Mothercare Valuation

Is MTC undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

0/6

Valuation Score 0/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of MTC when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: MTC (£0.05) is trading above our estimate of fair value (£0.01)

Significantly Below Fair Value: MTC is trading above our estimate of fair value.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for MTC?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

MTC key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue0.7x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA6.1x
PEG Ratio0.5x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does MTC's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for MTC vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average14.1x
SHOE Shoe Zone
6.4x-12.0%UK£84.4m
ANG Angling Direct
22.8xn/aUK£27.8m
MRK Marks Electrical Group
16.4x18.4%UK£70.6m
CFYN Caffyns
10.6xn/aUK£13.6m
MTC Mothercare
22.3x41.2%UK£26.8m

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: MTC is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (22.3x) compared to the peer average (14.1x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does MTC's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the GB Specialty Retail Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a14.6%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a14.6%
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: MTC is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (22.3x) compared to the UK Specialty Retail industry average (15.1x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is MTC's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

MTC PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio22.3x
Fair PE Ratio21.8x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: MTC is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (22.3x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21.8x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst MTC forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUK£0.048
UK£0.14
+184.2%
11.1%UK£0.15UK£0.12n/a2
May ’25UK£0.063
UK£0.14
+114.3%
11.1%UK£0.15UK£0.12n/a2
Apr ’25UK£0.064
UK£0.14
+112.6%
11.1%UK£0.15UK£0.12n/a2
Mar ’25UK£0.075
UK£0.14
+79.4%
11.1%UK£0.15UK£0.12n/a2
Feb ’25UK£0.078
UK£0.14
+72.5%
11.1%UK£0.15UK£0.12n/a2
Jan ’25UK£0.068
UK£0.14
+98.5%
11.1%UK£0.15UK£0.12n/a2
Dec ’24UK£0.057
UK£0.14
+138.9%
11.1%UK£0.15UK£0.12n/a2
Nov ’24UK£0.043
UK£0.14
+217.6%
11.1%UK£0.15UK£0.12n/a2
Oct ’24UK£0.045
UK£0.14
+202.7%
11.1%UK£0.15UK£0.12n/a2
Sep ’24UK£0.051
UK£0.13
+153.7%
15.4%UK£0.15UK£0.11n/a2
Aug ’24UK£0.059
UK£0.13
+120.3%
15.4%UK£0.15UK£0.11n/a2
Jul ’24UK£0.058
UK£0.13
+124.1%
15.4%UK£0.15UK£0.11n/a2
Jun ’24UK£0.059
UK£0.13
+120.3%
15.4%UK£0.15UK£0.11n/a2
May ’24UK£0.081
UK£0.14
+73.9%
7.1%UK£0.15UK£0.13UK£0.0632
Apr ’24UK£0.086
UK£0.14
+63.6%
7.1%UK£0.15UK£0.13UK£0.0642
Mar ’24UK£0.097
UK£0.14
+45.1%
7.1%UK£0.15UK£0.13UK£0.0752
Feb ’24UK£0.10
UK£0.14
+40.7%
7.1%UK£0.15UK£0.13UK£0.0782
Jan ’24UK£0.075
UK£0.14
+86.9%
7.1%UK£0.15UK£0.13UK£0.0682
Dec ’23UK£0.072
UK£0.14
+93.4%
7.1%UK£0.15UK£0.13UK£0.0572
Nov ’23UK£0.079
UK£0.14
+77.2%
7.1%UK£0.15UK£0.13UK£0.0432
Oct ’23UK£0.087
UK£0.14
+61.5%
7.1%UK£0.15UK£0.13UK£0.0452
Sep ’23UK£0.068
UK£0.17
+141.2%
9.1%UK£0.18UK£0.15UK£0.0512
Aug ’23UK£0.072
UK£0.17
+130.1%
9.1%UK£0.18UK£0.15UK£0.0592
Jul ’23UK£0.072
UK£0.17
+129.2%
9.1%UK£0.18UK£0.15UK£0.0582
Jun ’23UK£0.08
UK£0.17
+107.5%
9.1%UK£0.18UK£0.15UK£0.0592
May ’23UK£0.088
UK£0.17
+86.4%
9.1%UK£0.18UK£0.15UK£0.0812

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but there are not enough analysts covering the stock to determine statistical confidence in agreement.


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