Cohort plc (LON:CHRT) Insider Andrew Stephen Thomis Acquires 2,753 Shares

Cohort plc (LON:CHRT - Get Free Report) insider Andrew Stephen Thomis purchased 2,753 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Monday, April 8th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 727 ($9.20) per share, for a total transaction of £20,014.31 ($25,331.36).

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

• On Wednesday, March 27th, Andrew Stephen Thomis sold 2,944 shares of Cohort stock. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 680 ($8.61), for a total value of £20,019.20 ($25,337.55).

Cohort Stock Up 0.6 %

CHRT stock traded up GBX 4 ($0.05) during mid-day trading on Monday, reaching GBX 722 ($9.14). The company had a trading volume of 332,337 shares, compared to its average volume of 94,204. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 32.14, a current ratio of 1.69 and a quick ratio of 0.93. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of GBX 589.30 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 541.15. The company has a market capitalization of £299.70 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 2,187.88 and a beta of 0.53. Cohort plc has a 52 week low of GBX 410 ($5.19) and a 52 week high of GBX 748 ($9.47).

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. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, January 4th. This represents a dividend yield of 0.88%. Cohort's payout ratio is 4,242.42%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Separately, Shore Capital restated a "buy" rating on shares of Cohort in a report on Thursday, March 28th.

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.