MTC vs. APP, SLE, CTG, API, SMRT, ADAM, INTU, VNET, 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), Christie Group (CTG), abrdn Property Income Trust (API), Smartspace Software (SMRT), Jade Road Investments (ADAM), Intu Properties (INTU), Vianet Group (VNET), InfraStrata (INFA), and RTC Group (RTC). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
Mothercare vs.
Mothercare (LON:MTC) and Appreciate Group (LON:APP) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation and risk.
Mothercare has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Appreciate Group has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
38.3% of Mothercare shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.8% of Appreciate Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 44.6% of Mothercare shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of Appreciate Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
In the previous week, Mothercare's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Appreciate Group'saverage media sentiment score.
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.
Appreciate Group has higher revenue and earnings than Mothercare.
Summary
Appreciate Group beats Mothercare on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:MTC) was last updated on 3/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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