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Mothercare (MTC) Competitors

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MTC vs. APP, SLE, INSE, CTG, VNET, SMRT, API, ADAM, INTU, and INFA

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), Christie Group (CTG), Vianet Group (VNET), Smartspace Software (SMRT), abrdn Property Income Trust (API), Jade Road Investments (ADAM), Intu Properties (INTU), and InfraStrata (INFA). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Mothercare vs.

Appreciate Group (LON:APP) and Mothercare (LON:MTC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, community ranking and media sentiment.

76.8% of Appreciate Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.3% of Mothercare shares are held by institutional investors. 7.8% of Appreciate Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 44.6% of Mothercare shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Appreciate Group has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mothercare has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Appreciate Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Mothercare'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Appreciate Group Neutral
Mothercare Neutral

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
Appreciate Group4.77% 42.06% 2.45%
Mothercare 1.89%N/A 16.19%

Appreciate Group has higher revenue and earnings than Mothercare.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Appreciate Group£120.97M0.00£5.78M£0.03N/A
Mothercare£63.60M0.32£1.20MN/AN/A

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

Summary

Appreciate Group beats Mothercare on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MTC vs. The Competition

MetricMothercareSpecialty Retail IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£20.43M£3.55B£3.11B£2.07B
Dividend Yield1.18%4.10%3.73%5.16%
P/E Ratio223.00423.33338.961,928.93
Price / Sales0.3233.32330.23359,857.62
Price / Cash4.8013.5829.8829.27
Price / Book-1.8112.183.333.10
Net Income£1.20M£265.84M£296.44M£185.62M
7 Day Performance-9.40%1.40%0.60%0.38%
1 Month Performance0.67%0.96%0.70%2.94%
1 Year Performance-52.32%66.54%7.91%156.33%

Mothercare Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MTC
Mothercare
N/AGBX 3.62
-2.6%
N/A-50.2%£20.43M£63.60M223.00149Gap Down
APP
Appreciate Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£79.19M£120.97M1,406.671,710
SLE
San Leon Energy
N/AN/AN/AN/A£74.24M£5.86M412.50100
INSE
Inspired
N/AGBX 57.70
+4.9%
N/A-7.6%£60.74M£99.15M5,770.001,600News Coverage
Gap Up
CTG
Christie Group
N/AGBX 115
+7.0%
N/A+45.5%£30.51M£68.04M-884.623,450News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
VNET
Vianet Group
N/AGBX 101.02
-1.4%
N/A+15.4%£29.74M£15.18M3,367.333,220News Coverage
SMRT
Smartspace Software
N/AN/AN/AN/A£26.05M£5.43M-1,500.00640
API
abrdn Property Income Trust
N/AGBX 6.78
+1.2%
N/A-87.5%£25.85M£32.44M-339.051,310Gap Up
ADAM
Jade Road Investments
N/AN/AN/AN/A£25.17MN/A-7.21N/A
INTU
Intu Properties
N/AN/AN/AN/A£24.07M£548.50M-0.0117,300Positive News
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
INFA
InfraStrata
N/AN/AN/AN/A£22.06M£6.13M-0.755,500

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This page (LON:MTC) was last updated on 1/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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