Cohort (LON:CHRT) Reaches New 1-Year High – Should You Buy?

Cohort plc (LON:CHRTGet Free Report)’s share price hit a new 52-week high on Thursday . The company traded as high as GBX 1,298 ($16.74) and last traded at GBX 1,288 ($16.62), with a volume of 141580 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 1,246 ($16.07).

Cohort Trading Down 8.6 %

The firm has a fifty day moving average of GBX 1,156.92 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 1,051.42. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 37.28, a quick ratio of 0.93 and a current ratio of 1.55. The stock has a market capitalization of £530.16 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.85 and a beta of 0.56.

Cohort Cuts Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, February 18th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, January 9th were given a GBX 5.25 ($0.07) dividend. This represents a yield of 0.51%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, January 9th. Cohort’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 39.62%.

About Cohort

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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.

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