DIPLOMA PLC ORD 5P chart

Last update: 2022-12-30
Key statistics and financials
Revenue per share 6.99
Dividend & Yield0.45£ (1.78%)
Beta 0.71
Market capitalization 3.13B
Operating cash flow 116.8M
ESG Scores unknown

Company description

Diploma PLC, together with its subsidiaries, supplies specialized technical products and services in the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, North America, and internationally. It operates through three business sectors: Life Sciences, Seals, and Controls. The Life Sciences sector supplies clinical diagnostics instrumentation and products, consumables, specialty surgical devices, and related consumables and services to public hospitals, private clinics, pathology laboratories, scientific research, and medical segments; surgical equipment for hospital operating rooms; and distributes laboratory diagnostics, specialty medical devices, devices, equipment, and patient monitoring technologies used in operating theatres, as well as medically supervised nutrition. It also provides supplies specialist containment solutions and analyzers for chemical, petrochemical, environmental research, and pharmaceutical technology. The Seals sector supplies various seals, gaskets, filters, cylinders, components, and kits used in heavy mobile machinery and specialized industrial equipment; and O-rings, custom molded and machined parts, fluid sealing products, and hydraulic cylinder components. The Controls sector offers cable identification, termination, and management products, and cable products; low voltage cables and cable management solutions; harness components and specialist connectors, including protective sleevings, cut-to-length tubing, kitting, connector assemblies, and prototype quantities of customized multi-core cables; fasteners and related technical support, and other value-added services for civil aerospace, motorsport, defense, and general industries, as well as supports customers with automated inventory replenishment solutions; fluid controllers, compressors, valves, temperature and pressure measurement devices, and liquid dispensing components; and silicones, adhesives, and sealants. Diploma PLC was incorporated in 1931 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.

Sector: Industrials - Industry: Industrial Distribution

Financial Ratios
Quick Ratio0.87
Working Capital0.6
Return On Equity0.13
Debt To Equity0.35
Fixed Asset Ratio0.43
Fixed Interest Cover17.24

Financial data

Financial Statements

Cashflow Statement 2018-09-30 2019-09-30 2020-09-30 2021-09-30
Change To Liabilities 8.4M 4M -2.4M 17.2M
Total Cashflows From Investing Activities -21M -89.2M -17.7M -448.4M
Net Borrowings 41.1M 41.1M -49.7M 193.4M
Total Cash From Financing Activities -31.2M 8.1M 114.2M 139.7M
Change To Operating Activities
Issuance Of Stock 189.8M 189.8M 189.8M
Net Income 53.8M 61.9M 49.3M 69.8M
Change In Cash 13.7M -9M 179.8M -182M
Effect Of Exchange Rate 600k 1.8M -2.1M 10.6M
Total Cash From Operating Activities 65.3M 70.3M 85.4M 116.1M
Depreciation 13.8M 17M 28.1M 35.1M
Change To Account Receivables -5.2M -1.2M 10.3M -16.3M
Other Cashflows From Financing Activities -2.2M -300k -200k -200k
Change To Netincome 2.5M 800k -1.5M 23.8M
Capital Expenditures -5.3M -9.7M -8.4M -4.9M

Income Statement 2018-09-30 2019-09-30 2020-09-30 2021-09-30
Research Development
Income Before Tax 72.7M 83.5M 66.7M 96.6M
Net Income 53.8M 61.9M 49.3M 69.8M
Selling General Administrative 99.8M 113.1M 123M 172.9M
Gross Profit 172.9M 197M 194.4M 288.4M
Ebit 73.1M 83.9M 71.4M 115.5M
Operating Income 73.1M 83.9M 71.4M 115.5M
Interest Expense -100k -600k -2.5M -6.7M
Income Tax Expense 18.3M 21.1M 16.9M 26.9M
Total Revenue 485.1M 544.7M 538.4M 787.4M
Cost Of Revenue 312.2M 347.7M 344M 499M
Total Other Income ExpenseNet -400k -400k -4.7M -18.9M
Net Income From Continuing Ops 54.4M 62.4M 49.8M 69.7M
Net Income Applicable To Common Shares 53.8M 61.9M 49.3M 69.8M

Balance Sheet Statement 2018-09-30 2019-09-30 2020-09-30 2021-09-30
Total Liabilities 110.1M 177.1M 163.9M 442.4M
Total Stockholder Equity 291.2M 321.3M 527M 536.3M
Other Current Liabilities 14M 23.1M 24.2M 30.7M
Total Assets 404.4M 501.7M 694.6M 983.4M
Common Stock 5.7M 5.7M 6.3M 6.3M
Other Current Assets 3.1M 11.3M
Retained Earnings 255.2M 279.4M 304.1M 329.1M
Treasury Stock 30.3M 36.2M 28M 12.3M
Cash 36M 27M 206.8M 24.8M
Total Current Liabilities 90.9M 107.9M 110.5M 176.4M
Other Stockholder Equity 30.3M 36.2M 28M 12.3M
Property, Plant, and Equipment 23M 26.7M 59.5M 80.3M
Total Current Assets 196.5M 220.7M 385.2M 293.7M
Net Tangible Assets 107.3M 67.5M 277.8M -72.7M
Net Receivables 75.9M 86M 73.4M 112.8M
Accounts Payable 48.3M 54M 45M 74.5M


Insider Transactions

Here are the insider transactions of stock shares related to DIPLOMA PLC ORD 5P:

Filer Name Transaction Text Ownership Date Filer Relation Shares
Capital Group Companies, Inc.D2022-10-101.31M
Smith (Andrew Patrick)D2022-09-30
Lowden (David)Bought at price 30.02 per share.D2022-08-302.5k
Capital Group Companies, Inc.D2022-05-171.24M
BlackRock Advisors (UK) LimitedD2022-03-04
Gibbes (Barbara)Bought at price 43.12 per share.D2021-12-173.43k
Finch (Dean Kendal)Bought at price 41.72 per share.D2021-11-24640
Gibbes (Barbara)D2021-11-22
Capital Group Companies, Inc.D2021-11-22
Thomson (Johnny)D2021-11-22122.8k
Thomson (Johnny)Sold at price 42.92 per share.D2021-11-2257.72k
Thorburn (Anne)D2021-11-22
Huse (Geraldine)D2021-11-22
Mawer Investment Management, Ltd.D2021-11-22
Mondrian Investment Partners, Ltd.D2021-11-22
Nicholas (John Edward)D2021-11-22
The Vanguard Group IncD2021-11-22
Packshaw (Charles M)D2021-11-22
Royal London Asset Management LtdD2021-11-22
Smith (Andrew Patrick)D2021-11-22
Capital Group Companies, Inc.D2021-10-081.18M
Capital Group Companies, Inc.D2021-09-30
Packshaw (Charles M)D2021-09-30
Royal London Asset Management LtdD2021-09-30
Smith (Andrew Patrick)D2021-09-30
Huse (Geraldine)D2021-09-30
Diploma Plc Employee Benefit TrustD2021-09-30
Gibbes (Barbara)D2021-09-30
Thomson (Johnny)D2021-09-30
Thorburn (Anne)D2021-09-30
The Vanguard Group IncD2021-09-30
Mawer Investment Management, Ltd.D2021-09-30
Mondrian Investment Partners, Ltd.D2021-09-30
Nicholas (John Edward)D2021-09-30
Capital Group Companies, Inc.D2021-04-286.04M
Mawer Investment Management, Ltd.D2021-03-101.43M
BlackRock Advisors (UK) LimitedD2020-12-21
Gibbes (Barbara)Bought at price 28.51 per share.D2020-12-18773
Standard Life Investments LtdD2020-12-18771.98k
Thomson (Johnny)Bought at price 28.51 per share.D2020-12-182.69k
Mawer Investment Management, Ltd.D2020-12-16185.11k
Mawer Investment Management, Ltd.D2020-11-16
Mondrian Investment Partners, Ltd.D2020-11-16
Nicholas (John Edward)D2020-11-16
Thomson (Johnny)D2020-11-16
Thorburn (Anne)D2020-11-16
Capital Group Companies, Inc.D2020-11-16
Packshaw (Charles M)D2020-11-16
Royal London Asset Management LtdD2020-11-16
Smith (Andrew Patrick)D2020-11-16
Huse (Geraldine)D2020-11-16

Insider transaction explanations

Insider buying is the legal purchase of shares by a senior executive or director of a company. "Filer Name" corresponds to the name of the stock buyer or seller. "Transaction Text" describes the transaction. "Ownership" gives information about the transaction type. "Date" is the reported transaction date. "Filer Relation" gives the role of the insider in the company. "Shares" is the value of the transaction. You will find the complete description of the General Transaction Codes on the SEC dedicated page


Investment strategy backtesting

These are the result of three automatic investment systems applied to DIPLOMA PLC ORD 5P. You will find the performance of an systematic investment system, a momentum strategy, and a buy the dip trading strategy.


Systematic investment results on DIPLOMA PLC ORD 5P

Here is the result of two systematic investment strategies applied to DIPLOMA PLC ORD 5P. The first strategy automatically buys the first day of the month, and the second strategy buys the fifteenth day of the month.

Systematic investment equity curve on DIPLOMA PLC ORD 5P

The following chart shows the equity curve of the two systematic investment strategies applied to DIPLOMA PLC ORD 5P:

DIPLOMA PLC ORD 5P automated entries

The systematic investment strategy that buys the first day of the month would give a performance of 57.1% on the backtest period.

Performance at glance

Performance

57.1 %

Latent gain

9357.0 £

Invested capital

16387.0 £

Annualized return

13.86 %
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Momentum strategy results on DIPLOMA PLC ORD 5P

This is the result of two momentum investment strategies applied to DIPLOMA PLC ORD 5P. The first strategy uses a momentum signal calculated on one quarter, and the second uses a momentum signal calculated on two quarters.

Momentum entry openings on DIPLOMA PLC ORD 5P

The following chart shows all the entries opened by the momentum investment system on DIPLOMA PLC ORD 5P:

DIPLOMA PLC ORD 5P momentum entries
  • The first momentum investment strategy would give 160.73% of return on DIPLOMA PLC ORD 5P. That represents 15870.0£ of latent gain with 9874.0£ of employed capital.
  • The second momentum investment strategy would give 124.36% of return on DIPLOMA PLC ORD 5P. That represents 12486.0£ of latent gain with 10040.0£ of employed capital.
Performance at glance (1Q Momentum)

Performance

160.73 %

Latent gain

15870.0 £

Invested capital

9874.0 £

Annualized return

24.79 %
Performance at glance (2Q Momentum)

Performance

124.36 %

Latent gain

12486.0 £

Invested capital

10040.0 £

Annualized return

34.16 %

Momentum equity curve on DIPLOMA PLC ORD 5P

The following chart shows the equity curve of the two momentum strategies applied to DIPLOMA PLC ORD 5P:

DIPLOMA PLC ORD 5P momentum equity

Note: the dividends potentially given by DIPLOMA PLC ORD 5P are not integrated into the calculation of the equity curve neither the performance of the strategy. The integration of the dividends will be available soon.


Employed capital on DIPLOMA PLC ORD 5P

The following chart shows the employed capital evolution of the two momentum strategies on DIPLOMA PLC ORD 5P since the beginning:

DIPLOMA PLC ORD 5P

Note: the algorithm buys for a maximum of 250$ per entry. If the stock price is greater than 250£, the system buys only one stock per entry. The investment system stops automatically when the financial exposure reaches 10000£.


Buy the dip strategy result on DIPLOMA PLC ORD 5P

Buy the dip entry openings on DIPLOMA PLC ORD 5P

DIPLOMA PLC ORD 5P

The performance achieved by the robo-advisor on DIPLOMA PLC ORD 5P is 52.55%. That represents 2217.0$ of latent gain with 4219.0£ of employed capital. The following chart shows DIPLOMA PLC ORD 5P stock price with all the entries opened by the automated investment system.

Note: The blue line represents the weekly stock price of DIPLOMA PLC ORD 5P, and the green triangles represent the entry openings. The artificall robo-advisor needs at least 100 weeks of trading history to work.

Performance at glance

Performance

52.55 %

Latent gain

2217.0 £

Invested capital

4219.0 £

Annualized return

24.79 %

Equity curve of the strategy applied to DIPLOMA PLC ORD 5P

The following chart shows the result of the investment strategy applied to DIPLOMA PLC ORD 5P:

DIPLOMA PLC ORD 5P

Note: the dividends potentially given by DIPLOMA PLC ORD 5P are not integrated into the calculation of the equity curve neither the performance of the strategy. The integration of the dividends will be available soon.


Employed capital on DIPLOMA PLC ORD 5P

The following chart shows the employed capital evolution since the beginning of the investment strategy on DIPLOMA PLC ORD 5P:

DIPLOMA PLC ORD 5P

Note: the algorithm buys for a maximum of 250$ per entry. If the stock price is greater than 250$, the system buys only one stock per entry. The investment system stops automatically when the financial exposure reaches 10000$.


Investment strategies comparison on DIPLOMA PLC ORD 5P

In this section, I will compare the three previous investment strategies applied to DIPLOMA PLC ORD 5P.

Equity curve comparison on DIPLOMA PLC ORD 5P

The following chart shows the equity curve of the artificall advisor, the trend folowing and the automatic investment strategies:

DIPLOMA PLC ORD 5P investment strategy comparison

Employed capital comparison on DIPLOMA PLC ORD 5P

DIPLOMA PLC ORD 5P investment comparison

Performance comparison on DIPLOMA PLC ORD 5P

Strategy Latent Profit Growth Employed capital CAGR
Automatic investment 57.1% 9357.0£ 16387.0£ 13.86%
Momentum 1 quarter 160.73% 15870.0£ 9874.0£ 41.43%
Momentum 2 quarters 124.36% 12486.0£ 10040.0£ 34.16%
Non-directional 52.55% 2217.0£ 4219.0£ 24.79%
Annualized return comparison

Automatic investment

13.86 %

Momentum 1Q

34.16 %

Momentum 2Q

34.16 %

Non-directional

24.79 %

Correlated stocks

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Positive correlations

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Negative correlation

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Note: The algorithm computes the probability of correlation between DIPLOMA PLC ORD 5P and the other stocks. There may be false positives or some missing correlated stocks. If the price of DIPLOMA PLC ORD 5P does not vary for 36 weeks, the correlation calculation result will be wrong.


Company information

Company name DIPLOMA PLC ORD 5P
Country United Kingdom
City London
Address 12 Charterhouse Square
Phone 44 20 7549 5700
Website www.diplomaplc.com
FullTime employees 2700
Industry Industrial Distribution
Sector Industrials
Exchange XLON
Ticker DPLM.XLON
Market www.londonstockexchange.com

DIPLOMA PLC ORD 5P ESG Scores

Environment scores

Environment ESG Factors Scores
Environment Score 0
Peer Environment Performance unknown
Environment Percentile unknown
Palm Oil unknown
Nuclear unknown
Fur Leather unknown
GMO unknown
Coal unknown
Pesticides unknown
Animal Testing unknown

Social scores

Social ESG Factors Scores
Social Score 0
Peer Social Performance unknown
Social Percentile unknown
Highest Controversy unknown
Peer Highest Controversy Performance unknown
Adult unknown
Gambling unknown
Alcoholic unknown
Tobacco unknown
Catholic unknown
Controversial Weapons unknown
Small Arms unknown
Military Contract unknown
Peer Count unknown

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Governance scores

Governance ESG Factors Scores
Governance Score 0
Peer Governance Performance unknown
Governance Percentile unknown

ESG at glance
Total ESG Scores: unknown
Environment Score: 0
Social Score: 0
Governance Score: 0

ESG Performance: unknown

Peer Group: unknown

Peer Esg Score Performance: unknown

Rating Year: unknown

Rating Month: unknown

Max Age: unknown

Percentile: unknown