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Mothercare (MTC) Competitors

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

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

Mothercare vs.

Smartspace Software (LON:SMRT) and Mothercare (LON:MTC) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment and risk.

Mothercare has a net margin of 1.89% compared to Smartspace Software's net margin of -38.40%. Mothercare's return on equity of 0.00% beat Smartspace Software's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Smartspace Software-38.40% -14.38% -5.14%
Mothercare 1.89%N/A 16.19%

40.2% of Smartspace Software shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.3% of Mothercare shares are owned by institutional investors. 34.4% of Smartspace Software shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 44.6% of Mothercare shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Smartspace Software has a beta of 1.72, meaning that its share price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mothercare has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Smartspace Software's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Mothercare'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Smartspace Software Neutral
Mothercare Neutral

Mothercare received 364 more outperform votes than Smartspace Software when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.14% of users gave Smartspace Software an outperform vote while only 62.66% of users gave Mothercare an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Smartspace SoftwareOutperform Votes
27
77.14%
Underperform Votes
8
22.86%
MothercareOutperform Votes
391
62.66%
Underperform Votes
233
37.34%

Mothercare has higher revenue and earnings than Smartspace Software.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Smartspace Software£5.43M0.00-£1.70M-£0.06N/A
Mothercare£63.60M0.25£1.20MN/AN/A

Summary

Mothercare beats Smartspace Software on 8 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£15.79M£3.04B£3.22B£2.58B
Dividend Yield1.18%4.37%3.49%4.97%
P/E Ratio223.0022.1220.61133.24
Price / Sales0.2533.0664.60229,439.18
Price / Cash4.8014.8030.9428.12
Price / Book-1.4012.343.424.57
Net Income£1.20M£134.10M£262.00M£5.84B
7 Day Performance26.13%2.48%1.20%2.97%
1 Month Performance3.97%4.50%1.27%10.15%
1 Year Performance-55.91%17,567.69%1,684.17%116.21%

Mothercare Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MTC
Mothercare
N/AGBX 2.80
+13.4%
N/A-55.6%£15.79M£63.60M223.00149Gap Down
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
API
abrdn Property Income Trust
N/AGBX 6.11
-0.5%
N/A-89.1%£23.29M£33.03M-1.041,310Earnings Report
News Coverage
Gap Down
INFA
InfraStrata
N/AN/AN/AN/A£22.06M£6.13M-0.755,500
CTG
Christie Group
N/AGBX 82.50
-5.7%
N/A+16.0%£21.89M£68.04M-634.623,450Earnings Report
Gap Down
TEAM
TEAM
N/AGBX 33
+46.7%
N/A+56.9%£17.12M£13.63M-10.1187High Trading Volume
VNET
Vianet Group
N/AGBX 57
-0.9%
N/A-41.9%£16.59M£14.99M20.973,220Gap Down
RTC
RTC Group
N/AGBX 91
-1.6%
N/A+1.8%£11.78M£90.27M6.42361
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 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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