The Cohort Group comprises six military, electronics and intelligence development operations spread across the UK, Germany, and Portugal. The six are: Chess offering electro-optical tracking and surveillance systems for naval and land defence and security customers; EID designs and makes advanced communications systems for naval and land defence customers; ELAC SONAR supplies advanced sonar systems and underwater communications to global customers in the naval marketplace; MASS provides advanced digital services serving the defence and security markets MCL designs, sources and supports advanced electronic and surveillance technology for the UK MOD and other government agencies; SEA delivers and supports technology-based products for the defence and transport markets alongside specialist research and training services.

25 May 2023

FY 23 trading update: ahead and unified

In a Trading Update for the year to 30 April 2023, Cohort plc expects performance to be slightly ahead of market expectations based on higher revenue. We note FY23 net funds reported at c.£15.0m - well ahead of ED estimated, at £4.6m - strong order intake of c.£218m (FY22: £186.7m), and a closing order book of £325m - at the Interim £304.2m. This underpins £145m, i.e. 83%, of our FY 24 estimated revenue, compared with 69% in FY23 (E). Overall, the update confirms the strength of momentum into the medium term with delivery projected to 2032.

At the Interim we raised our FY23 revenue outlook by 3% to £165m (+20%YoY) and maintained our (adj.) EBITDA outlook of £22.0m (+13.1%YoY). At this stage, our outlook remains unchanged, with the opportunity to review with full FY 23 results, and which indicates a FY23 EV/EBITDA of 8.9x; and for FY24 (E) 8.2x.

Our Fair Value remains at 650p/share.

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