Cohort (LON:CHRT) Insider Simon Walther Acquires 189 Shares

Cohort plc (LON:CHRT) insider Simon Walther bought 189 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, October 15th. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 950 per share, with a total value of £1,795.50.

Simon Walther also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Tuesday, September 9th, Simon Walther sold 16,569 shares of Cohort stock. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 1,256, for a total transaction of £208,106.64.

Cohort Stock Up 0.8%

Shares of LON:CHRT opened at GBX 1,290 on Friday. Cohort plc has a 52-week low of GBX 860 and a 52-week high of GBX 1,796. The firm has a fifty day moving average of GBX 1,313.59 and a 200 day moving average of GBX 1,392.42. The firm has a market capitalization of £588.63 million, a PE ratio of 2,915.25 and a beta of 0.56. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 37.28, a quick ratio of 0.93 and a current ratio of 1.55.

Cohort (LON:CHRT) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 16th. The company reported GBX 54.44 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Cohort had a net margin of 7.56% and a return on equity of 14.91%. As a group, research analysts anticipate that Cohort plc will post 42.7951807 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, Shore Capital reiterated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 1,630 target price on shares of Cohort in a report on Wednesday, July 16th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to MarketBeat.com, Cohort has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of GBX 1,630.

About Cohort

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.