Cohort (LON:CHRT) Insider Acquires £1,795.50 in Stock

Key Points

• Insider Andrew Stephen Thomis purchased 189 shares of Cohort plc at an average cost of GBX 950, totaling £1,795.50 on October 15th.
• Cohort plc has a market capitalization of £590.64 million and a price-to-earnings (PE) ratio of 2,925.20, with a 12-month share price range between GBX 860 and GBX 1,796.
• Shore Capital has reiterated a "buy" rating for Cohort shares, setting a target price of GBX 1,630, with a consensus rating of "Buy" among analysts.

Cohort plc (LON:CHRT - Get Free Report) insider Andrew Stephen Thomis purchased 189 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, October 15th. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 950 per share, for a total transaction of £1,795.50.

Andrew Stephen Thomis also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Tuesday, September 9th, Andrew Stephen Thomis sold 21,203 shares of Cohort stock. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 1,256, for a total value of £266,309.68.

Cohort Price Performance

Shares of CHRT opened at GBX 1,294.40 on Thursday. Cohort plc has a 12-month low of GBX 860 and a 12-month high of GBX 1,796. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 1,314.95 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 1,391.76. 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 stock has a market cap of £590.64 million, a PE ratio of 2,925.20 and a beta of 0.56.

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

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

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

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