Softcat (SCT)

Sector:

IT Services

Index:

FTSE 250

1,550.00p
   
  • Change Today:
    -10.00p
  • 52 Week High: 1,634.00
  • 52 Week Low: 1,212.00
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 199.75m
  • Volume: 387,006
  • Market Cap: £3,096.07m
  • 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 1.1% 0.0%
Div Cover 3.3 1.5
Op Mrgn 14.3% 15.4%
ROCE 56733.0%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 27.6 26.8
PEG 21.9 8.9
Pr/Revenue 3.1 3.1
Pr/Book 12.3  
Latest F'cast
Revenue -100.0% 0.9%
PBT 104101.4% -99.9%
EPS 1.3% 3.0%
DPS -26.1% 131.7%

Softcat Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Jul-19 991.85 84.82 34.60p 27.6 1.1 +24% 14.90p 1.6%
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 10,773,946.00 136.14 55.50p 25.1 1.7 +15% 23.00p 1.6%
31-Jul-23 985.30 141,864.00 56.20p 26.7 26.7 +1% 17.00p 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-24 993.83 153.48 57.90p 26.8 8.9 +3% 39.38p 0.0%
31-Jul-25 1,103.15 169.83 63.88p 24.3 2.4 +10% 41.63p 0.0%
31-Jul-26 1,231.46 188.34 70.31p 22.0 2.2 +10% 44.51p 0.0%

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Softcat Company Announcements

Director/PDMR Shareholding 09-Apr-2024 09:45 RNS
Total Voting Rights 02-Apr-2024 09:13 RNS
Holding(s) in Company 26-Mar-2024 13:00 RNS

Softcat ShareCast News

London close: Stocks rise as US consumer confide... 26-Mar-2024 ShareCast
Softcat hits operating profit record even as rev... 26-Mar-2024 ShareCast
Tuesday preview: US durable goods orders, Softca... 25-Mar-2024 ShareCast

Latest Softcat Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
08-Apr-24 Buy Kathryn Mecklenburgh 1.63p 9 £0.15
08-Apr-24 Buy Graham Charlton 1.63p 9 £0.15
07-Mar-24 Buy Kathryn Mecklenburgh 1,514.00p 10 £151.40

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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 1,550.00p
Change Today -10.00p
% Change -0.64 %
52 Week High 1,634.00
52 Week Low 1,212.00
Volume 387,006
Shares Issued 199.75m
Market Cap £3,096.07m
RiskGrade 559

Softcat Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
more star ratings
Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
99.6% below the market average99.6% below the market average99.6% below the market average99.6% below the market average99.6% below the market average
97.62% below the sector average97.62% below the sector average97.62% below the sector average97.62% below the sector average97.62% below the sector average
Price Trend
64.47% above the market average64.47% above the market average64.47% above the market average64.47% above the market average64.47% above the market average
37.63% above the sector average37.63% above the sector average37.63% above the sector average37.63% above the sector average37.63% above the sector average
Income
64.37% below the market average64.37% below the market average64.37% below the market average64.37% below the market average64.37% below the market average
24.14% above the sector average24.14% above the sector average24.14% above the sector average24.14% above the sector average24.14% above the sector average
Growth
77.30% above the market average77.30% above the market average77.30% above the market average77.30% above the market average77.30% above the market average
79.31% above the sector average79.31% above the sector average79.31% above the sector average79.31% above the sector average79.31% above the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 3
Buy 6
Neutral 4
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
  Interim Final
Ex-Div 11-Apr-24 09-Nov-23
Paid 22-May-24 19-Dec-23
Amount 8.50p 17.00p

Trades for 19-Apr-2024

Time Volume / Share Price
16:35 313,177 @ 1,550.00p
16:35 1,708 @ 1,550.00p
16:35 490 @ 1,550.00p
16:35 2,149 @ 1,550.00p
16:35 100 @ 1,550.00p

Softcat Key Personnel

CEO Graham Charlton
CFO Kathryn Mecklenburgh

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