Mothercare (LON:MTC) Hits New 1-Year Low – Here’s What Happened

Mothercare plc (LON:MTC) hit a new 52-week low during trading on Friday . The company traded as low as GBX 1 and last traded at GBX 1, with a volume of 69216 shares changing hands. The stock had previously closed at GBX 1.51.

Mothercare Trading Down 33.6%

The company’s fifty day moving average is GBX 1.90 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 2.37. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1,691.67, a quick ratio of 1.31 and a current ratio of 1.28. The company has a market cap of £5.64 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 0.91, a P/E/G ratio of 1.12 and a beta of 1.15.

Mothercare (LON:MTC) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, December 23rd. The company reported GBX (0.30) EPS for the quarter. On average, research analysts anticipate that Mothercare plc will post 0.2157576 EPS for the current year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, insider Andrew Cook purchased 5,000,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 23rd. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 1 per share, with a total value of £50,000. Also, insider Clive Whiley acquired 42,000,000 shares of Mothercare stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 23rd. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 1 per share, with a total value of £420,000. Insiders own 10.96% of the company’s stock.

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.