLC (LON:DPLM - Get Free Report) crossed above its two hundred day moving average during trading on Monday . The stock has a two hundred day moving average of GBX 4,287.14 ($57.73) and traded as high as GBX 4,720 ($63.56). Diploma shares last traded at GBX 4,716 ($63.51), with a volume of 235,972 shares traded.

Diploma Trading Down 0.0%

The company's fifty day moving average is GBX 4,320.16 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 4,295.76. The company has a quick ratio of 0.80, a current ratio of 2.17 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 62.17. The stock has a market cap of £6.38 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 54.97, a PEG ratio of 2.82 and a beta of 0.75.

Diploma (LON:DPLM - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 21st. The company reported GBX 80.20 ($1.08) EPS for the quarter. Diploma had a net margin of 9.25% and a return on equity of 13.18%. On average, research analysts predict that Diploma PLC will post 163.7995512 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Diploma news, insider Ian El-Mokadem bought 500 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, March 24th. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 3,948 ($53.16) per share, for a total transaction of £19,740 ($26,582.28). Also, insider Katie Bickerstaffe purchased 44 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 21st. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 4,867 ($65.54) per share, for a total transaction of £2,141.48 ($2,883.76). Over the last quarter, insiders bought 596 shares of company stock worth $2,447,173. Corporate insiders own 0.52% 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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