Softcat (SCT)

Sector:

IT Services

Index:

FTSE 250

1,638.00p
   
  • Change Today:
    -18.00p
  • 52 Week High: 1,855.00
  • 52 Week Low: 1,451.00
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 199.92m
  • Volume: 226,306
  • Market Cap: £3,274.63m
  • 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 2.7% 0.0%
Div Cover 1.3 1.4
Op Mrgn 16.0% 15.4%
ROCE 53.9%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 27.4 25.0
PEG 4.4 3.3
Pr/Revenue 3.4 3.0
Pr/Book 11.0  
Latest F'cast
Revenue -2.3% 13.8%
PBT 12.4% 6.2%
EPS 6.2% 9.0%
DPS 51.0% 5.6%

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 1,095.92 169.25 65.05p 25.2 2.8 +9% 47.19p 0.0%
31-Jul-26 1,223.53 187.17 71.50p 22.9 2.3 +10% 49.85p 0.0%
31-Jul-27 1,336.79 206.25 78.55p 20.9 2.1 +10% 54.83p 0.0%

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Softcat Company Announcements

Half-year Report 19-Mar-2025 07:00 RNS
Holding(s) in Company 13-Mar-2025 09:52 RNS
Director/PDMR Shareholding 10-Mar-2025 14:13 RNS

Softcat ShareCast News

London close: Stocks manage gains ahead of Fed d... 19-Mar-2025 ShareCast
Softcat shares spike after FY guidance upgrade 19-Mar-2025 ShareCast
Wednesday preview: Federal Reserve, Softcat in t... 18-Mar-2025 ShareCast

Latest Softcat Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
07-Mar-25 Buy Kathryn Mecklenburgh 1,532.00p 9 £137.88
07-Mar-25 Buy Graham Charlton 1,532.00p 10 £153.20
07-Feb-25 Buy Kathryn Mecklenburgh 1,601.00p 10 £160.10

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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 1,638.00p
Change Today -18.00p
% Change -1.09 %
52 Week High 1,855.00
52 Week Low 1,451.00
Volume 226,306
Shares Issued 199.92m
Market Cap £3,274.63m
RiskGrade 559

Softcat Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
more star ratings
Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
98.16% below the market average98.16% below the market average98.16% below the market average98.16% below the market average98.16% below the market average
82.5% below the sector average82.5% below the sector average82.5% below the sector average82.5% below the sector average82.5% below the sector average
Price Trend
67.93% above the market average67.93% above the market average67.93% above the market average67.93% above the market average67.93% above the market average
57.65% above the sector average57.65% above the sector average57.65% above the sector average57.65% above the sector average57.65% above the sector average
Income
60.7% below the market average60.7% below the market average60.7% below the market average60.7% below the market average60.7% below the market average
3.70% above the sector average3.70% above the sector average3.70% above the sector average3.70% above the sector average3.70% above the sector average
Growth
34.85% below the market average34.85% below the market average34.85% below the market average34.85% below the market average34.85% below the market average
85% below the sector average85% below the sector average85% below the sector average85% below the sector average85% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 2
Buy 5
Neutral 7
Sell 0
Strong Sell 3
Total 17
neutral
Broker recommendations should not be taken as investment advice, and are provided by the authorised brokers listed on this page.

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 27-Mar-2025

Time Volume / Share Price
16:16 0 @ 1,634.00p
16:24 0 @ 1,639.00p
16:07 1 @ 1,636.00p
16:07 0 @ 1,636.00p
16:04 0 @ 1,634.00p

Softcat Key Personnel

CEO Graham Charlton
CFO Kathryn Mecklenburgh

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