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Today's buy and sell prices

The price at which you can buy a share or investment. It is usually higher than the bid (sell) price. It’s the price you are being offered. Offer 4.00p
The price at which you can sell a share or investment. It is lower than the offer (buy) price. Bid 2.36p
The difference between the bid and offer prices expressed as a percentage. When you buy shares you pay a higher price than you get when you sell them. The difference between these prices is the profit made by the market maker who puts the deals together. Spread 41.00

Today's trading

Range The lowest and the highest price a share has reached in the trading day. 3.80p-3.90p
The lowest and the highest price a share has reached in the trading day. Volume 101,118.00
The lowest and the highest price a share has reached in the trading day. Today's open 3.80p
At the end of the trading day there is an official closing price for every share. The previous session’s close is used as the base to calculate the following day’s price changes. Previous close 3.86p

Yearly summary

The highest and lowest prices the shares have traded at over a rolling 52-week period. It gives you a good indication of how the share price is performing now relative to its recent past performance. 52wk range 3.75p-8.03p

Fundamentals and health

A measure of the company's worth on the stock market. We display the previous closing share price multiplied by the number of shares in issue. Market capitalisation £21.76
The number of shares a company has in circulation, in millions. Shares in issue 563.84
The main valuation used by investors and a way of gauging whether a company's share price is cheap or expensive compared to competitors. You get PE by dividing the share price by the earnings per share (EPS). Our figure is last basic unadjusted - reported - annual EPS / current share price x 100. Companies also quote adjusted EPS figures to remove the effect of one-off exceptional figures from the profit figures. There is debate among investors as to whether this should be used. We use basic EPS – the purest figure. PE ratio 42.6
PEG ratio n/a
An important ratio for showing how much profit after tax and other deductions (net profit) is actually being earned per share. You divide the net profit by the number of shares in issue. Expressed in pence per share. Looking at whether the EPS is rising or falling over time is one of the most important indicators of whether a company is really making money for its shareholders. Our figure is undiluted, meaning it is not adjusted for exceptional costs. EPS p
Earnings per share growth illustrates the growth of earning per share over the last two reporting periods. It helps investors identify stocks that are increasing or decreasing in profitability. A minus sign indicates negative growth. EPS growth -88
Return on capital employed measures a company's profitability in relation to how much capital is invested in the business. Generally, the higher the figure the better but with all these ratios it is best to compare companies from the same sector. A high double digit figure may mean a company has an advantage over its competitors because of a unique product but an oil company, for example, will have higher capital outlay than an online retailer. Our formula: [Pre-tax profit / (total assets – short-term liabilities)] * 100 ROCE 45.8
Also known as the acid test ratio, it's a quick guide to how well a company can pay its short-term debts. Above 1 is considered healthy. A ratio of 1.5 would mean the company has £1.50 of liquid (accessible) assets to cover each £1 of debt (current liabilities). Formula: Current assets minus inventory / current liabilities. Quick ratio 1.25
Indicates whether a company can convert assets into cash to pay its debts within the next 12 months. It is calculated as current assets / current liabilities for the same period but will display as '0' for companies such as banks that don't distinguish between short and long-term liabilities. Current ratio 1.32
The amount of money a company paid to a shareholder for each share they own over the past 12 months, expressed in pence. Total dividends per share n/a
The dividends paid per share over the past 12 months (interim plus final) as a percentage of the share price. Our figure includes recurring special dividends. Dividend yield n/a
The number of times the dividend could have been paid out from net profits. It is a good indicator of the company's ability to pay the dividend and its level of generosity. Formula: earnings per share / dividends per share. More than 2 is considered healthy, less than 1.5 may hint that a dividend is at risk of being cut. Dividend cover n/a
Dividend per share growth n/a

Mothercare Fundamentals

The Mothercare group owns the Mothercare and Early Learning Centre chains. The group's brands operate through three channels: UK stores, Direct (being the in-home and in-store internet-based businesses and catalogue mail order), and International, under which the group franchises operations delivering the Mothercare and Early Learning Centre brand retail operations in overseas markets.

Mothercare Regulatory news

Date Time Headline Source
10/05/2024 07:00 Trading Statement Globe Newswire
13/03/2024 07:50 Block listing Interim Review Globe Newswire
06/12/2023 09:32 Holding(s) in Company Globe Newswire
28/11/2023 10:13 Holding(s) in Company Globe Newswire
24/11/2023 07:00 Interim Results RNS
23/10/2023 13:43 AGM Statement Globe Newswire
25/09/2023 09:15 Director/PDMR Shareholding Globe Newswire
25/09/2023 07:00 Annual Report and Accounts and Notice of AGM Globe Newswire
22/09/2023 12:33 Director/PDMR Shareholding Globe Newswire
22/09/2023 07:00 Full Year Results 2023 RNS

Mothercare Latest trades

Latest trades

Date Time Price Amount Value Type Buy / sell
19/09/2024 16:11:00 4p 100,000 £4,000.00 O Sell
19/09/2024 14:35:01 4p 1,000 £40.00 O Buy
19/09/2024 09:52:04 4p 71 £2.84 O Sell
19/09/2024 09:12:00 4p 47 £1.88 O Sell

Analysis

Buy Sell
Quantity 1 3
Volume 1,000 100,118
Value £39 £3,805

Mothercare Director dealings

Trade date Director Volume / Price Trade value Trade type
24/09/2023 Clive Whiley 1,500,000 @ 2.50p £37,500.00 Exercise of Option
24/09/2023 Clive Whiley 1,500,000 @ 2.50p £37,500.00 Exercise of Option
22/09/2023 Clive Whiley 945,832 @ 5.00p £47,291.60 Buy
24/03/2023 Daniel Le Vesconte 568,582 @ 8.77p £49,864.64 Buy
07/02/2023 Mark Newton-Jones 604,789 @ 9.90p £59,874.11 Buy
30/12/2022 Clive Whiley 929,000 @ 7.01p £65,122.90 Buy
30/12/2022 Mark Newton-Jones 929,000 @ 7.01p £65,122.90 Sell
14/09/2022 Clive Whiley 500,000 @ 9.36p £46,800.00 Buy
14/09/2022 Clive Whiley 399,278 @ 0.00 0.00 Transfer From
30/09/2020 Andrew Cook 862,375 @ 11.59p £99,949.26 Buy

Mothercare Broker views

Date Broker Recomm. Old target price New target price Notes
09/06/2023 Shore Capital hold - - reiteration
24/11/2022 Shore Capital hold - - reiteration
14/09/2022 Shore Capital hold - - reiteration
12/04/2022 Shore Capital hold - - reiteration
09/03/2022 Shore Capital under review - - under review
25/11/2021 Shore Capital buy - - reiteration
30/07/2021 Shore Capital buy - - reiteration
25/05/2021 Shore Capital buy - - reiteration
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