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Mothercare (MTC) Competitors

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(As of 12/24/2024 06:01 AM ET)

MTC vs. APP, SLE, INSE, VNET, CTG, SMRT, ADAM, INTU, 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), Inspired (INSE), Vianet Group (VNET), Christie Group (CTG), Smartspace Software (SMRT), Jade Road Investments (ADAM), Intu Properties (INTU), 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 better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
MothercareOutperform Votes
391
62.66%
Underperform Votes
233
37.34%
Appreciate GroupOutperform Votes
14
82.35%
Underperform Votes
3
17.65%

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Mothercare1.89% N/A 16.19%
Appreciate Group 4.77%42.06%2.45%

In the previous week, Mothercare had 1 more articles in the media than Appreciate Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Mothercare and 0 mentions for Appreciate Group. Mothercare's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Appreciate Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Mothercare is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Mothercare Positive
Appreciate Group Neutral

Mothercare has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Appreciate Group has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its share 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 company will outperform the market over the long term.

Appreciate Group has higher revenue and earnings than Mothercare.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Mothercare£63.60M0.31£1.20MN/AN/A
Appreciate Group£120.97M0.00£5.78M£0.03N/A

Summary

Appreciate Group beats Mothercare on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MTC vs. The Competition

MetricMothercareSpecialty Retail IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£19.73M£3.77B£3.07B£1.87B
Dividend Yield1.18%4.08%3.80%5.18%
P/E Ratio223.00388.36329.141,933.58
Price / Sales0.3126.20352.18467,682.84
Price / Cash4.8013.7030.0029.47
Price / Book-1.753.562.262.18
Net Income£1.20M£275.91M£294.50M£145.85M
7 Day Performance-22.22%-2.01%-0.04%0.66%
1 Month Performance-9.09%-4.46%-0.11%28.66%
1 Year Performance-43.55%91.08%9.75%156.09%

Mothercare Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MTC
Mothercare
N/AGBX 3.50
-9.8%
N/A-43.5%£19.73M£63.60M223.00149Positive News
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
APP
Appreciate Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£79.19M£120.97M1,406.671,710
SLE
San Leon Energy
N/AGBX 16.50
flat
N/AN/A£74.24M£5.86M412.50100
INSE
Inspired
N/AGBX 40
+1.3%
N/A-40.6%£42.11M£99.15M4,000.001,600
VNET
Vianet Group
N/AGBX 111.50
+2.8%
N/A+38.7%£32.83M£15.18M3,716.673,220Positive News
Gap Up
CTG
Christie Group
N/AGBX 107.50
flat
N/AN/A£28.52M£68.04M-792.693,450
SMRT
Smartspace Software
N/AGBX 90
flat
N/AN/A£26.05M£5.43M-1,500.00640
ADAM
Jade Road Investments
N/AGBX 24.50
flat
N/AN/A£25.17MN/A-7.21N/A
INTU
Intu Properties
N/AGBX 1.78
-54.6%
N/AN/A£24.07M£548.50M-0.0117,300Gap Down
High Trading Volume
INFA
InfraStrata
N/AN/AN/AN/A£22.06M£6.13M-0.755,500
RTC
RTC Group
N/AGBX 100
flat
N/AN/A£14.62M£102.26M689.29361News Coverage
Gap Down

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This page (LON:MTC) was last updated on 12/26/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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