Softcat (SCT)

Sector:

IT Services

Index:

FTSE 250

1,597.00p
   
  • Change Today:
      7.00p
  • 52 Week High: 1,855.00
  • 52 Week Low: 1,232.00
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 199.77m
  • Volume: 239,586
  • Market Cap: £3,190.32m
  • RiskGrade: 559
  • Beta: 1.10

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% 15.7%
ROCE 51.9%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 26.8 24.8
PEG 4.3 3.2
Pr/Revenue 3.3 3.0
Pr/Book 10.7  
Latest F'cast
Revenue -2.3% 11.9%
PBT 12.4% 6.0%
EPS 6.2% 7.8%
DPS 51.0% 1.2%

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 1,077.23 169.00 64.38p 24.8 3.2 +8% 45.22p 0.0%
31-Jul-26 1,200.58 186.63 70.38p 22.7 2.4 +9% 47.70p 0.0%
31-Jul-27 1,317.97 205.80 77.10p 20.7 2.2 +10% 50.24p 0.0%

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Softcat Company Announcements

Q1 2025 Trading Update 20-Nov-2024 07:00 RNS
Block listing Interim Review 18-Nov-2024 13:55 RNS
Director/PDMR Shareholding 11-Nov-2024 15:31 RNS

Softcat ShareCast News

Softcat first-quarter trading in line, customer ... 20-Nov-2024 ShareCast
Berenberg reiterates 'hold' rating on Softcat fo... 28-Oct-2024 ShareCast
London close: Stocks mixed after barrage of corp... 24-Oct-2024 ShareCast

Latest Softcat Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
07-Nov-24 Buy Kathryn Mecklenburgh 1,672.00p 9 £150.48
07-Nov-24 Buy Graham Charlton 1,672.00p 9 £150.48
07-Oct-24 Buy Kathryn Mecklenburgh 1,561.00p 10 £156.10

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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 1,597.00p
Change Today 7.00p
% Change 0.44 %
52 Week High 1,855.00
52 Week Low 1,232.00
Volume 239,586
Shares Issued 199.77m
Market Cap £3,190.32m
Beta 1.10
RiskGrade 559

Softcat Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
more star ratings
Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
98.2% below the market average98.2% below the market average98.2% below the market average98.2% below the market average98.2% below the market average
65% below the sector average65% below the sector average65% below the sector average65% below the sector average65% below the sector average
Price Trend
52.17% above the market average52.17% above the market average52.17% above the market average52.17% above the market average52.17% above the market average
44.83% above the sector average44.83% above the sector average44.83% above the sector average44.83% above the sector average44.83% above the sector average
Income
52.57% below the market average52.57% below the market average52.57% below the market average52.57% below the market average52.57% below the market average
33.33% above the sector average33.33% above the sector average33.33% above the sector average33.33% above the sector average33.33% above the sector average
Growth
48.14% below the market average48.14% below the market average48.14% below the market average48.14% below the market average48.14% below the market average
87.5% below the sector average87.5% below the sector average87.5% below the sector average87.5% below the sector average87.5% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 3
Buy 5
Neutral 5
Sell 1
Strong Sell 1
Total 15
buy
Broker recommendations should not be taken as investment advice, and are provided by the authorised brokers listed on this page.

Softcat Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Special
Ex-Div 07-Nov-24 07-Nov-24
Paid 17-Dec-24 17-Dec-24
Amount 18.10p 20.90p

Trades for 21-Nov-2024

Time Volume / Share Price
15:50 8 @ 1,588.00p
16:35 50,797 @ 1,597.00p
16:35 147 @ 1,597.00p
16:35 317 @ 1,597.00p
16:35 547 @ 1,597.00p

Softcat Key Personnel

CEO Graham Charlton
CFO Kathryn Mecklenburgh

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