Cohort (LON:CHRT) Reaches New 12-Month High - Here's Why

Cohort plc (LON:CHRT - Get Free Report)'s share price reached a new 52-week high during trading on Thursday . The stock traded as high as GBX 1,298 ($16.52) and last traded at GBX 1,288 ($16.40), with a volume of 141580 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at GBX 1,246 ($15.86).

Cohort Trading Up 6.0 %

The company has a market cap of £528.34 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.74 and a beta of 0.56. 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 company's 50-day moving average is GBX 1,156.06 and its 200 day moving average is GBX 1,053.31.

Cohort Cuts Dividend

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

Cohort Company Profile

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.