Diploma

DPLM · LSE · GBp

7,775.00 GBpChange from previous close: +1.11%Absolute change: +85.00 GBp

Close · October 2, 2026

Valuation

Data as of October 4, 2026

Valuation multiples

Market cap
£10.43B
Enterprise value
£10.86B
P/E (trailing 12 months)
55.3
Forward P/E
30.1
PEG
2.14
Price/book
9.87
Price/sales
6.33
EV/EBITDA
26.1
EV/revenue
6.60

Profitability and growth

Gross margin
47.5%
Operating margin
19.5%
Net margin
11.5%
ROE
19.0%
ROA
10.8%
ROIC
15.4%

Financial health

Total cash
£68.7M
Total debt
£501.4M
Debt/equity
0.47
Current ratio
2.06
Quick ratio
1.01
Altman Z-Score
6.58
Piotroski F-Score
7.00

Dividends

Annual dividend per share
0.62 GBp
Dividend yield
0.8%
Payout ratio
44.1%
Ex-dividend date
May 28, 2026

Analysts and estimates

Average price target
8,291.88 GBp
Analysts with a price target
16
Consensus
Buy

Shares and trading

Beta
0.87
Average volume
534.87K
Shares outstanding
134.09M
Float
133.2M
Institutional ownership
94.6%
Insider ownership
0.2%