Mothercare (MTC) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Mothercare plc, through its subsidiaries, operates as a specialist franchisor of products for parents and young children under the Mothercare brand. The company provides clothing, footwear, home and travel products, and toys. It operates through Mothercare stores, as well as online stores under the Mothercare brand. The company was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Hemel Hempstead, the United Kingdom.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 0.11 to 0.21
• 50-Day Range: 0.10 to 1
• 52-Week Range: 0.06 to 3.50
• Volume: 89.91 million shs
• Average Volume: 4.68 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £732.97 thousand
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 1.18%
• Price Target: GBX 450
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Mothercare Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Mothercare scored higher than 32% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Mothercare has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Mothercare has a consensus price target of GBX 450, representing about 346,053.8% upside from its current price of GBX 0.13.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Mothercare has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Mothercare is -0.14, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Mothercare is -0.14, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Mothercare has a PEG Ratio of 1.12. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for MTC.

Dividend

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Mothercare pays a meaningful dividend of 1.18%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Mothercare does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: -0.18

News Sentiment

Mothercare has a news sentiment score of -0.18. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.53 average news sentiment score of Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for Mothercare this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Mothercare insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

10.96% of the stock of Mothercare is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

10.33% of the stock of Mothercare is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/14/2026
• Today: 9/24/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Technology
• Industry: Software
• Sub-Industry: Application Software
• Current Symbol: LON:MTC
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.mothercareplc.com
• Phone: +44-1923-241000
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 149
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Mothercare: GBX 450
• High Price Target: GBX 450
• Low Price Target: GBX 450
• Potential Upside/Downside: +346,053.8%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 1 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX (0.90)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: 0.60
• P/E Growth: 1.12
• Net Income: £1.20 million
• Net Margins: 1.89%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: N/A
• Return on Assets: 16.19%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1,691.67
• Current Ratio: 1.28
• Quick Ratio: 1.31

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £22.40 million
• Price / Sales: 0.03
• Cash Flow: GBX 0.03 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 4.80
• Book Value: GBX (2) per share
• Price / Book: -0.07

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 563,822,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £732.97 thousand
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.15