Mothercare Share Discussion Threads

[dealy] 12/3/2018 19:18

I don't think the pension is a problem. Change the discount rate to 2% (Not the current abnormal 1%) and the pension fund is ok. Every UK problem has a similar problem at present

[terminated] 12/3/2018 18:56

You say he fritted it away but he closed a lot if loss making shops. How much does each shop cost in terms of redundancies and excess lease etc? It did seem odd he was spending a lot of money on reporting shops when he was planning to close a lot of them though. For this to survive now he needs to negotiate offsetting pensions, reducing rent and get a 30m injection of cash. No stakeholder would benefit from this going down especially retail lease companies. They will struggle to find occupiers for these stores in the current climate. It's not beyond reason to renegotiate the pension and leases but it's still a big ask.

[in_my_opinion] 12/3/2018 16:56

£80M Pension deficit
£50M Net Debt
£100M from 2014 Rights Issue - Frittered away!
Waivers from Financiers being requested
More £Millions needed for FY 2019 to continue with "Transformation" Process - now been going on for over 3 years!
No Dividends
£3 Share price back in 2014 to a 19p Share price!

Yup! Great company to invest in (Not!) - Badly managed!

Only the Brand Name can be saved now...

[dealy] 12/3/2018 14:13

Thanks discoDave for posting the short link

[discodave4] 12/3/2018 13:47

dealyYou clearly have no manners as well as no brains?.Next time you ask for info because you're too lazy to find out for yourself then you can just go forth and multiply (I'm polite as well as helpful!).DD

[fenners66] 12/3/2018 12:45

"dealy
12 Mar '18 - 12:36 - 1472 of 1472

They are both retail businesses making use of similar input costs."


You don't disappoint do you.

Just about guaranteed to come on and make yourself look an idiot....

So to ram it home , just maybe you actually do not understand.....

Buy a premises , put weight machines in it , have some staff wonder around and keep the place clean and sell time , TIME as much time in the building as you can....

Is entirely different to buying stock from China or where ever , putting it in a shop and hoping people buy it at full price - and if they don't you have a pile of stock you tie your capital up in waiting for some one........

[dealy] 12/3/2018 12:36

They are both retail businesses making use of similar input costs.

[chesty1] 12/3/2018 10:37

Well that dead cat bounce was rubbish market drilling this one down now! Is it only one way traffic or can they pull off a bit of magic!

[discodave4] 11/3/2018 21:20

dealy,Your welcome, don't mention it, anytime, always happy to help.......you lazy ignorant ill mannered numpty.DD

[ltcm1] 11/3/2018 20:08

Dealy has the penny finally dropped???

I think all shareholders would like an answer to that one!!!

I would also like to know where the £100M shareholders injected in 2014 has gone.

It is bizarre that a company which conducts a straightforward process can perform as badly as this. I know Amazon is out there but plenty of other retailers coped in this period.

[fenners66] 09/3/2018 10:31

A 100% profit on £1m is as good as a 5% profit on £20m

[discodave4] 09/3/2018 08:07

hTTps://shorttracker.co.uk/company/GB0009067447/

[dealy] 09/3/2018 07:59

They are shorting a company with a 30m market cap? Don't they have better things to do? You have a link for this?

[discodave4] 08/3/2018 22:44

Blackrock increased their short yet again.

[stealth mode] 08/3/2018 21:20

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