Diploma (LON:DPLM) Releases Quarterly Earnings Results

Diploma (LON:DPLM) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday. The company reported GBX 80.20 ($1.08) earnings per share for the quarter, Digital Look Earnings reports. Diploma had a net margin of 9.25% and a return on equity of 13.18%.

Diploma Stock Performance

LON:DPLM opened at GBX 4,808 ($64.48) on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of £6.41 billion, a PE ratio of 55.27, a P/E/G ratio of 2.82 and a beta of 0.75. Diploma has a fifty-two week low of GBX 3,532 ($47.36) and a fifty-two week high of GBX 5,025 ($67.39). The company has a 50 day simple moving average of GBX 3,967.56 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 4,257.56. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 62.17, a quick ratio of 0.80 and a current ratio of 2.17.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, insider David S. Lowden acquired 750 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, March 21st. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 3,928 ($52.68) per share, with a total value of £29,460 ($39,506.50). Also, insider Katie Bickerstaffe acquired 13 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 20th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 4,982 ($66.81) per share, with a total value of £647.66 ($868.53). Insiders have bought a total of 1,346 shares of company stock worth $5,393,173 in the last ninety days. Corporate insiders own 0.52% of the company’s stock.

About Diploma

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.