LON:DPLM - Diploma Share Price, Forecast & News

Diploma trades on the London Stock Exchange (LON) under the ticker symbol "DPLM."

Diploma announced a dividend on Monday, November 18th. Investors of record on Thursday, November 28th will be given a dividend of GBX 20.50 per share on Wednesday, January 22nd. This represents a dividend yield of 1.15%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, November 28th. This is a positive change from Diploma's previous dividend of $8.50. The official announcement can be viewed at this link. View Diploma's Dividend History.

Diploma PLC (LON:DPLM) released its earnings results on Monday, November, 18th. The company reported $64.30 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $63.40 by $0.90. View Diploma's Earnings History.

7 analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Diploma's shares. Their forecasts range from GBX 1,325 to GBX 1,730. On average, they expect Diploma's share price to reach GBX 1,490 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 22.6%. View Analyst Price Targets for Diploma.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Diploma in the last year. There are currently 7 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Diploma.

Headlines about DPLM stock have trended somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Diploma earned a media sentiment score of 1.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Diploma.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Diploma investors own include Ashtead Group (AHT), Anglo American (AAL), Unilever (ULVR), Aviva (AV), Barratt Developments (BDEV), Croda International (crda), easyJet (EZJ), Informa (INF), Meggitt (MGGT) and Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS).

Shares of DPLM and other U.K. stocks can be purchased through online brokerage accounts that support trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSX). Some U.K. companies can be purchased through major U.S. brokerages in the form of American Depository Receipts (ADRs), which are placeholder equities held in a trust by a bank that represent shares of a foreign stock.

One share of DPLM stock can currently be purchased for approximately GBX 1,926.

Diploma has a market capitalization of £2.18 billion and generates £544.70 million in revenue each year. Diploma employs 1,800 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Diploma.

The official website for Diploma is http://www.diplomaplc.com/.

Diploma's mailing address is 12 Charterhouse Square, LONDON, EC1M 6AX, United Kingdom. The company can be reached via phone at +44-20-75495700.