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Mothercare plc is a specialty retail business based in the UK. Mothercare shares (MTC.LSE) are listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and all prices are listed in pence sterling. Mothercare employs 594 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around £107.1 million.
How to buy shares in Mothercare
- Choose a platform. If you're a beginner, our share-dealing table below can help you choose.
- Open your account. You'll need your ID, bank details and national insurance number.
- Confirm your payment details. You'll need to fund your account with a bank transfer, debit card or credit card.
- Search the platform for stock code: MTC in this case.
- Research Mothercare shares. The platform should provide the latest information available.
- Buy your Mothercare shares. It's that simple.
What's in this guide?
- Can I buy shares in Mothercare?
- Mothercare shares summary
- Compare share dealing platforms
- Is Mothercare stock a buy or sell?
- Are Mothercare shares over-valued?
- Mothercare's financials
- How volatile are Mothercare shares?
- Does Mothercare pay a dividend?
- Have Mothercare shares ever split?
- Other common questions
Mothercare share price
Use our graph to track the performance of MTC stocks over time.Mothercare shares at a glance
Information last updated 2021-01-23.
| Latest market close | N/Ap |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | 3.7p - 16.9p |
| 50-day moving average | 11.6787p |
| 200-day moving average | 10.146p |
| Wall St. target price | 18p |
| PE ratio | 2.1792 |
| Dividend yield | N/A (0%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | 5.3p |
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Is it a good time to buy Mothercare stock?
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Is Mothercare under- or over-valued?
Valuing Mothercare stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Mothercare's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Mothercare's P/E ratio
Mothercare's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 2x. In other words, Mothercare shares trade at around 2x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the FTSE 250 at the end of September 2019 (19.71). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
Mothercare's EBITDA
Mothercare's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is £2.4 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Mothercare's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
Mothercare financials
| Revenue TTM | £107.1 million |
|---|---|
| Gross profit TTM | £36.2 million |
| Return on assets TTM | -4.45% |
| Return on equity TTM | 0% |
| Profit margin | 18.21% |
| Book value | 0.006p |
| Market capitalisation | £43.2 million |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Mothercare share dividends
We're not expecting Mothercare to pay a dividend over the next 12 months. However, you can browse other dividend-paying shares in our guide.
Have Mothercare's shares ever split?
Mothercare's shares were split on a 1:5 basis on 18 August 2000. So if you had owned 5 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 1 share. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Mothercare shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 400% higher share price could have impacted the market appetite for Mothercare shares which in turn could have impacted Mothercare's share price.
Mothercare share price volatility
Over the last 12 months, Mothercare's shares have ranged in value from as little as 3.7p up to 16.9p. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (LSE average) beta is 1, while Mothercare's is 0.6593. This would suggest that Mothercare's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
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Mothercare overview
Mothercare plc, through its subsidiaries, operates as a specialist franchisor of products for mothers-to-be and children under the Mothercare brand. The company offers clothing, footwear, home, and travel products, as well as toys. It operates approximately 791 stores, including 222 stores in Europe, 206 stores in the Middle East, and 363 stores in Asia under the Mothercare brand, as well as websites through a network of franchise partners in 40 countries. The company was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Hemel Hempstead, the United Kingdom.
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