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Softcat BATS-CHIXE:SCTL Stock Report

Last Price

UK£15.11

Market Cap

UK£3.0b

7D

1.7%

1Y

7.4%

Updated

22 Jan, 2025

Data

Company Financials +

SCTL Stock Overview

Operates as a value-added IT reseller and IT infrastructure solutions provider in the United Kingdom. More details

SCTL fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation1/6
Future Growth3/6
Past Performance5/6
Financial Health6/6
Dividends3/6

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Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Softcat
Historical stock prices
Current Share PriceUK£15.11
52 Week HighUK£18.50
52 Week LowUK£13.80
Beta0.68
1 Month Change-1.63%
3 Month Change-10.83%
1 Year Change7.35%
3 Year Change-7.81%
5 Year Change29.15%
Change since IPO421.93%

Recent News & Updates

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

SCTLGB ITGB Market
7D1.7%1.1%2.5%
1Y7.4%-12.6%10.0%

Return vs Industry: SCTL exceeded the UK IT industry which returned -11.5% over the past year.

Return vs Market: SCTL underperformed the UK Market which returned 10.9% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is SCTL's price volatile compared to industry and market?
SCTL volatility
SCTL Average Weekly Movement4.3%
IT Industry Average Movement5.4%
Market Average Movement4.9%
10% most volatile stocks in GB Market10.9%
10% least volatile stocks in GB Market2.7%

Stable Share Price: SCTL has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months compared to the UK market.

Volatility Over Time: SCTL's weekly volatility (4%) has been stable over the past year.

About the Company

FoundedEmployeesCEOWebsite
19872,509Graham Charltonwww.softcat.com

Softcat plc operates as a value-added IT reseller and IT infrastructure solutions provider in the United Kingdom. The company advices, procures, designs, implements, and manages technology, such as software licensing, workplace technology, networking, security, and cloud and datacenter for businesses and public sector organizations. It also offers public cloud, collaboration, networking and connectivity, data centre and private cloud, devices, and financial solution services.

Softcat plc Fundamentals Summary

How do Softcat's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
SCTL fundamental statistics
Market capUK£2.98b
Earnings (TTM)UK£119.04m
Revenue (TTM)UK£962.63m

25.2x

P/E Ratio

3.1x

P/S Ratio

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
SCTL income statement (TTM)
RevenueUK£962.63m
Cost of RevenueUK£544.88m
Gross ProfitUK£417.75m
Other ExpensesUK£298.71m
EarningsUK£119.04m

Last Reported Earnings

Jul 31, 2024

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)0.60
Gross Margin43.40%
Net Profit Margin12.37%
Debt/Equity Ratio0%

How did SCTL perform over the long term?

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Dividends

3.2%

Current Dividend Yield

45%

Payout Ratio

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/01/22 13:16
End of Day Share Price 2025/01/22 00:00
Earnings2024/07/31
Annual Earnings2024/07/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Softcat plc is covered by 23 analysts. 13 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
James ZarembaBarclays
Alexander James ShortBerenberg
Benjamin MayBerenberg