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

Diploma PLC (LON:DPLM) insider Johnny Thomson sold 26,794 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, November 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 4,536 ($57.11), for a total transaction of £1,215,375.84 ($1,530,121.92).

Diploma Trading Up 2.4 %

LON DPLM opened at GBX 4,222 ($53.15) on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 45.69, a quick ratio of 0.80 and a current ratio of 2.27. The company has a market capitalization of £5.66 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 4,869.77, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.82 and a beta of 0.75. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is GBX 4,389.26 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 4,265.50. Diploma PLC has a one year low of GBX 3,200 ($40.29) and a one year high of GBX 4,653 ($58.58).

Diploma Increases Dividend

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

Analysts Set New Price Targets

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

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.