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Mothercare (MTC) Competitors

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As of 07/3/2025 09:51 AM Eastern

MTC vs. CTG, VNET, SMRT, ADAM, INTU, INFA, API, TEAM, RTC, and PATH

Should you be buying Mothercare stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mothercare include Christie Group (CTG), Vianet Group (VNET), Smartspace Software (SMRT), Jade Road Investments (ADAM), Intu Properties (INTU), InfraStrata (INFA), abrdn Property Income Trust (API), TEAM (TEAM), RTC Group (RTC), and Path Investments (PATH). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Mothercare vs. Its Competitors

Christie Group (LON:CTG) and Mothercare (LON:MTC) are both small-cap computer software companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Mothercare has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Christie Group.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Christie Group£68.04M0.43-£3.31M-£0.13-850.77
Mothercare£63.60M0.28£1.20MN/AN/A

In the previous week, Christie Group and Christie Group both had 1 articles in the media. Christie Group's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Mothercare's score of -0.84 indicating that Christie Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Christie Group
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Mothercare
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Negative

Christie Group has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mothercare has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Mothercare has a net margin of 1.89% compared to Christie Group's net margin of -4.87%. Mothercare's return on equity of 0.00% beat Christie Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Christie Group-4.87% -80.44% 0.37%
Mothercare 1.89%N/A 16.19%

0.3% of Christie Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.3% of Mothercare shares are held by institutional investors. 83.4% of Christie Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 44.6% of Mothercare shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Mothercare beats Christie Group on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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MTC vs. The Competition

MetricMothercareSpecialty Retail IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£17.82M£3.20B£3.39B£2.97B
Dividend Yield1.18%4.47%3.52%5.02%
P/E Ratio223.0023.4671.29146.58
Price / Sales0.2836.5671.38240,166.96
Price / Cash4.8014.9331.1627.97
Price / Book-1.5812.843.855.31
Net Income£1.20M£132.07M£262.42M£5.90B
7 Day Performance0.32%-0.25%0.84%0.95%
1 Month Performance31.67%0.97%2.78%5.17%
1 Year Performance-36.80%27,376.66%2,633.36%80.78%

Mothercare Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MTC
Mothercare
N/AGBX 3.16
-4.2%
N/A-30.1%£17.82M£63.60M223.00149Gap Down
CTG
Christie Group
N/AGBX 110
+4.8%
N/A-8.1%£29.18M£68.04M-846.153,450Gap Up
High Trading Volume
VNET
Vianet Group
N/AGBX 94.20
-1.9%
N/A-22.1%£27.42M£14.99M34.663,220Gap Up
SMRT
Smartspace Software
N/AN/AN/AN/A£26.05M£5.43M-1,500.00640
ADAM
Jade Road Investments
N/AN/AN/AN/A£25.17MN/A-7.21N/A
INTU
Intu Properties
N/AN/AN/AN/A£24.07M£548.50M-0.0117,300Gap Down
High Trading Volume
INFA
InfraStrata
N/AN/AN/AN/A£22.06M£6.13M-0.755,500
API
abrdn Property Income Trust
N/AGBX 5.24
+1.0%
N/A-89.9%£19.98M£33.03M-0.891,310
TEAM
TEAM
N/AGBX 38.35
-1.7%
N/A+118.8%£19.90M£13.63M-11.7587Gap Up
RTC
RTC Group
N/AGBX 90.10
-7.6%
N/A-4.1%£11.66M£90.27M6.35361Gap Down
PATH
Path Investments
N/AN/AN/AN/A£5.48MN/A-2.704,010

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This page (LON:MTC) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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