City of London (CTY) Competitors

Diploma (LON:DPLM) and City of London (LON:CTY) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DPLM or CTY?

Diploma received 214 more outperform votes than City of London when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.96% of users gave City of London an outperform vote while only 61.71% of users gave Diploma an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Diploma	Outperform Votes 282 61.71%	Underperform Votes 175 38.29%
City of London	Outperform Votes 68 62.96%	Underperform Votes 40 37.04%

Which has more risk and volatility, DPLM or CTY?

Diploma has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, City of London has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor DPLM or CTY?

In the previous week, Diploma had 3 more articles in the media than City of London. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Diploma and 7 mentions for City of London. Diploma's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat City of London's score of 0.48 indicating that Diploma is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Diploma	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
City of London	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts rate DPLM or CTY?

Diploma presently has a consensus target price of GBX 4,760, suggesting a potential downside of 1.16%. Given Diploma's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Diploma is more favorable than City of London.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Diploma	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
City of London	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is DPLM or CTY a better dividend stock?

Diploma pays an annual dividend of GBX 57 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. City of London pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Diploma pays out 65.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. City of London pays out 35.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. City of London is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is DPLM or CTY more profitable?

City of London has a net margin of 95.77% compared to Diploma's net margin of 9.25%. City of London's return on equity of 14.45% beat Diploma's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Diploma	9.25%	13.18%	8.32%
City of London	95.77%	14.45%	4.00%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in DPLM or CTY?

81.5% of Diploma shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.6% of City of London shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Diploma shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of City of London shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, DPLM or CTY?

City of London has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Diploma. City of London is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Diploma, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Diploma	£1.25B	5.15	£115.40M	£87.00	55.36
City of London	£307.08M	7.67	£294.08M	£59.40	8.02

Summary

Diploma beats City of London on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.