Softcat (SCT)

Sector:

IT Services

Index:

FTSE 250

1,115.00p
   
  • Change Today:
    -28.00p
  • 52 Week High: 1,888.00p
  • 52 Week Low: 1,108.00p
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 196.84m
  • Volume: 794,221
  • Market Cap: £2,194.77m
  • RiskGrade: 559
  • Beta: 0.79

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 2.6% 0.0%
Div Cover 2.4 1.4
Op Mrgn 11.9% 12.7%
ROCE 26.8%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 16.0 15.6
PEG 1.0 5.6
Pr/Revenue 1.5 1.5
Pr/Book 6.5  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 51.5% -0.3%
PBT 11.8% 3.7%
EPS 16.4% 2.8%
DPS 10.2% 73.7%

Softcat Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
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% 26.60p 1.6%
31-Jul-25 1,458.41 178.20 69.50p 23.5 1.5 +16% 29.30p 1.8%

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-26 1,453.84 184.81 71.43p 15.6 5.6 +3% 50.89p 0.0%
31-Jul-27 1,553.86 203.18 77.71p 14.3 1.6 +9% 57.19p 0.0%
31-Jul-28 1,697.43 222.58 84.39p 13.2 1.5 +9% 62.06p 0.0%

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Softcat Company Announcements

Transaction in Own Shares 16-Feb-2026 07:00 RNS
Transaction in Own Shares 13-Feb-2026 17:44 RNS
Transaction in Own Shares 12-Feb-2026 18:09 RNS

Softcat ShareCast News

Director/PDMR Shareholding 22-Dec-2025 ShareCast
Director dealings: Softcat CFO snaps up shares 10-Dec-2025 ShareCast
Softcat hails 'strong' double-digit growth in Q1 18-Nov-2025 ShareCast

Latest Softcat Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
09-Feb-26 Buy Kathryn Mecklenburgh 1,172.00p 13 £152.36
09-Feb-26 Buy Graham Charlton 1,172.00p 13 £152.36
07-Jan-26 Buy Kathryn Mecklenburgh 1,380.00p 11 £151.80

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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 1,115.00p
Change Today -28.00p
% Change -2.45 %
52 Week High 1,888.00p
52 Week Low 1,108.00p
Volume 794,221
Shares Issued 196.84m
Market Cap £2,194.77m
Beta 0.79
RiskGrade 559

Softcat Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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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 5
Buy 4
Neutral 4
Sell 0
Strong Sell 2
Total 15
buy
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Softcat Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Special
Ex-Div 06-Nov-25 06-Nov-25
Paid 16-Dec-25 16-Dec-25
Amount 20.40p 16.10p

Trades for 16-Feb-2026

Time Volume / Share Price
16:25 50 @ 1,112.00p
16:22 216,895 @ 1,124.15p
16:47 4,536 @ 1,122.87p
16:35 158,172 @ 1,115.00p
16:35 483 @ 1,115.00p

Softcat Key Personnel

CEO Graham Charlton
CFO Kathryn Mecklenburgh

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