Mothercare (LON:MTC) Sets New 1-Year Low – Time to Sell?

Shares of Mothercare plc (LON:MTC) hit a new 52-week low on Thursday . The company traded as low as GBX 3.30 ($0.04) and last traded at GBX 3.30 ($0.04), with a volume of 329 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at GBX 3.65 ($0.05).

Mothercare Stock Down 9.6 %

The business has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 3.75 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 3.86. The company has a current ratio of 1.28, a quick ratio of 1.31 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1,691.67. The company has a market cap of £18.61 million, a PE ratio of 223.00, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.12 and a beta of 1.15.

Mothercare (LON:MTC) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, December 2nd. The company reported GBX (0.30) ($0.00) earnings per share for the quarter. As a group, equities research analysts predict that Mothercare plc will post 0.2157576 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Mothercare

In related news, insider Andrew Cook purchased 1,000,000 shares of Mothercare stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, December 18th. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 3 ($0.04) per share, for a total transaction of £30,000 ($37,750.09). 44.63% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

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.