Cohort (LON:CHRT) Insider Sells £208,106.64 in Stock

Key Points

• Simon Walther, an insider at Cohort plc, sold 16,569 shares of the company's stock on September 9th for a total of £208,106.64.
• Cohort's stock recently traded at GBX 1,274, with an average volume of 109,950 shares, while the company has a market cap of £580.82 million.
• Analysts have given Cohort a consensus rating of "Buy" with a target price of GBX 1,630.

Cohort plc (LON:CHRT - Get Free Report) insider Simon Walther sold 16,569 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, September 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 1,256, for a total transaction of £208,106.64.

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

• On Wednesday, July 16th, Simon Walther sold 54,979 shares of Cohort stock. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 1,743, for a total transaction of £958,283.97.
• On Wednesday, July 16th, Simon Walther sold 55,021 shares of Cohort stock. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 1,743, for a total transaction of £959,016.03.

Cohort Stock Performance

CHRT traded up GBX 60 on Monday, reaching GBX 1,450. The company had a trading volume of 189,119 shares, compared to its average volume of 201,077. Cohort plc has a fifty-two week low of GBX 800 and a fifty-two week high of GBX 1,796. The stock has a market cap of £661.06 million, a P/E ratio of 3,276.84 and a beta of 0.56. The company's fifty day moving average is GBX 1,388.08 and its 200 day moving average is GBX 1,370.48. 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 - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 16th. The company reported GBX 54.44 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Cohort had a return on equity of 14.91% and a net margin of 7.56%. As a group, analysts predict that Cohort plc will post 42.7951807 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

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