Diploma (DPLM) Competitors

RS Group (LON:RS1) and Diploma (LON:DPLM) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in RS1 or DPLM?

87.6% of RS Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.6% of Diploma shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of RS Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Diploma shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate RS1 or DPLM?

RS Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 870, suggesting a potential upside of 23.49%. Diploma has a consensus price target of GBX 3,950, suggesting a potential downside of 3.85%. Given Diploma's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe RS Group is more favorable than Diploma.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
RS Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Diploma	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Which has better earnings & valuation, RS1 or DPLM?

RS Group has higher revenue and earnings than Diploma. RS Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Diploma, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
RS Group	£2.94B	1.14	£183.70M	£0.39	1,814.10
Diploma	£1.26B	4.37	£116.10M	£0.85	4,832.94

Does the media favor RS1 or DPLM?

In the previous week, Diploma had 2 more articles in the media than RS Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Diploma and 0 mentions for RS Group. RS Group's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Diploma's score of 0.00 indicating that Diploma is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
RS Group	Neutral
Diploma	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in RS1 or DPLM?

Diploma received 269 more outperform votes than RS Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.95% of users gave Diploma an outperform vote while only 45.83% of users gave RS Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
RS Group	Outperform Votes 11 45.83%	Underperform Votes 13 54.17%
Diploma	Outperform Votes 280 61.95%	Underperform Votes 172 38.05%

Is RS1 or DPLM a better dividend stock?

RS Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 22 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Diploma pays an annual dividend of GBX 57 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. RS Group pays out 5,641.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Diploma pays out 6,705.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. RS Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is RS1 or DPLM more profitable?

Diploma has a net margin of 9.25% compared to Diploma's net margin of 6.24%. RS Group's return on equity of 13.39% beat Diploma's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
RS Group	6.24%	13.23%	6.43%
Diploma	9.25%	13.39%	8.32%

Which has more volatility and risk, RS1 or DPLM?

RS Group has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Diploma has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Diploma beats RS Group on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.