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Mothercare (MTC) Competitors

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GBX 4.40 +0.60 (+15.79%)
(As of 12/4/2024 ET)

MTC vs. APP, SLE, INSE, VNET, CTG, SMRT, ADAM, INTU, INFA, and RTC

Should you be buying Mothercare stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mothercare include Appreciate Group (APP), San Leon Energy (SLE), Inspired (INSE), Vianet Group (VNET), Christie Group (CTG), Smartspace Software (SMRT), Jade Road Investments (ADAM), Intu Properties (INTU), InfraStrata (INFA), and RTC Group (RTC). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Mothercare vs.

Appreciate Group (LON:APP) and Mothercare (LON:MTC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking and earnings.

76.8% of Appreciate Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.3% of Mothercare shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.8% of Appreciate Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 44.6% of Mothercare shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Mothercare had 3 more articles in the media than Appreciate Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Mothercare and 0 mentions for Appreciate Group. Appreciate Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Mothercare's score of -0.33 indicating that Appreciate Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Appreciate Group Neutral
Mothercare Neutral

Mothercare received 377 more outperform votes than Appreciate Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 82.35% of users gave Appreciate Group an outperform vote while only 62.66% of users gave Mothercare an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Appreciate GroupOutperform Votes
14
82.35%
Underperform Votes
3
17.65%
MothercareOutperform Votes
391
62.66%
Underperform Votes
233
37.34%

Appreciate Group has higher revenue and earnings than Mothercare.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Appreciate Group£120.97M0.65£5.78M£0.031,406.67
Mothercare£63.60M0.39£1.20MN/AN/A

Appreciate Group has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mothercare has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Appreciate Group has a net margin of 4.77% compared to Mothercare's net margin of 1.89%. Appreciate Group's return on equity of 42.06% beat Mothercare's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Appreciate Group4.77% 42.06% 2.45%
Mothercare 1.89%N/A 16.19%

Summary

Appreciate Group beats Mothercare on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MTC vs. The Competition

MetricMothercareSpecialty Retail IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£24.81M£3.07B£2.45B£1.41B
Dividend Yield1.18%3.42%4.22%11.94%
P/E Ratio223.00448.55390.841,539.05
Price / Sales0.3938.39355.28392,710.40
Price / Cash4.8011.7426.7632.78
Price / Book-2.2013.353.192.95
Net Income£1.20M£230.74M£274.42M£130.48M
7 Day Performance10.00%0.59%0.91%9.82%
1 Month Performance-2.65%-3.57%-0.83%9.83%
1 Year Performance-22.94%92.91%13.50%107.79%

Mothercare Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MTC
Mothercare
N/AGBX 4.40
+15.8%
N/A-19.9%£24.81M£63.60M223.00149Gap Down
APP
Appreciate Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£79.19M£120.97M1,406.671,710
SLE
San Leon Energy
N/AN/AN/AN/A£74.24M£5.86M412.50100
INSE
Inspired
N/AGBX 41
+18.8%
N/A-33.1%£43.16M£99.15M4,100.001,600Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
VNET
Vianet Group
N/AGBX 96.25
-6.1%
N/A+32.3%£28.34M£15.18M3,421.673,220Dividend Cut
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
CTG
Christie Group
N/AGBX 105.77
-1.6%
N/A+13.2%£28.06M£68.04M-813.623,450
SMRT
Smartspace Software
N/AGBX 90
flat
N/AN/A£26.05M£5.43M-1,500.00640
ADAM
Jade Road Investments
N/AGBX 24.50
flat
N/A+0.0%£25.17MN/A-7.21N/A
INTU
Intu Properties
N/AGBX 1.78
-54.6%
N/A+0.0%£24.07M£548.50M-0.0117,300Positive News
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
INFA
InfraStrata
N/AGBX 18.13
-1.0%
N/A+0.0%£22.06M£6.13M-0.755,500
RTC
RTC Group
N/AGBX 105
flat
N/A+84.4%£15.35M£102.26M750.00361

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This page (LON:MTC) was last updated on 12/5/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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