Mothercare (LON:MTC) Insider Purchases £50,000 in Stock

Mothercare plc (LON:MTC) insider Andrew Cook bought 5,000,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, December 23rd. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 1 per share, for a total transaction of £50,000.

Mothercare Stock Performance

LON MTC opened at GBX 2.39 on Friday. The company has a market cap of £13.48 million, a P/E ratio of 2.17, a PEG ratio of 1.12 and a beta of 1.15. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 2.46 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 2.74. The company has a current ratio of 1.28, a quick ratio of 1.31 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1,691.67. Mothercare plc has a 12-month low of GBX 1 and a 12-month high of GBX 4.80.

Mothercare (LON:MTC) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, December 23rd. The company reported GBX (0.30) earnings per share for the quarter. Sell-side analysts predict that Mothercare plc will post 0.2157576 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft dropped their price target on shares of Mothercare from GBX 650 to GBX 450 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, September 25th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of GBX 450.

Mothercare Company Profile

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. The company was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Hemel Hempstead, the United Kingdom.