Protection for hearing and earnings

Cohort’s MCL operation has announced the award of an additional £9.9m four-year contract for the provision of hearing protection systems to the UK MoD. With Cohort having completed the minority buyout on 1 February, the increased visibility from the hearing protection revenue stream now provides greater support for MCL’s medium-term forecasts, increasing earnings quality. Cohort has continued to outperform the market so far this year, continuing to trend towards our fair value of 485p.