Shore Capital Reiterates Buy Rating for Cohort (LON:CHRT)

Posted by Defense World Staff on Jul 18th, 2025

Cohort (LON:CHRT – Get Free Report)‘s stock had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by research analysts at Shore Capital in a report issued on Wednesday, Marketbeat reports. They presently have a GBX 1,630 ($21.89) price objective on the stock. Shore Capital’s price target would indicate a potential upside of 6.82% from the stock’s previous close.

Cohort Trading Down 12.7%

Shares of CHRT stock opened at GBX 1,526 ($20.49) on Wednesday. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of GBX 1,525.45 and a 200 day moving average price of GBX 1,301.84. The company has a quick ratio of 0.93, a current ratio of 1.55 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 37.28. The company has a market capitalization of £692.65 million, a P/E ratio of 40.30 and a beta of 0.56. Cohort has a 12-month low of GBX 760.50 ($10.21) and a 12-month high of GBX 1,796 ($24.12).

Cohort (LON:CHRT – Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 16th. The company reported GBX 54.44 ($0.73) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Cohort had a return on equity of 14.91% and a net margin of 7.56%. Research analysts forecast that Cohort will post 42.7951807 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, insider Andrew Stephen Thomis sold 51,141 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, July 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 1,743 ($23.41), for a total value of £891,387.63 ($1,196,975.47). Also, insider Nicholas Martin Prest sold 350,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, July 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 1,743 ($23.41), for a total value of £6,100,500 ($8,191,889.35). Insiders have sold 560,452 shares of company stock valued at $976,704,036 in the last 90 days. 39.22% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

About Cohort

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Cohort plc is the parent company of seven innovative, agile and responsive businesses based in the UK, Australia, Germany and Portugal, providing a wide range of services and products for domestic and export customers in defence and related markets.

The Group is split into two segments:

Communications and Intelligence
– EID designs and manufactures advanced communications systems for naval and military customers.