Cohort (LON:CHRT) Reaches New 12-Month High at $650.00

Cohort plc (LON:CHRT)’s stock price hit a new 52-week high during trading on Tuesday . The company traded as high as GBX 650 ($8.21) and last traded at GBX 640 ($8.09), with a volume of 417374 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at GBX 594 ($7.51).

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, Shore Capital reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Cohort in a research note on Thursday.

Cohort Stock Performance

The firm has a market cap of £278.12 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 2,030.30 and a beta of 0.50. The stock has a 50-day moving average of GBX 569.06 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 531.50. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 32.14, a quick ratio of 0.93 and a current ratio of 1.69.

Cohort Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, February 13th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, January 4th were given a GBX 4.70 ($0.06) dividend. This represents a dividend yield of 0.88%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, January 4th. Cohort’s dividend payout ratio is presently 4,242.42%.

Insider Activity at Cohort

In related news, insider Andrew Stephen Thomis sold 2,944 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 680 ($8.59), for a total transaction of £20,019.20 ($25,299.13). In other news, insider Peter Lynas purchased 15,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, January 17th. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 545 ($6.89) per share, for a total transaction of £81,750 ($103,311.01). Also, insider Andrew Stephen Thomis sold 2,944 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 680 ($8.59), for a total transaction of £20,019.20 ($25,299.13). 35.53% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Cohort Company Profile

Cohort plc, through its subsidiaries, provides various products and services in defense, security, and related markets in the United Kingdom, Germany, Portugal, Africa, North and South America, and the Asia Pacific and Africa. The company offers electro-optical and electro-mechanical systems, such as command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance, as well as combat systems; and communications systems.