Softcat (SCT)

Sector:

IT Services

Index:

FTSE 250

1,779.00p
   
  • Change Today:
    -17.00p
  • 52 Week High: 1,855.00
  • 52 Week Low: 1,451.00
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 199.94m
  • Volume: 41,341
  • Market Cap: £3,556.88m
  • RiskGrade: 559
  • Beta: 0.01

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 2.5% 0.0%
Div Cover 1.3 1.4
Op Mrgn 16.0% 15.5%
ROCE 53.9%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 30.1 27.3
PEG 4.8 2.7
Pr/Revenue 3.7 3.2
Pr/Book 12.0  
Latest F'cast
Revenue -2.3% 16.0%
PBT 12.4% 8.5%
EPS 6.2% 10.2%
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 1,116.54 172.93 65.80p 27.3 2.7 +10% 47.21p 0.0%
31-Jul-26 1,239.92 190.65 71.93p 25.0 2.7 +9% 50.06p 0.0%
31-Jul-27 1,363.76 210.62 79.23p 22.7 2.2 +10% 55.15p 0.0%

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Softcat Company Announcements

Total Voting Rights 02-Jun-2025 16:30 RNS
Q3 2025 Trading Update 28-May-2025 07:00 RNS
Director Declaration 27-May-2025 09:14 RNS

Softcat ShareCast News

London close: Stocks mixed ahead of Nvidia results 28-May-2025 ShareCast
Softcat raises profit guidance after strong thir... 28-May-2025 ShareCast
London close: Stocks manage gains ahead of Fed d... 19-Mar-2025 ShareCast

Latest Softcat Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
07-May-25 Buy Kathryn Mecklenburgh 1,751.00p 9 £157.59
07-May-25 Buy Graham Charlton 1,751.00p 8 £140.08
07-Apr-25 Buy Kathryn Mecklenburgh 1,508.00p 10 £150.80

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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 1,779.00p
Change Today -17.00p
% Change -0.95 %
52 Week High 1,855.00
52 Week Low 1,451.00
Volume 41,341
Shares Issued 199.94m
Market Cap £3,556.88m
Beta 0.01
RiskGrade 559

Softcat Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
more star ratings
Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
98.15% below the market average98.15% below the market average98.15% below the market average98.15% below the market average98.15% below the market average
80% below the sector average80% below the sector average80% below the sector average80% below the sector average80% below the sector average
Price Trend
69.06% above the market average69.06% above the market average69.06% above the market average69.06% above the market average69.06% above the market average
57.14% above the sector average57.14% above the sector average57.14% above the sector average57.14% above the sector average57.14% above the sector average
Income
72.13% below the market average72.13% below the market average72.13% below the market average72.13% below the market average72.13% below the market average
25.93% above the sector average25.93% above the sector average25.93% above the sector average25.93% above the sector average25.93% above the sector average
Growth
24.12% below the market average24.12% below the market average24.12% below the market average24.12% below the market average24.12% below the market average
51.28% below the sector average51.28% below the sector average51.28% below the sector average51.28% below the sector average51.28% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 2
Buy 4
Neutral 7
Sell 0
Strong Sell 3
Total 16
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 03-Jun-2025

Time Volume / Share Price
14:56 0 @ 1,790.00p
16:06 45 @ 1,778.00p
16:06 57 @ 1,780.00p
16:03 84 @ 1,779.00p
16:03 211 @ 1,779.00p

Softcat Key Personnel

CEO Graham Charlton
CFO Kathryn Mecklenburgh

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