Diploma PLC (LON:DPLM) Announces Dividend of GBX 42

Diploma PLC (LON:DPLM) declared a dividend on Tuesday, November 19th,Upcoming Dividends.Co.Uk reports. Shareholders of record on Thursday, January 16th will be paid a dividend of GBX 42 ($0.53) per share on Friday, January 31st. This represents a dividend yield of 0.93%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, January 16th. This is a boost from Diploma’s previous dividend of $17.30. The official announcement can be seen at this link.

Diploma Stock Down 8.6 %

Diploma stock traded down GBX 390 ($4.94) during midday trading on Tuesday, hitting GBX 4,146 ($52.55). 1,368,504 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 377,948. The company has a market cap of £5.56 billion, a PE ratio of 4,825.58, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.82 and a beta of 0.75. Diploma has a fifty-two week low of GBX 2,992 ($37.93) and a fifty-two week high of GBX 4,653 ($58.98). The company’s fifty day moving average price is GBX 4,397.31 and its 200-day moving average price is GBX 4,257.73. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 45.69, a current ratio of 2.27 and a quick ratio of 0.80.

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.