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
Howden Joinery Group (LON:HWDN) and Diploma (LON:DPLM) are both mid-cap personal services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings, media sentiment and risk.
Howden Joinery Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 919.67, suggesting a potential upside of 14.32%. Diploma has a consensus target price of GBX 5,365, suggesting a potential upside of 1.13%. Given Howden Joinery Group's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Howden Joinery Group is more favorable than Diploma.
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.
67.4% of Howden Joinery Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.5% of Diploma shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Howden Joinery Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Diploma shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Howden Joinery Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Diploma pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.59 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Howden Joinery Group pays out 45.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Diploma pays out 47.7% 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.
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.
In the previous week, Howden Joinery Group had 2 more articles in the media than Diploma. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Howden Joinery Group and 1 mentions for Diploma. Howden Joinery Group's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Diploma's score of 0.00 indicating that Howden Joinery Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Howden Joinery Group has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Diploma has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Howden Joinery Group beats Diploma on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:DPLM) was last updated on 10/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff