Mothercare (LON:MTC) Sets New 52-Week Low – Should You Sell?

Mothercare plc (LON:MTC)’s stock price reached a new 52-week low on Tuesday . The company traded as low as GBX 2.74 ($0.04) and last traded at GBX 3 ($0.04), with a volume of 104513 shares changing hands. The stock had previously closed at GBX 3.40 ($0.04).

Mothercare Price Performance

The firm has a market cap of £16.92 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 223.00, a P/E/G ratio of 1.12 and a beta of 1.15. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is GBX 3.69 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 3.83. 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.

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

Insider Buying and Selling at Mothercare

In other Mothercare news, insider Andrew Cook purchased 1,000,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, December 18th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 3 ($0.04) per share, for a total transaction of £30,000 ($38,377.89). Insiders own 44.63% of the company’s stock.

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.