Cohort plc (LON:CHRT) Insider Sells £6,014.47 in Stock

Cohort plc (LON:CHRT) insider Simon Walther sold 803 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on 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 0.2 %

LON CHRT opened at GBX 814 ($10.22) on Friday. Cohort plc has a twelve month low of GBX 430 ($5.40) and a twelve month high of GBX 830 ($10.43). The stock has a market cap of £338.05 million, a PE ratio of 2,466.67 and a beta of 0.53. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 658 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 574.08. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 32.14, a quick ratio of 0.93 and a current ratio of 1.69.

Cohort Cuts Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, February 13th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, January 4th were given a GBX 4.70 ($0.06) dividend. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, January 4th. This represents a dividend yield of 0.88%. Cohort’s dividend payout ratio is currently 4,242.42%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, Shore Capital reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Cohort in a report on Thursday, March 28th.

About Cohort

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.