Softcat (SCT)

Sector:

IT Services

Index:

FTSE 250

1,491.00p
   
  • Change Today:
    -5.00p
  • 52 Week High: 1,855.00
  • 52 Week Low: 1,316.00
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 199.87m
  • Volume: 465,005
  • Market Cap: £2,979.99m
  • RiskGrade: 559
  • Beta: 0.05

Softcat Overview

Softcat is a Marlow-based IT infrastructure provider founded by Peter Kelly in 1993. It has UK offices in Bristol, London, Manchester, Leeds, Marlow, Southampton, Birmingham and Glasgow, and an Irish office in Dublin. Our goal is to be the leading IT infrastructure product and services provider in terms of employee engagement, customer satisfaction and shareholder returns. We hope our success will create opportunities for our people and deliver growth for our customers and partners.

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Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 3.0% 0.0%
Div Cover 1.3 1.4
Op Mrgn 16.0% 15.7%
ROCE 51.9%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 25.0 23.1
PEG 4.0 3.0
Pr/Revenue 3.1 2.8
Pr/Book 10.0  
Latest F'cast
Revenue -2.3% 11.7%
PBT 12.4% 5.8%
EPS 6.2% 7.6%
DPS 51.0% 1.2%

Softcat Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Jul-20 1,077.13 93.62 38.20p 33.0 3.3 +10% 16.60p 1.3%
31-Jul-21 784.05 118.97 48.40p 39.9 1.5 +27% 20.80p 1.1%
31-Jul-22 1,077.95 136.14 55.50p 25.1 1.7 +15% 23.90p 1.7%
31-Jul-23 985.30 141.86 56.20p 26.7 26.7 +1% 29.60p 2.0%
31-Jul-24 962.63 159.40 59.70p 27.2 4.5 +6% 44.70p 2.7%

a. Based on UK GAAP presentation of accounts - includes discontinued activities

Softcat Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Jul-25 1,075.48 168.72 64.22p 23.2 3.1 +8% 45.22p 0.0%
31-Jul-26 1,199.39 186.66 70.34p 21.2 2.2 +10% 47.71p 0.0%
31-Jul-27 1,319.48 206.00 77.03p 19.4 2.0 +10% 51.43p 0.0%

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Softcat Company Announcements

Director/PDMR Shareholding 17-Jan-2025 15:51 RNS
Director/PDMR Shareholding 08-Jan-2025 14:02 RNS
Total Voting Rights 02-Jan-2025 11:52 RNS

Softcat ShareCast News

Softcat first-quarter trading in line, customer ... 20-Nov-2024 ShareCast
Berenberg reiterates 'hold' rating on Softcat fo... 28-Oct-2024 ShareCast
London close: Stocks mixed after barrage of corp... 24-Oct-2024 ShareCast

Latest Softcat Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
16-Jan-25 Sell Graham Charlton 1,489.00p 15,380 £229,008.21
16-Jan-25 Exercise of option Graham Charlton 0.000p 32,558 £0.00
07-Jan-25 Buy Graham Charlton 1,544.00p 10 £154.40

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Note 2: RiskGrade figures are provided by RiskMetrics.

Note 3: Above ratios are on a 'per annum' basis, adjusted for corporate actions and based on the fundamentals of the primary listed security.

Note 4: Under IFRS, all figures are based on 'Continuing' operations unless otherwise stated.

Note 5: In the case of dual listed securities, broker recommendations and forecasts relate to the primary listing.

Note 6: Forecast figures based on normalised accounts.

 

Softcat Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 1,491.00p
Change Today -5.00p
% Change -0.33 %
52 Week High 1,855.00
52 Week Low 1,316.00
Volume 465,005
Shares Issued 199.87m
Market Cap £2,979.99m
Beta 0.05
RiskGrade 559

Softcat Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
more star ratings
Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
97.75% below the market average97.75% below the market average97.75% below the market average97.75% below the market average97.75% below the market average
76.62% below the sector average76.62% below the sector average76.62% below the sector average76.62% below the sector average76.62% below the sector average
Price Trend
44.90% above the market average44.90% above the market average44.90% above the market average44.90% above the market average44.90% above the market average
36.47% above the sector average36.47% above the sector average36.47% above the sector average36.47% above the sector average36.47% above the sector average
Income
40.05% below the market average40.05% below the market average40.05% below the market average40.05% below the market average40.05% below the market average
38.46% above the sector average38.46% above the sector average38.46% above the sector average38.46% above the sector average38.46% above the sector average
Growth
45.07% below the market average45.07% below the market average45.07% below the market average45.07% below the market average45.07% below the market average
87.34% below the sector average87.34% below the sector average87.34% below the sector average87.34% below the sector average87.34% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 3
Buy 5
Neutral 5
Sell 1
Strong Sell 2
Total 16
neutral
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Softcat Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Special
Ex-Div 07-Nov-24 07-Nov-24
Paid 17-Dec-24 17-Dec-24
Amount 18.10p 20.90p

Trades for 17-Jan-2025

Time Volume / Share Price
16:35 850 @ 1,491.00p
16:35 7,252 @ 1,491.00p
16:35 670 @ 1,491.00p
16:35 1,987 @ 1,491.00p
16:35 391,851 @ 1,491.00p

Softcat Key Personnel

CEO Graham Charlton
CFO Kathryn Mecklenburgh

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