Mothercare has been growing earnings at an average annual rate of 59.4%, while the Specialty Retail industry saw earnings declining at 3.5% annually. Revenues have been declining at an average rate of 19.6% per year.
Key information
59.40%
Earnings growth rate
66.81%
EPS growth rate
Specialty Retail Industry Growth
4.13%
Revenue growth rate
-19.64%
Return on equity
n/a
Net Margin
21.36%
Last Earnings Update
27 Sep 2025
Recent past performance updates
Recent updates
Revenue & Expenses Breakdown
How Mothercare makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.
Earnings and Revenue History
DB:MTR Revenue, expenses and earnings (GBP Millions)
Date
Revenue
Earnings
G+A Expenses
R&D Expenses
27 Sep 25
30
6
-3
0
27 Jun 25
34
6
-2
0
29 Mar 25
39
6
-1
0
29 Dec 24
44
3
6
0
28 Sep 24
48
0
13
0
28 Jun 24
52
2
13
0
30 Mar 24
56
3
12
0
30 Dec 23
60
2
12
0
23 Sep 23
64
1
13
0
23 Jun 23
68
1
14
0
25 Mar 23
73
0
15
0
25 Dec 22
76
4
15
0
24 Sep 22
79
9
16
0
24 Jun 22
81
11
17
0
26 Mar 22
83
12
17
0
26 Dec 21
83
4
19
0
25 Sep 21
83
-5
21
0
25 Jun 21
84
-13
23
0
27 Mar 21
86
-21
24
0
27 Dec 20
96
-24
28
0
10 Oct 20
107
-27
31
0
10 Jul 20
136
-18
34
0
28 Mar 20
165
-8
37
0
28 Dec 19
98
-2
39
0
12 Oct 19
32
5
40
0
12 Jul 19
116
-8
39
0
30 Mar 19
200
-21
39
0
06 Oct 18
511
-99
115
0
06 Jul 18
546
-96
117
0
24 Mar 18
581
-93
120
0
24 Dec 17
657
-41
99
0
07 Oct 17
659
-7
85
0
07 Jul 17
663
1
87
0
25 Mar 17
667
8
88
0
25 Dec 16
674
5
85
0
08 Oct 16
680
2
83
0
08 Jul 16
681
4
83
0
26 Mar 16
682
6
84
0
26 Dec 15
687
-4
88
0
10 Oct 15
691
-15
93
0
Quality Earnings: MTR has high quality earnings.
Growing Profit Margin: MTR became profitable in the past.
Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis
Past Earnings Growth Analysis
Earnings Trend: MTR has become profitable over the past 5 years, growing earnings by 59.4% per year.
Accelerating Growth: MTR has become profitable in the last year, making the earnings growth rate difficult to compare to its 5-year average.
Earnings vs Industry: MTR has become profitable in the last year, making it difficult to compare its past year earnings growth to the Specialty Retail industry (-2.3%).
Return on Equity
High ROE: MTR's liabilities exceed its assets, so it is difficult to calculate its Return on Equity.
Return on Assets
Return on Capital Employed
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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
Data
Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis
2026/07/23 23:08
End of Day Share Price
2026/07/23 00:00
Earnings
2025/09/27
Annual Earnings
2025/03/29
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Analyst Sources
Mothercare plc is covered by 12 analysts. 1 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.