Diploma (DPLM) Share Forecast, Price & News

8 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Diploma in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" DPLM shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in DPLM, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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8 brokerages have issued 1 year target prices for Diploma's shares. Their DPLM share price forecasts range from GBX 2,450 to GBX 3,700. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach GBX 2,985.71 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 1.1% from the stock's current price.
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Diploma's stock was trading at GBX 2,776 at the beginning of the year. Since then, DPLM shares have increased by 6.4% and is now trading at GBX 2,954.
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Diploma PLC (LON:DPLM) posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, November, 18th. The company reported $64.30 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $63.40 by $0.90. Diploma had a net margin of 10.32% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 16.86%.

Diploma declared a dividend on Monday, May 15th. Investors of record on Thursday, May 25th will be given a dividend of GBX 16.50 per share on Friday, June 9th. This represents a dividend yield of 0.57%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 25th. The official announcement can be viewed at this link.
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Diploma (LON:DPLM) pays an annual dividend of GBX 55 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.80%. The dividend payout ratio is 5,851.06%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.
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Diploma trades on the London Stock Exchange (LON) under the ticker symbol "DPLM."

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One share of DPLM stock can currently be purchased for approximately GBX 2,954.

Diploma (LON:DPLM) has a market capitalization of £3.96 billion and generates £1.15 billion in revenue each year. The company earns £118.40 million in net income (profit) each year or GBX 0.94 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 3,000 workers across the globe.

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