Mothercare (MTCL) Stock Overview

Through its subsidiaries, operates as a specialist franchisor of products for parents and young children under the Mothercare brand. More details

MTCL fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	2/6
Future Growth	0/6
Past Performance	3/6
Financial Health	1/6
Dividends	0/6

Rewards

Price-To-Earnings ratio (0.6x) is below the UK market (15.9x)

Became profitable this year

Risk Analysis

Debt is not well covered by operating cash flow

Negative shareholders equity

Earnings are forecast to decline by an average of 72.5% per year for the next 3 years

Does not have a meaningful market cap (£4M)

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Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Mothercare
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	UK£0.0071
52 Week High	UK£0.018
52 Week Low	UK£0.006
Beta	0.56
1 Month Change	-42.28%
3 Month Change	-21.55%
1 Year Change	n/a
3 Year Change	n/a
5 Year Change	n/a
Change since IPO	-99.57%

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

	MTCL	GB Specialty Retail	GB Market
7D	-11.3%	-1.7%	0.6%
1Y	n/a	-2.6%	15.7%

Return vs Industry: Insufficient data to determine how MTCL performed against the UK Specialty Retail industry.

Return vs Market: Insufficient data to determine how MTCL performed against the UK Market.

Price Volatility

Is MTCL's price volatile compared to industry and market?
MTCL volatility
MTCL Average Weekly Movement	45.2%
Specialty Retail Industry Average Movement	5.2%
Market Average Movement	5.1%
10% most volatile stocks in GB Market	10.5%
10% least volatile stocks in GB Market	2.8%

Stable Share Price: MTCL's share price has been volatile over the past 3 months compared to the UK market.

Volatility Over Time: Insufficient data to determine MTCL's volatility change over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1961	124	n/a	www.mothercareplc.com

Mothercare plc, through its subsidiaries, operates as a specialist franchisor of products for parents and young children under the Mothercare brand. The company provides clothing, footwear, home and travel products, and toys. It operates through Mothercare stores, as well as online stores under the Mothercare brand.

Mothercare plc Fundamentals Summary

How do Mothercare's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
MTCL fundamental statistics
Market cap	UK£3.95m
Earnings (TTM)	UK£6.30m
Revenue (TTM)	UK£29.50m

0.6x

P/E Ratio

0.1x

P/S Ratio

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Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
MTCL income statement (TTM)
Revenue	UK£29.50m
Cost of Revenue	UK£17.70m
Gross Profit	UK£11.80m
Other Expenses	UK£5.50m
Earnings	UK£6.30m

Last Reported Earnings

Sep 27, 2025

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)	0.011
Gross Margin	40.00%
Net Profit Margin	21.36%
Debt/Equity Ratio	-80.2%

How did MTCL perform over the long term?

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2026/07/23 09:37
End of Day Share Price	2026/07/23 00:00
Earnings	2025/09/27
Annual Earnings	2025/03/29

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

^* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more.

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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.

Analyst	Institution
Robert Chantry	Berenberg
Sanjay Vidyarthi	Canaccord Genuity
Nigel Parson	Cavendish

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