Mothercare Balance Sheet Health
Financial Health criteria checks 2/6
Mothercare has a total shareholder equity of £-29.0M and total debt of £19.9M, which brings its debt-to-equity ratio to -68.6%. Its total assets and total liabilities are £22.2M and £51.2M respectively. Mothercare's EBIT is £3.7M making its interest coverage ratio 1. It has cash and short-term investments of £2.8M.
Key information
-68.6%
Debt to equity ratio
UK£19.90m
Debt
| Interest coverage ratio | 1x |
| Cash | UK£2.80m |
| Equity | -UK£29.00m |
| Total liabilities | UK£51.20m |
| Total assets | UK£22.20m |
Recent financial health updates
Recent updates
Market Might Still Lack Some Conviction On Mothercare plc (LON:MTC) Even After 27% Share Price Boost
Jan 12
Mothercare plc's (LON:MTC) Shares Climb 49% But Its Business Is Yet to Catch Up
Oct 20Is Mothercare plc (LON:MTC) Potentially Undervalued?
Jul 04Mothercare plc (LON:MTC) Shares May Have Slumped 25% But Getting In Cheap Is Still Unlikely
Apr 18Is Now The Time To Look At Buying Mothercare plc (LON:MTC)?
Jan 03Mothercare plc (LON:MTC) Investors Are Less Pessimistic Than Expected
Nov 04We Like Mothercare's (LON:MTC) Returns And Here's How They're Trending
Aug 18When Should You Buy Mothercare plc (LON:MTC)?
Jun 11Mothercare (LON:MTC) Is Very Good At Capital Allocation
Mar 13Financial Position Analysis
Short Term Liabilities: MTC has negative shareholder equity, which is a more serious situation than short term assets not covering short term liabilities.
Long Term Liabilities: MTC has negative shareholder equity, which is a more serious situation than short term assets not covering long term liabilities.
Debt to Equity History and Analysis
Debt Level: MTC has negative shareholder equity, which is a more serious situation than a high debt level.
Reducing Debt: MTC's has negative shareholder equity, so we do not need to check if its debt has reduced over time.
Balance Sheet
Cash Runway Analysis
For companies that have on average been loss-making in the past, we assess whether they have at least 1 year of cash runway.
Stable Cash Runway: Whilst unprofitable MTC has sufficient cash runway for more than 3 years if it maintains its current positive free cash flow level.
Forecast Cash Runway: MTC is unprofitable but has sufficient cash runway for more than 3 years, due to free cash flow being positive and growing by 33.7% per year.
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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
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| Company Analysis | 2025/01/21 02:42 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2025/01/21 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2024/09/28 |
| Annual Earnings | 2024/03/30 |
Data Sources
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| Company Financials | 10 years |
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| Analyst Consensus Estimates | +3 years |
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| Market Prices | 30 years |
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| Ownership | 10 years |
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| Management | 10 years |
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| Key Developments | 10 years |
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Analyst Sources
Mothercare plc is covered by 22 analysts. 2 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.
| Analyst | Institution |
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| Louise Richardson | Arden Partners Plc. |
| Robert Chantry | Berenberg |
| Ian Macdougall | Blue Oar Securities |