Mothercare Valuation

Is MTC undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

Below Future Cash Flow Value
Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value
Price-To-Earnings vs Peers
Price-To-Earnings vs Industry
Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio
Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of MTC when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

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Below Future Cash Flow Value: Insufficient data to calculate MTC's future cash flow value for valuation analysis.

Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value: Insufficient data to calculate MTC's future cash flow value for valuation analysis.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for MTC?

Key metric: As MTC is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for MTC. This is calculated by dividing MTC's market cap by their current earnings.
What is MTC's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio	0.6x
Earnings	UK£6.30m
Market Cap	UK£3.97m

MTC key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue	0.3x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA	0.6x
PEG Ratio	-0.009x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does MTC's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for MTC vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
Company	Forward PE	Estimated Growth	Market Cap
Peer Average	20.5x
BTNC Boutique Newcity	5.6x	n/a	฿171.6m
1150 Milan Station Holdings	50.1x	n/a	HK$75.0m
ANG Angling Direct	16.5x	n/a	UK£34.1m
WRKS TheWorks.co.uk	9.8x	n/a	UK£48.8m
MTC Mothercare	0.6x	-72.49%	UK£4.0m

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: MTC is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (0.6x) compared to the peer average (20.5x).

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio compares a stock's price to its earnings over time. Higher ratios indicate that investors are willing to pay more for the stock.

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Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does MTC's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the GB Specialty Retail Industry?

1 Company	Price / Earnings	Estimated Growth	Market Cap
Industry Avg.	14.4x	13.6%
MTC Mothercare	0.6x	-72.49%	US$5.35m

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1 Company		Estimated Growth	Market Cap
Industry Avg.	14.4x	13.6%
MTC Mothercare	0.6x	-72.49%	US$5.35m

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: MTC is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (0.6x) compared to the UK Specialty Retail industry average (13.9x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is MTC's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

MTC PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio	0.6x
Fair PE Ratio	0.8x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: MTC is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (0.6x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (0.8x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

AnalystPriceTarget

Community Contributor

UK£0.07

Fair Value

89.9% undervalued

Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Insufficient data to show price forecast.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2026/08/05 15:46
End of Day Share Price	2026/08/05 00:00
Earnings	2025/09/27
Annual Earnings	2025/03/29

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

^* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Mothercare plc is covered by 12 analysts. 1 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Robert Chantry	Berenberg
Sanjay Vidyarthi	Canaccord Genuity
Nigel Parson	Cavendish