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Mothercare (MTC)

Sector:

General Retailers

Index:

FTSE 250

Market Cap

£248.31m

Change Today

Price Down-5.75p (-1.98%)

Share Price

284.25p

Mothercare Overview

Mothercare is in the general retailers sector and is currently trading at 284.25p per share. In the last year Mothercare's share price has ranged from 259.00p to 424.75p and brokers are currently rating this stock as 'buy'.

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Income & Efficiency

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 4.2% 4.6%
Div Cover 2.9 2.3
Op Mrgn 0.7% 5.1%
ROCE 4.0%  

Valuation

Latest F'cast
P/E 8.2 9.4
PEG 0.2 n/a
Pr/Revenue 0.4 0.3
Pr/Book 1.3  

Growth

Latest F'cast
Revenue 35.8% 6.9%
PBT -76.2% 720.7%
EPS 42.6% -1.2%
DPS 20.0% 9.7%

Mothercare Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
27-Mar-04 a446.90 a23.90 46.50p 7.6 n/a n/a 4.00p 1.1%
26-Mar-05 457.20 15.50 16.60p 16.7 n/a -64% 8.00p 2.9%
01-Apr-06 482.70 24.20 21.20p 14.8 0.5 +28% 9.00p 2.9%
31-Mar-07 498.50 18.90 24.20p 16.8 1.2 +14% 10.00p 2.5%
29-Mar-08 676.80 4.50 34.50p 11.6 0.3 +43% 12.00p 3.0%

a. Based on UK GAAP presentation of accounts - includes discontinued activities

Mothercare Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Mar-09 723.61 36.93 30.40p 9.4 n/a -1% 13.17p 4.6%
31-Mar-10 753.50 41.73 34.27p 8.3 0.7 +13% 14.65p 5.1%

Covering analysts: ABN AMRO, Altium Securities, Arden Partners, Blue Oar Securities, Citigroup Investment Research, Investec Securities, Numis Securities, Seymour Pierce, Shore Capital Stockbrokers, Singer Capital Markets, WH Ireland

Mothercare Company Announcements

Price Monitoring Extension 20-Nov-2008 16:41 RNS
Interim Results 20-Nov-2008 07:00 RNS
Trading Statement 16-Oct-2008 07:00 RNS

Mothercare ShareCast News

Friday tips round-up: National Grid, Chemring, I... 21-Nov-2008 ShareCast
London close: Another tough day despite bank rally 20-Nov-2008 ShareCast
Sector movers: Mothercare and Halfords boost ret... 20-Nov-2008 ShareCast

Mothercare Top Newspaper Links

Mum's the world 21-Nov-2008 Sun
Growing global footprint lifts Mothercare results 21-Nov-2008 The Scotsman
Tot wear sales down 17-Oct-2008 Sun

Latest Mothercare Director Deals

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Note 1: Prices and trades are provided by Digital Look Corporate Solutions and are delayed by at least 15 minutes.

Note 2: RiskGrade figures are provided by RiskMetrics.

Note 3: Above ratios are on a 'per annum' basis, adjusted for corporate actions and based on the fundamentals of the primary listed security.

Note 4: Under IFRS, all figures are based on 'Continuing' operations unless otherwise stated.

Note 5: In the case of dual listed securities, broker recommendations and forecasts relate to the primary listing.

Note 6: Forecast figures based on normalised accounts.

 

Mothercare Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 284.25p Price Down
Change Today -5.75p
52 Week High 424.75
52 Week Low 259.00
Volume 429,095
Shares Issued 87.36m
Market Cap £248.31m
Beta 0.47
RiskGrade 331

Mothercare Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
more star ratings
Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
61.28% below the market average61.28% below the market average61.28% below the market average61.28% below the market average61.28% below the market average
69.01% below the sector average69.01% below the sector average69.01% below the sector average69.01% below the sector average69.01% below the sector average
Price Trend
53.10% above the market average53.10% above the market average53.10% above the market average53.10% above the market average53.10% above the market average
64.86% above the sector average64.86% above the sector average64.86% above the sector average64.86% above the sector average64.86% above the sector average
Income
23.38% below the market average23.38% below the market average23.38% below the market average23.38% below the market average23.38% below the market average
57.69% below the sector average57.69% below the sector average57.69% below the sector average57.69% below the sector average57.69% below the sector average
Growth
33.92% below the market average33.92% below the market average33.92% below the market average33.92% below the market average33.92% below the market average
11.43% above the sector average11.43% above the sector average11.43% above the sector average11.43% above the sector average11.43% above the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 3
Buy 3
Neutral 3
Sell 0
Strong Sell 1
Total 10
buy
Broker recommendations should not be taken as investment advice, and are provided by the authorised brokers listed on this page.

Mothercare Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Interim Final
Ex-Div 31-Dec-08 04-Jun-08
Paid 06-Feb-09 08-Aug-08
Amount 4.60p 8.30p

Trades for 21-Nov-2008

Time Volume / Share Price
16:35 25,776 @ 284.25p
16:29 420 @ 289.00p
16:29 1,400 @ 289.00p
16:29 591 @ 288.50p
16:29 1,311 @ 288.50p

Mothercare Key Personnel

CEO Ben Gordon
Finance Director Neil Harrington

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