Softcat (SCT)

Sector:

IT Services

Index:

FTSE 250

1,856.00p
   
  • Change Today:
      31.00p
  • 52 Week High: 2,112.00
  • 52 Week Low: 1,096.00
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 215.64m
  • Volume: 65,777
  • Market Cap: £4,002.33m
  • 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 1.5% 0.0%
Div Cover 2.4 1.8
Op Mrgn 11.9% 11.6%
ROCE 26.8%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 27.8 16.0
PEG 1.7 5.8
Pr/Revenue 2.6 1.5
Pr/Book 11.2  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 51.5% 23.6%
PBT 11.8% 17.3%
EPS 16.4% 17.0%
DPS 10.2% 57.1%

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 1,802.67 209.02 81.29p 22.5 1.3 +17% 46.02p 0.0%
31-Jul-27 2,050.18 232.25 86.05p 21.2 3.6 +6% 50.79p 0.0%

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Softcat Company Announcements

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

Softcat ShareCast News

Deutsche Bank downgrades Softcat, upgrades Bytes... 26-Aug-2026 ShareCast
Softcat extends tenure of chairman Graeme Watt 29-Jun-2026 ShareCast
Citi downgrades Softcat to 'neutral' from 'buy' 15-Jun-2026 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 1,856.00p
Change Today 31.00p
% Change 1.70 %
52 Week High 2,112.00
52 Week Low 1,096.00
Volume 65,777
Shares Issued 215.64m
Market Cap £4,002.33m
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
93.99% below the market average93.99% below the market average93.99% below the market average93.99% below the market average93.99% below the market average
71.83% below the sector average71.83% below the sector average71.83% below the sector average71.83% below the sector average71.83% below the sector average
Price Trend
73.24% below the market average73.24% below the market average73.24% below the market average73.24% below the market average73.24% below the market average
37.66% below the sector average37.66% below the sector average37.66% below the sector average37.66% below the sector average37.66% below the sector average
Income
33.33% above the market average33.33% above the market average33.33% above the market average33.33% above the market average33.33% above the market average
47.83% above the sector average47.83% above the sector average47.83% above the sector average47.83% above the sector average47.83% above the sector average
Growth
61.27% above the market average61.27% above the market average61.27% above the market average61.27% above the market average61.27% above the market average
80.56% above the sector average80.56% above the sector average80.56% above the sector average80.56% above the sector average80.56% 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
  Interim Final
Ex-Div 09-Apr-26 06-Nov-25
Paid 20-May-26 16-Dec-25
Amount 9.90p 20.40p

Trades for 08-Oct-2026

Time Volume / Share Price
15:00 30 @ 1,856.00p
15:00 9 @ 1,856.00p
15:00 181 @ 1,857.00p
15:00 10 @ 1,857.00p
15:00 13 @ 1,857.00p

Softcat Key Personnel

CEO Graham Charlton
CFO Kathryn Mecklenburgh

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