Cohort (LON:CHRT) Hits New 52-Week High – Should You Buy?

Cohort plc (LON:CHRT) reached a new 52-week high on Wednesday . The stock traded as high as GBX 1,240 ($15.48) and last traded at GBX 1,236.67 ($15.44), with a volume of 87368 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at GBX 1,190 ($14.85).

Cohort Price Performance

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 36.88, a current ratio of 1.55 and a quick ratio of 0.93. The company has a market cap of £499.43 million, a PE ratio of 3,250.00 and a beta of 0.56. The business has a 50 day moving average of GBX 1,109.74 and a 200 day moving average of GBX 959.21.

Cohort (LON:CHRT) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, December 11th. The company reported GBX 20 ($0.25) EPS for the quarter. Cohort had a return on equity of 14.59% and a net margin of 7.56%. As a group, research analysts predict that Cohort plc will post 42.7951807 EPS for the current year.

Cohort Cuts Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, February 18th. Investors of record on Thursday, January 9th will be given a dividend of GBX 5.25 ($0.07) per share. This represents a yield of 0.51%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, January 9th. Cohort’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 3,947.37%.

About Cohort

Cohort plc (www.cohortplc.com) is the parent company of six innovative, agile and responsive businesses based in the UK, Germany and Portugal, providing a wide range of services and products for domestic and export customers in defence and related markets.

Chess Technologies, through its operating businesses Chess Dynamics and Vision4ce, offers surveillance, tracking and fire-control systems to the defence and security markets.