City of London (CTY) Competitors

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

Is DPLM or CTY a better dividend stock?

Diploma pays an annual dividend of GBX 57 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. City of London pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Diploma pays out 6,627.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. City of London pays out 8,400.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do analysts prefer DPLM or CTY?

Diploma currently has a consensus price target of GBX 4,555, suggesting a potential upside of 4.33%. Given Diploma's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Diploma is more favorable than City of London.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Diploma	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
City of London	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has more volatility and risk, DPLM or CTY?

Diploma has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, City of London has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is DPLM or CTY more profitable?

City of London has a net margin of 90.48% compared to Diploma's net margin of 9.25%. Diploma's return on equity of 13.39% beat City of London's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Diploma	9.25%	13.39%	8.32%
City of London	90.48%	6.52%	4.00%

Does the media favor DPLM or CTY?

In the previous week, City of London had 5 more articles in the media than Diploma. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for City of London and 2 mentions for Diploma. Diploma's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat City of London's score of 0.20 indicating that Diploma is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Diploma	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
City of London	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has higher earnings and valuation, DPLM or CTY?

City of London has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Diploma. City of London 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
Diploma	£1.26B	4.64	£116.10M	£0.86	5,076.74
City of London	£140.56M	15.09	£127.17M	£0.25	1,716.00

Do institutionals and insiders believe in DPLM or CTY?

81.5% of Diploma shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.6% of City of London shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Diploma shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of City of London shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DPLM or CTY?

Diploma received 214 more outperform votes than City of London when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.96% of users gave City of London an outperform vote while only 61.84% of users gave Diploma an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Diploma	Outperform Votes 282 61.84%	Underperform Votes 174 38.16%
City of London	Outperform Votes 68 62.96%	Underperform Votes 40 37.04%

Summary

Diploma beats City of London on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.