Johnny Thomson Sells 26,794 Shares of Diploma PLC (LON:DPLM) Stock

Diploma PLC (LON:DPLM) insider Johnny Thomson sold 26,794 shares of Diploma stock in a transaction on Tuesday, November 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 4,536 ($57.56), for a total transaction of £1,215,375.84 ($1,542,355.13).

Diploma Price Performance

LON DPLM opened at GBX 4,149 ($52.65) on Wednesday. Diploma PLC has a fifty-two week low of GBX 3,200 ($40.61) and a fifty-two week high of GBX 4,653 ($59.05). The stock’s 50-day moving average is GBX 4,399.58 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 4,263.55. The firm has a market cap of £5.56 billion, a P/E ratio of 4,853.49, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.82 and a beta of 0.75. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 45.69, a current ratio of 2.27 and a quick ratio of 0.80.

Diploma Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, January 31st. Stockholders of record on Thursday, January 16th will be paid a dividend of GBX 42 ($0.53) per share. This represents a dividend yield of 0.93%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, January 16th. This is an increase from Diploma’s previous dividend of $17.30. Diploma’s dividend payout ratio is 6,627.91%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, Shore Capital downgraded Diploma to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday.

Diploma Company Profile

Diploma PLC, together with its subsidiaries, supplies specialized technical products and services in the United Kingdom, Continental Europe, North America, and internationally. It operates through three business sectors: Life Sciences, Seals, and Controls. The Life Sciences sector supplies technology-enabled products used in surgical procedures in operating theatres and endoscopy; testing equipment and services for clinical laboratories; and bio-pharma, food safety and testing, and other research-oriented products.