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Key financial summary
Financials in GBP| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | TTM | 2026E | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total revenue | £m | 538 | 787 | 1,013 | 1,200 | 1,363 | 1,525 | 2,011 | 1,828 |
| Operating profit | £m | 311 | 412 | ||||||
| Net profit | £m | 49 | 70 | 95 | 118 | 129 | 185 | 189 | 333 |
| EPS reported | £ | 1.38 | 1.40 | ||||||
| Operating cashflow per share | £ | 2.00 | 2.11 | ||||||
| Capex per share | £ | 0.11 | 0.12 | ||||||
| FCF per share | £ | 1.89 | 2.00 | ||||||
| Free cash flow | £m | 253 | 268 | ||||||
| Net debt | £m | 299 | 344 | ||||||
| Book value equity | £m | 990 | 1,052 | ||||||
| Book value per share | £ | 7.35 | 7.81 | ||||||
| Number of shares | m | 134.66 | 134.78 | ||||||
| DPS (TTM paid) | £ | 0.63 | 0.63 |
Financial summary
Financials in GBP| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | TTM | 2026E | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | |||||||||
| P/E TTM | x | 38.44 | - | ||||||
| P/B LTM | x | 7.19 | 9.92 | ||||||
| P/S LTM | x | 4.67 | 5.19 | ||||||
| P/FCF LTM | x | 28.09 | 38.92 | ||||||
| EV/EBITDA LTM | x | 20.34 | 21.29 | ||||||
| EV/Sales LTM | x | 4.92 | 5.36 | ||||||
| Earnings Yield LTM | % | 2.60% | 1.81% | ||||||
| FCF Yield | % | 3.56% | 2.57% | ||||||
| Quality | |||||||||
| ROE | % | 18.68% | 18.55% | ||||||
| ROIC | % | 14.76% | 18.31% | ||||||
| Operating margin | % | 20.38% | 20.50% | ||||||
| Gross margin | % | 24.78% | 21.51% | ||||||
| FCF/Sales | % | 16.61% | 13.33% | ||||||
| Growth and momentum | |||||||||
| EPS Growth YoY | % | +43.75% | +57.30% | ||||||
| Sales Growth YoY | % | +11.82% | +84.64% | ||||||
| Net Income Growth YoY | % | +43.00% | +58.49% | ||||||
| FCF Growth | % | +41.93% | +72.70% | ||||||
| Operating Profit Growth | % | +49.81% | +118.03% | ||||||
| Dividend and capital structure | |||||||||
| Dividend Yield | % | 1.13% | 0.81% | ||||||
| Dividend Growth | % | +4.98% | +4.98% | ||||||
| Payout Ratio | % | 43.43% | 43.65% | ||||||
| FCF/Debt | x | 0.54 | 0.53 | ||||||
| Net Debt/EBITDA | x | 1.04 | 0.85 | ||||||
| EBIT/Net interest | x | 11.06 | 15.27 | ||||||
| Net debt/market cap | % | 4.21% | 3.29% | ||||||
| Net debt/Equity | x | 0.30 | 0.33 | ||||||
| Gross debt/equity | x | 0.47 | 0.48 | ||||||
ETFs that hold Diploma
| Fund | Ticker | Position# | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| abrdn International Small Cap Active ETF | ASCI | 1 | 4.92% |
Funds with Diploma among their ten largest holdings, largest fund first.
Ratings
Based on consensus from external analysts. Not Kvantra's opinion.
Company overview
Diploma PLC is a global provider of highly specialized technical products and services, operating across the United Kingdom, Europe, North America, and other international markets. The company structures its diverse operations into three primary business sectors: Life Sciences, Seals, and Controls. The Life Sciences division caters to healthcare and scientific research institutions, offering a comprehensive suite of clinical diagnostics instrumentation, related consumables, and specialized surgical equipment for hospitals, clinics, and pathology laboratories. It also provides advanced patient monitoring technologies, laboratory diagnostics, and medically supervised nutritional products. Additionally, this segment supplies specialized containment solutions and analytical tools vital for the chemical, petrochemical, environmental research, and pharmaceutical industries. The Seals sector specializes in critical sealing technologies. It provides a wide array of seals, gaskets, filters, hydraulic cylinders, and various components, including O-rings and custom-engineered parts, primarily serving heavy mobile machinery, industrial equipment, and fluid sealing applications. Lastly, the Controls segment offers a broad portfolio of connectivity and control solutions. This includes products for cable identification, termination, and management, low-voltage cables, and a variety of harness components and specialist connectors, often bundled with technical support and automated inventory services for demanding sectors like civil aerospace, motorsport, and defense. Furthermore, this division supplies fluid controllers, compressors, valves, temperature and pressure measurement devices, liquid dispensing components, and industrial silicones, adhesives, and sealants. Diploma PLC was incorporated in 1931 and is based in London, United Kingdom.
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| Fund | Ticker | Position# | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| abrdn International Small Cap Active ETF | ASCI | 1 | 4.92% |
Funds with Diploma among their ten largest holdings, largest fund first.
Based on consensus from external analysts. Not Kvantra's opinion.
Diploma PLC is a global provider of highly specialized technical products and services, operating across the United Kingdom, Europe, North America, and other international markets. The company structures its diverse operations into three primary business sectors: Life Sciences, Seals, and Controls. The Life Sciences division caters to healthcare and scientific research institutions, offering a comprehensive suite of clinical diagnostics instrumentation, related consumables, and specialized surgical equipment for hospitals, clinics, and pathology laboratories. It also provides advanced patient monitoring technologies, laboratory diagnostics, and medically supervised nutritional products. Additionally, this segment supplies specialized containment solutions and analytical tools vital for the chemical, petrochemical, environmental research, and pharmaceutical industries. The Seals sector specializes in critical sealing technologies. It provides a wide array of seals, gaskets, filters, hydraulic cylinders, and various components, including O-rings and custom-engineered parts, primarily serving heavy mobile machinery, industrial equipment, and fluid sealing applications. Lastly, the Controls segment offers a broad portfolio of connectivity and control solutions. This includes products for cable identification, termination, and management, low-voltage cables, and a variety of harness components and specialist connectors, often bundled with technical support and automated inventory services for demanding sectors like civil aerospace, motorsport, and defense. Furthermore, this division supplies fluid controllers, compressors, valves, temperature and pressure measurement devices, liquid dispensing components, and industrial silicones, adhesives, and sealants. Diploma PLC was incorporated in 1931 and is based in London, United Kingdom.
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