Cohort Plc

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Aerospace & Defense
  • ISIN: GB00B0YD2B94
GBP
12.42
-1 (-7.45%)
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  • Mojo Parameters
  • Total Return
  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
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Strong Sell
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Comparison

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Quality
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Financial
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Why is Cohort Plc ?

1
Strong Long Term Fundamental Strength with a 17.49% CAGR growth in Net Sales
  • Company has a low Debt to Equity ratio (avg) at times
  • ROCE(HY) Lowest at 13.24%
  • RAW MATERIAL COST(Y) Grown by 6.59% (YoY)
  • DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY) Highest at 25.36 %
2
With ROE of 11.80%, it has a expensive valuation with a 3.76 Price to Book Value
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 4.53%, its profits have risen by 1.8%
3
Underperformed the market in the last 1 year
  • The stock has generated a return of 4.53% in the last 1 year, much lower than market (FTSE 100) returns of 15.58%
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Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Cohort Plc should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Aerospace & Defense should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Aerospace & Defense)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is Cohort Plc for you?

High Risk, High Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Cohort Plc
2.22%
1.36
47.92%
FTSE 100
13.98%
1.15
13.60%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
stock-summaryGrowth
stock-summaryCapital Structure
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
17.49%
EBIT Growth (5y)
18.30%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
12.11
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
Net Debt is too low
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
-0.33
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
1.36
Tax Ratio
22.30%
Dividend Payout Ratio
36.17%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0
ROCE (avg)
18.90%
ROE (avg)
13.01%
stock-recommendationValuation

Valuation Scorecard stock-summary

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Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors stock-summary

Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
32
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
3.76
EV to EBIT
24.51
EV to EBITDA
17.21
EV to Capital Employed
3.28
EV to Sales
2.34
PEG Ratio
NA
Dividend Yield
1.10%
ROCE (Latest)
13.37%
ROE (Latest)
11.80%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bullish
Mildly Bearish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bullish
Moving Averages
Mildly Bearish (Daily)
KST
Bullish
Mildly Bearish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bullish
OBV
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bearish
stock-recommendation Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish  Turned 
Technical Movement
stock-recommendationFinancial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard stock-summary

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Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

4What is working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Highest at GBP 36.62 MM

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at GBP 2.99

-9What is not working for the Company
ROCE(HY)

Lowest at 13.24%

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Grown by 6.59% (YoY

DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Highest at 25.36 %

INTEREST(Q)

Highest at GBP 1.12 MM

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

Fallen at -23.26%

Here's what is working for Cohort Plc

Operating Cash Flow
Highest at GBP 36.62 MM and Grown
In each year in the last three years
MOJO Watch
The company has generated higher cash revenues from business operations

Operating Cash Flows (GBP MM)

Dividend per share
Highest at GBP 2.99
in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (GBP)

Depreciation
Highest at GBP 6.53 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The expenditure on assets done by the company may have gone into operation

Depreciation (GBP MM)

Depreciation
At GBP 6.53 MM has Grown at 35.16%
period on period (QoQ)
MOJO Watch
The expenditure on assets done by the company has gone into productive use which should positively reflect in the future sales

Depreciation (GBP MM)

Here's what is not working for Cohort Plc

Interest
Highest at GBP 1.12 MM
in the last five periods and Increased by 38.44% (QoQ)
MOJO Watch
Rising interest cost signifies increased borrowings

Interest Paid (GBP MM)

Pre-Tax Profit
Fallen at -23.26%
Year on Year (YoY)
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is negative

Pre-Tax Profit (GBP MM)

Debt-Equity Ratio
Highest at 25.36 %
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
The company is borrowing more to fund its operations; it's liquidity situation may be stressed

Debt-Equity Ratio

Raw Material Cost
Grown by 6.59% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has deteriorated; this may lead to a fall in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales