Simon Walther Purchases 189 Shares of Cohort (LON:CHRT) Stock

Key Points

• Simon Walther, an insider at Cohort plc, purchased 189 shares of the company at an average price of GBX 950, totaling £1,795.50.
• Cohort's stock has recently been trading up 1.1%, with the current share price at GBX 1,294.40 and a market capitalization of £590.64 million.
• Shore Capital has reaffirmed a "buy" rating for Cohort shares with a target price of GBX 1,630, while the company has a consensus rating of "Buy" from analysts.

Cohort plc (LON:CHRT - Get Free Report) insider Simon Walther purchased 189 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, October 15th. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 950 per share, for a total transaction 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 shares were sold at an average price of GBX 1,256, for a total value of £208,106.64.

Cohort Trading Up 1.1%

Shares of CHRT stock opened at GBX 1,294.40 on Thursday. The company has a current ratio of 1.55, a quick ratio of 0.93 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 37.28. The business's 50 day moving average is GBX 1,314.95 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 1,391.76. Cohort plc has a twelve month low of GBX 860 and a twelve month high of GBX 1,796. The company has a market capitalization of £590.64 million, a P/E ratio of 2,925.20 and a beta of 0.56.

Cohort (LON:CHRT - Get Free Report) last issued 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%. Equities analysts forecast that Cohort plc will post 42.7951807 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Separately, Shore Capital reaffirmed a "buy" rating and issued 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 data from MarketBeat.com, Cohort presently has a consensus rating of "Buy" and a consensus target price of GBX 1,630.

Cohort Company Profile

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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