Cohort plc (LON:CHRT) Insider Simon Walther Sells 55,021 Shares

Cohort plc (LON:CHRT - Get Free Report) insider Simon Walther sold 55,021 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, July 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 1,743 ($23.40), for a total transaction of £959,016.03 ($1,287,269.84).

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 ($23.40), for a total transaction of £958,283.97 ($1,286,287.21).
• On Wednesday, April 23rd, Simon Walther sold 350 shares of Cohort stock. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 1,275 ($17.11), for a total transaction of £4,462.50 ($5,989.93).

Cohort Trading Up 1.7%

Shares of LON:CHRT traded up GBX 26 ($0.35) on Friday, hitting GBX 1,552 ($20.83). The company had a trading volume of 258,458 shares, compared to its average volume of 203,233. The firm's 50-day simple moving average is GBX 1,525.45 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 1,301.84. Cohort plc has a 1 year low of GBX 760.50 ($10.21) and a 1 year high of GBX 1,796 ($24.11). 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 firm has a market capitalization of £704.46 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 40.99 and a beta of 0.56.

Cohort (LON:CHRT - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, July 16th. The company reported GBX 54.44 ($0.73) EPS for the quarter. Cohort had a net margin of 7.56% and a return on equity of 14.91%. Equities analysts anticipate that Cohort plc will post 42.7951807 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, Shore Capital reissued a "buy" rating and set a GBX 1,630 ($21.88) price target on shares of Cohort in a research report on Wednesday.

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.