City of London (CTY) Competitors

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

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, 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	4.89	£116.10M	£0.86	5,349.73
City of London	£140.56M	14.81	£127.17M	£0.25	1,684.00

Do analysts rate DPLM or CTY?

Diploma currently has a consensus price target of GBX 4,416.67, suggesting a potential downside of 4.00%. Given Diploma's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly 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)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
City of London	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

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%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in DPLM or CTY?

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

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 a better dividend stock?

Diploma pays an annual dividend of GBX 57 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. City of London pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. 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.

Does the media refer more to DPLM or CTY?

In the previous week, City of London had 13 more articles in the media than Diploma. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for City of London and 0 mentions for Diploma. City of London's average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat Diploma's score of 0.00 indicating that City of London is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Diploma	Neutral
City of London	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DPLM or CTY?

Diploma received 213 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 62.03% of users gave Diploma an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Diploma	Outperform Votes 281 62.03%	Underperform Votes 172 37.97%
City of London	Outperform Votes 68 62.96%	Underperform Votes 40 37.04%

Summary

Diploma beats City of London on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.