Cohort plc (CHRT) to Issue Dividend of GBX 10.10 on October 2nd

Cohort plc (LON:CHRT) declared a dividend on Wednesday, July 17th, Upcoming.Co.Uk reports. Shareholders of record on Thursday, August 22nd will be paid a dividend of GBX 10.10 ($0.13) per share on Wednesday, October 2nd. This represents a yield of 1.22%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 22nd. This is an increase from Cohort’s previous dividend of $4.70. The official announcement can be viewed at this link.

Cohort Trading Down 0.7 %

Shares of LON:CHRT opened at GBX 853.94 ($11.10) on Tuesday. The stock has a market capitalization of £343.97 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 2,263.16 and a beta of 0.58. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 36.88, a quick ratio of 0.93 and a current ratio of 1.55. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is GBX 808.74 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 731.43. Cohort has a 52-week low of GBX 456 ($5.93) and a 52-week high of GBX 889.50 ($11.56).

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, Shore Capital reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Cohort in a research report on Monday, July 15th.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, insider Andrew Stephen Thomis sold 19,224 shares of Cohort stock in a transaction dated Monday, July 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 808 ($10.50), for a total transaction of £155,329.92 ($201,832.02). In other news, insider Andrew Stephen Thomis sold 19,224 shares of Cohort stock in a transaction dated Monday, July 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 808 ($10.50), for a total transaction of £155,329.92 ($201,832.02). Also, insider Simon Walther sold 1,359 shares of Cohort stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, July 31st. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 836 ($10.86), for a total value of £11,361.24 ($14,762.53). Insiders own 35.90% of the company’s stock.

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.