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Mothercare plc (MTC) stock price history

Every LSE trading session of Mothercare plc from Jul 1, 1988 to Nov 13, 2026: 9,483 daily bars, adjusted for splits and dividends, with minute bars from Sep 17, 2026 forward. The full series is served by the API: a free key covers the last year, paid plans the whole history and minute bars.

MTC adjusted close, 1988 to 2026

MTCMothercare plc
£0.0016-93.7% over one year
1990200020102020
£11.79
All time high, 1996
£0.0290
52 week high, £0.0006 low
9,483
Daily sessions since 1988

Last updated Nov 13, 2026, the last stored session. Refreshes after each trading day. Full 1988 to 2026 series and minute bars.

MTC key facts

  • Mothercare plc (MTC) closed at £0.0016 on Nov 13, 2026 on LSE.
  • MTC's all time high close is £11.79, set on Apr 22, 1996; its all time low close is £0.0010 on Sep 23, 2026.
  • MTC's 52 week range is £0.0006 to £0.0290.
  • MTC returned -93.7% over the year to Nov 13, 2026 and -99.2% over five years.
  • Over ten years MTC returned -100%, -47.1% a year compounded.
  • MTC's deepest drawdown was -100.0% from Apr 22, 1996 to Sep 23, 2026.
  • DataCedar holds 9,483 daily sessions of MTC history from Jul 1, 1988 and minute bars from Sep 17, 2026, adjusted for splits and dividends, served by the API under a key.

MTC price chart, 1988 to 2026

MTC adjusted close, Jul 1, 1988 to Nov 13, 2026£0.0016£0.0307£0.5857£11.1719901995200020052010201520202025
Adjusted daily close, log scale. 260 sampled points across the full history; the API serves every session.

MTC returns

Price return from the last close on or before the window start to Nov 13, 2026, on adjusted closes.

PeriodReturn
1 month-26.5%
3 months-81.1%
6 months-83.9%
Year to date-93.6%
1 year-93.7%
3 years-96.7%
5 years-99.2%
10 years-99.8%
Since Jul 1, 1988-100.0%
Compound annual growth, 38.4 years-20.0%

MTC records

Measured on the stored closes; every figure is reproducible from the API series.

All time high close
£11.79 on Apr 22, 1996
All time low close
£0.0010 on Sep 23, 2026
52 week high
£0.0290 on Nov 17, 2025
52 week low
£0.0006 on Sep 21, 2026
Deepest drawdown
-100.0% from Apr 22, 1996 to Sep 23, 2026, not yet recovered
Best single session
+130.8% on Sep 25, 2026
Worst single session
-74.4% on Sep 18, 2026
Volatility, 1 year annualised
251.7%
Sessions closing higher, 1 year
39%
Best calendar year
2003, +240%
Worst calendar year
2011, -73%

MTC price history by year

Open is the first session's open, high and low span the year, close is the last session's close, and the return is close over the previous year's close. 1988 starts on Jul 1, 1988; 2026 runs to Nov 13, 2026.

YearOpenHighLowCloseReturnVolumeSessions
2026£0.0258£0.0284£0.0006£0.0016-93.5%948.5M212
2025£0.0360£0.0480£0.0100£0.0249-42.1%180.5M193
2024£0.0750£0.0850£0.0150£0.0430-36.8%70.3M195
2023£0.0798£0.1100£0.0350£0.0680-9.2%45.1M200
2022£0.1877£0.2000£0.0600£0.0749-61.2%33.2M203
2021£0.1120£0.2000£0.1001£0.1933+69.9%150.7M234
2020£0.1760£0.1961£0.0370£0.1138-34.1%148.3M235
2019£0.1678£0.2460£0.0696£0.1725+7.7%138.9M216
2018£0.5484£0.5634£0.1082£0.1602-70.4%280.5M242
2017£0.9487£1.14£0.5284£0.5409-42.5%95.6M251
2016£1.83£1.91£0.8426£0.9403-48.6%67.3M253
2015£1.46£2.48£1.39£1.83+25.7%42.9M253
2014£2.59£2.83£0.8916£1.46-43.5%66.3M253
2013£2.24£3.25£1.75£2.58+16.0%39.8M252
2012£1.11£2.38£0.9922£2.22+103.8%80.2M251
2011£4.00£4.06£0.8049£1.09-72.9%162.1M251
2010£4.52£4.55£3.21£4.02-10.1%116.8M253
2009£2.21£4.48£2.13£4.47+104.8%124.9M253
2008£2.19£2.78£1.67£2.18-2.7%98.7M254
2007£2.53£2.85£2.07£2.24-11.9%142.1M253
2006£2.41£2.60£2.03£2.55+5.7%75.3M252
2005£1.92£3.86£1.67£2.41+25.4%72.6M240
2004£2.16£2.51£1.80£1.92-11.1%109.3M244
2003£0.6348£2.22£0.5530£2.16+240.2%148.3M261
2002£1.44£1.77£0.5955£0.6348-55.9%93M260
2001£0.9291£2.22£0.9160£1.44+54.9%166.4M258
2000£1.52£1.70£0.7459£0.9291-38.9%89.8M260
1999£4.48£5.12£1.32£1.52-66.0%27.2M261
1998£7.76£9.59£4.36£4.48-42.3%16.1M261
1997£8.43£9.87£6.06£7.76-7.9%21.6M261
1996£10.84£11.79£8.10£8.43-22.3%20.9M262
1995£7.05£11.37£6.92£10.84+53.7%29.6M260
1994£7.74£8.13£6.17£7.05-8.8%0260
1993£6.59£7.83£5.81£7.74+17.4%0261
1992£2.87£6.75£2.87£6.59+129.5%0262
1991£3.82£4.08£2.77£2.87-24.8%0261
1990£3.52£4.50£3.23£3.82+8.3%0261
1989£6.43£6.43£3.46£3.52-45.2%0260
1988£8.51£8.51£5.45£6.43n/a0131

MTC monthly closes, last 12 months

MonthMonth end closeChange
November 2026£0.0016-35.6%
October 2026£0.0025-28.6%
September 2026£0.0035-58.8%
August 2026£0.0085+21.4%
July 2026£0.0070-26.3%
June 2026£0.0095+55.7%
May 2026£0.0061-42.1%
April 2026£0.0105-15.4%
March 2026£0.0125-36.2%
February 2026£0.0195+4.8%
January 2026£0.0186-25.3%
December 2025£0.0249+2.0%

About the MTC data

Daily bars. 9,483 sessions from Jul 1, 1988 to Nov 13, 2026, one row per LSE trading day with open, high, low, close and volume. Prices are adjusted for splits and cash dividends so the series is comparable across its whole length; the API also serves the raw, split only and dividend only views.

Minute bars. Stored from Sep 17, 2026 forward, most recent session Nov 6, 2026. Minute history is captured from the day collection began and is never backfilled, so this start date is exact. Five minute, fifteen minute and hourly bars are derived from these minutes.

Time and currency. Session dates are LSE trading days; minute timestamps are UTC. Prices are in GBP. Volume is shares traded on the session.

Get the data. The REST endpoint returns the daily series as JSON with pagination; a free key serves the last year, Quant and above the full history back to Jul 1, 1988, and minute bars come with the paid windows. It takes timeframe (1Min, 5Min, 15Min, 1Hour, 1Day), adjustment, start and end. See the bars endpoint and authentication, and pricing for the plan windows.

curl "https://api.datacedar.com/v3/stocks/lse%3AMTC/bars?timeframe=1Day&adjustment=all&limit=50000" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY"

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