Mothercare (LON:MTC) Insider Buys £420,000 in Stock

Mothercare plc (LON:MTC) insider Clive Whiley purchased 42,000,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, December 23rd. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 1 per share, for a total transaction of £420,000.

Mothercare Stock Performance

LON:MTC opened at GBX 2.39 on Friday. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is GBX 2.46 and its 200-day simple moving average is GBX 2.74. The company has a quick ratio of 1.31, a current ratio of 1.28 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1,691.67. The stock has a market cap of £13.48 million, a PE ratio of 2.17, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.12 and a beta of 1.15. Mothercare plc has a fifty-two week low of GBX 1 and a fifty-two week high of GBX 4.80.

Mothercare (LON:MTC) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, December 23rd. The company reported GBX (0.30) EPS for the quarter. Analysts expect that Mothercare plc will post 0.2157576 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft decreased their price target on Mothercare from GBX 650 to GBX 450 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, September 25th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of GBX 450.

About Mothercare

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.