Softcat (SCT)

Sector:

IT Services

Index:

FTSE 250

1,720.00p
   
  • Change Today:
      20.00p
  • 52 Week High: 2,112.00p
  • 52 Week Low: 1,096.00p
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 215.65m
  • Volume: 562,705
  • Market Cap: £3,709.27m
  • RiskGrade: 559
  • Beta: 0.00

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 1.1% 0.0%
Div Cover 3.5 2.0
Op Mrgn 9.9% 10.7%
ROCE 4.3%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 25.2 14.7
PEG 1.8 1.7
Pr/Revenue 2.1 1.4
Pr/Book 11.3  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 35.4% 10.8%
PBT -87.2% 929.5%
EPS 13.8% 14.5%
DPS 5.9% 105.1%

Softcat Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
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 1,458.40 178.20 66.60p 24.5 2.0 +12% 20.40p 1.2%
31-Jul-26 1,975.10 22.80 75.80p 25.5 1.8 +14% 21.60p 1.1%

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-27 2,189.07 234.74 86.80p 19.6 1.4 +14% 44.29p 0.0%
31-Jul-28 2,679.79 284.07 100.59p 16.9 1.1 +16% 49.22p 0.0%

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Softcat Company Announcements

Director/PDMR Shareholding 22-Dec-2025 12:25 RNS

Softcat ShareCast News

Softcat hails another year of 'exceptional' growth 14-Oct-2026 ShareCast
Deutsche Bank downgrades Softcat, upgrades Bytes... 26-Aug-2026 ShareCast
Softcat extends tenure of chairman Graeme Watt 29-Jun-2026 ShareCast

Latest Softcat Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
16-Oct-26 Buy Mayank Prakash 1,890.00p 2,645 £49,990.50
16-Oct-26 Buy Lynne Weedall 1,890.00p 1,058 £19,996.20
16-Oct-26 Buy Jacqui Ferguson 1,890.00p 529 £9,998.10

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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 1,720.00p
Change Today 20.00p
% Change 1.18 %
52 Week High 2,112.00p
52 Week Low 1,096.00p
Volume 562,705
Shares Issued 215.65m
Market Cap £3,709.27m
Beta 0.00
RiskGrade 559

Softcat Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
86.67% below the market average86.67% below the market average86.67% below the market average86.67% below the market average86.67% below the market average
62.32% below the sector average62.32% below the sector average62.32% below the sector average62.32% below the sector average62.32% below the sector average
Price Trend
73.27% below the market average73.27% below the market average73.27% below the market average73.27% below the market average73.27% below the market average
39.47% below the sector average39.47% below the sector average39.47% below the sector average39.47% below the sector average39.47% below the sector average
Income
57.59% above the market average57.59% above the market average57.59% above the market average57.59% above the market average57.59% above the market average
56.52% above the sector average56.52% above the sector average56.52% above the sector average56.52% above the sector average56.52% above the sector average
Growth
2.86% above the market average2.86% above the market average2.86% above the market average2.86% above the market average2.86% above the market average
40.85% above the sector average40.85% above the sector average40.85% above the sector average40.85% above the sector average40.85% above the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 3
Buy 2
Neutral 6
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 11
buy
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Softcat Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 12-Nov-26 09-Apr-26
Paid 21-Dec-26 20-May-26
Amount 21.60p 9.90p

Trades for 19-Oct-2026

Time Volume / Share Price
16:36 87 @ 1,720.00p
16:35 171 @ 1,720.00p
16:35 13 @ 1,720.00p
16:35 71 @ 1,720.00p
16:35 66 @ 1,720.00p

Softcat Key Personnel

CEO Graham Charlton
CFO Kathryn Mecklenburgh

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