Softcat (SCT)

Sector:

IT Services

Index:

FTSE 250

1,612.00p
   
  • Change Today:
      13.00p
  • 52 Week High: 1,888.00
  • 52 Week Low: 1,451.00
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 199.95m
  • Volume: 188,622
  • Market Cap: £3,223.13m
  • RiskGrade: 559

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 2.8% 0.0%
Div Cover 1.3 1.4
Op Mrgn 16.0% 15.3%
ROCE 53.9%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 26.8 23.9
PEG 4.3 2.0
Pr/Revenue 3.3 2.8
Pr/Book 10.7  
Latest F'cast
Revenue -2.3% 20.1%
PBT 12.4% 11.0%
EPS 6.2% 12.9%
DPS 51.0% 6.8%

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 1,155.65 176.90 67.42p 23.9 1.8 +13% 47.74p 0.0%
31-Jul-26 1,244.21 187.76 71.33p 22.6 3.9 +6% 50.39p 0.0%
31-Jul-27 1,368.64 207.41 78.36p 20.6 2.1 +10% 54.60p 0.0%

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Softcat Company Announcements

Year End Trading Update 28-Aug-2025 07:00 RNS
Director/PDMR Shareholding 11-Aug-2025 08:48 RNS
Director/PDMR Shareholding 09-Jul-2025 09:24 RNS

Softcat ShareCast News

London close: Stocks weaker in wake of Nvidia re... 28-Aug-2025 ShareCast
Softcat forecasts strong FY25 profit growth, exp... 28-Aug-2025 ShareCast
London close: Stocks finish red on retail sales,... 25-Jul-2025 ShareCast

Latest Softcat Director Deals

No deals were found in the last 28 days.

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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 1,612.00p
Change Today 13.00p
% Change 0.81 %
52 Week High 1,888.00
52 Week Low 1,451.00
Volume 188,622
Shares Issued 199.95m
Market Cap £3,223.13m
RiskGrade 559

Softcat Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
more star ratings
Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
96.68% below the market average96.68% below the market average96.68% below the market average96.68% below the market average96.68% below the market average
71.43% below the sector average71.43% below the sector average71.43% below the sector average71.43% below the sector average71.43% below the sector average
Price Trend
6.6% below the market average6.6% below the market average6.6% below the market average6.6% below the market average6.6% below the market average
43.21% above the sector average43.21% above the sector average43.21% above the sector average43.21% above the sector average43.21% above the sector average
Income
46.37% below the market average46.37% below the market average46.37% below the market average46.37% below the market average46.37% below the market average
15.38% above the sector average15.38% above the sector average15.38% above the sector average15.38% above the sector average15.38% above the sector average
Growth
16.01% below the market average16.01% below the market average16.01% below the market average16.01% below the market average16.01% below the market average
65.33% below the sector average65.33% below the sector average65.33% below the sector average65.33% below the sector average65.33% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 4
Buy 3
Neutral 5
Sell 0
Strong Sell 3
Total 15
neutral
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Softcat Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Interim Final
Ex-Div 10-Apr-25 07-Nov-24
Paid 21-May-25 17-Dec-24
Amount 8.90p 18.10p

Trades for 08-Sep-2025

Time Volume / Share Price
16:50 13,664 @ 1,612.00p
16:35 772 @ 1,612.00p
16:35 1,867 @ 1,612.00p
16:35 318 @ 1,612.00p
16:35 318 @ 1,612.00p

Softcat Key Personnel

CEO Graham Charlton
CFO Kathryn Mecklenburgh

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