Insider Selling: Cohort plc (LON:CHRT) Insider Sells 803 Shares of Stock

Cohort plc (LON:CHRT - Get Free Report) insider Simon Walther sold 803 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 749 ($9.41), for a total transaction of £6,014.47 ($7,554.92).

Cohort Stock Up 7.2 %

Shares of LON CHRT traded up GBX 54 ($0.68) during mid-day trading on Wednesday, reaching GBX 802 ($10.07). 163,718 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 94,742. The company has a current ratio of 1.69, a quick ratio of 0.93 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 32.14. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 647.44 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 570.79. Cohort plc has a twelve month low of GBX 425.56 ($5.35) and a twelve month high of GBX 810 ($10.17). The firm has a market capitalization of £333.07 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 2,430.30 and a beta of 0.53.

Cohort Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, February 13th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, January 4th were issued a dividend of GBX 4.70 ($0.06) per share. This represents a yield of 0.88%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, January 4th. Cohort's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 4,242.42%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Separately, Shore Capital reissued a "buy" rating on shares of Cohort in a research note on Thursday, March 28th.

View Our Latest Stock Analysis on CHRT

About Cohort

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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.

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