Softcat Valuation

Is SF5 undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

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  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of SF5 when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: SF5 (€18.1) is trading above our estimate of fair value (€14.06)

Significantly Below Fair Value: SF5 is trading above our estimate of fair value.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for SF5?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

SF5 key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue3.2x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA20.7x
PEG Ratio3x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does SF5's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for SF5 vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average24.3x
BC8 Bechtle
21.3x8.8%€5.6b
SANT Kontron
15.6x19.0%€1.2b
COK Cancom
27.5x15.5%€1.0b
YSN secunet Security Networks
33x9.7%€961.4m
SF5 Softcat
27.8x9.3%€3.1b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: SF5 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (27.8x) compared to the peer average (24.3x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does SF5's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the DE IT Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a15.2%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: SF5 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (27.8x) compared to the European IT industry average (19.3x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is SF5's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

SF5 PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio27.8x
Fair PE Ratio24.2x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: SF5 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (27.8x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (24.2x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst SF5 forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€18.10
€19.07
+5.4%
12.3%€22.73€14.50n/a14
Apr ’25€18.00
€18.75
+4.2%
10.4%€21.06€14.62n/a15
Mar ’25€16.90
€18.18
+7.6%
11.9%€21.02€14.24n/a15
Feb ’25€16.90
€18.25
+8.0%
13.3%€23.59€14.32n/a14
Jan ’25€15.30
€17.87
+16.8%
14.8%€23.43€13.40n/a14
Dec ’24€14.50
€17.56
+21.1%
15.5%€23.09€13.21n/a14
Nov ’24€14.30
€17.74
+24.1%
14.6%€23.11€13.22n/a13
Oct ’24€16.70
€17.86
+6.9%
15.2%€23.33€13.12n/a12
Sep ’24€17.10
€17.79
+4.0%
15.2%€23.34€13.12n/a12
Aug ’24€17.20
€17.79
+3.4%
15.2%€23.34€13.12n/a12
Jul ’24€16.20
€17.59
+8.6%
16.8%€23.38€13.15n/a11
Jun ’24€15.90
€17.43
+9.6%
15.9%€23.25€13.07n/a12
May ’24€14.80
€17.17
+16.0%
15.9%€22.90€12.87€18.3012
Apr ’24€14.50
€17.08
+17.8%
16.0%€22.83€12.84€18.0012
Mar ’24€13.60
€16.91
+24.3%
16.7%€22.76€12.11€16.9012
Feb ’24€13.70
€16.94
+23.6%
16.7%€22.79€12.13€16.9012
Jan ’24€13.10
€17.55
+34.0%
16.0%€23.41€13.40€15.3011
Dec ’23€14.80
€17.35
+17.3%
16.1%€23.19€13.27€14.5011
Nov ’23€12.80
€18.34
+43.3%
15.1%€23.43€13.41€14.3011
Oct ’23€12.60
€19.18
+52.2%
11.6%€22.47€15.65€16.7010
Sep ’23€14.10
€20.96
+48.7%
13.9%€26.14€16.60€17.1010
Aug ’23€16.20
€21.49
+32.7%
13.6%€26.34€16.72€17.209
Jul ’23€14.50
€22.04
+52.0%
7.0%€25.54€19.69€16.209
Jun ’23€15.60
€22.36
+43.3%
7.4%€25.91€19.97€15.908
May ’23€16.20
€22.86
+41.1%
13.6%€28.21€16.81€14.809

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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