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Diploma (DPLM) Competitors

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GBX 5,405 +75.00 (+1.41%)
As of 09/5/2025 12:26 PM Eastern

DPLM vs. HWDN, DPH, IGG, CTY, GNS, SMWH, KYGA, CAR, PRP, and AUK

Should you be buying Diploma stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Diploma include Howden Joinery Group (HWDN), Dechra Pharmaceuticals (DPH), IG Group (IGG), City of London (CTY), Genus (GNS), WH Smith (SMWH), Kerry Group (KYGA), Carclo (CAR), Prime People (PRP), and Aukett Swanke Group (AUK). These companies are all part of the "personal services" industry.

Diploma vs. Its Competitors

Diploma (LON:DPLM) and Howden Joinery Group (LON:HWDN) are both mid-cap personal services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability, risk and media sentiment.

79.5% of Diploma shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.4% of Howden Joinery Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Diploma shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Howden Joinery Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Diploma has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Howden Joinery Group has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Howden Joinery Group has a net margin of 10.82% compared to Diploma's net margin of 9.25%. Howden Joinery Group's return on equity of 25.70% beat Diploma's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Diploma9.25% 13.18% 8.32%
Howden Joinery Group 10.82%25.70%10.70%

In the previous week, Diploma had 6 more articles in the media than Howden Joinery Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Diploma and 1 mentions for Howden Joinery Group. Howden Joinery Group's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Diploma's score of 0.39 indicating that Howden Joinery Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Diploma
0 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Howden Joinery Group
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Diploma pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.59 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Howden Joinery Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Diploma pays out 47.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Howden Joinery Group pays out 45.8% 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. Howden Joinery Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Diploma currently has a consensus price target of GBX 5,097.50, indicating a potential downside of 5.69%. Howden Joinery Group has a consensus price target of GBX 919.67, indicating a potential upside of 9.61%. Given Howden Joinery Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Howden Joinery Group is more favorable than Diploma.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Diploma
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Howden Joinery Group
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

Howden Joinery Group has higher revenue and earnings than Diploma. Howden Joinery Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Diploma, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Diploma£1.45B4.98£115.40M£1.244,348.35
Howden Joinery Group£2.35B1.94£253.42M£0.461,812.10

Summary

Howden Joinery Group beats Diploma on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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DPLM vs. The Competition

MetricDiplomaIndustrial Distribution IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£7.24B£4.22B£7.67B£2.56B
Dividend Yield1.13%4.52%4.56%5.31%
P/E Ratio4,348.35575.11312.795,361.46
Price / Sales4.9856.95215.8695,775.34
Price / Cash87.8260.3628.5727.93
Price / Book8.112.074.477.02
Net Income£115.40M£222.68M£798.54M£5.89B
7 Day Performance-0.24%0.24%0.31%0.67%
1 Month Performance-0.36%1.85%1.10%55.93%
1 Year Performance24.60%4.74%29.56%172.94%

Diploma Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DPLM
Diploma
0.9013 of 5 stars
GBX 5,405
+1.4%
GBX 5,097.50
-5.7%
+24.6%£7.24B£1.45B4,348.353,500News Coverage
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
HWDN
Howden Joinery Group
1.9285 of 5 stars
GBX 813.50
-3.2%
GBX 919.67
+13.1%
-9.8%£4.43B£2.35B1,757.0212,000News Coverage
Positive News
DPH
Dechra Pharmaceuticals
N/AN/AN/AN/A£4.40B£761.50M-15,464.002,457
IGG
IG Group
3.6952 of 5 stars
GBX 1,104
-1.3%
GBX 1,504.80
+36.3%
+18.7%£3.84B£949.10M1,050.432,754News Coverage
Buyback Announcement
CTY
City of London
N/AGBX 490.50
-1.5%
N/A+13.8%£2.42B£222.11M1,109.73N/ATrending News
Dividend Announcement
GNS
Genus
0.8745 of 5 stars
GBX 2,512.10
-3.2%
GBX 2,725
+8.5%
+53.8%£1.65B£671.60M-40,517.74480News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
SMWH
WH Smith
2.922 of 5 stars
GBX 675.50
-1.5%
GBX 1,178.20
+74.4%
-47.6%£841.40M£1.94B15,011.1114,935Dividend Increase
KYGA
Kerry Group
N/AGBX 77.60
-4.2%
N/A-14.6%£126.90M£6.97B18.3121,000News Coverage
Gap Up
CAR
Carclo
N/AGBX 52.88
-1.2%
N/A+67.8%£38.83M£121.22M-2,299.171,059Earnings Report
High Trading Volume
PRP
Prime People
N/AN/AN/AN/A£8.15M£19.72M10.9813,100News Coverage
Gap Down
AUK
Aukett Swanke Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£5.46M£23.61M-6.3232,200Gap Down

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This page (LON:DPLM) was last updated on 9/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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