Softcat plc

BATS-CHIXE:SCTL Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£3.6b

Softcat Ownership

Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?

Recent Insider Transactions

BATS-CHIXE:SCTL Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
DateValueNameEntityRoleSharesMax Price
27 Apr 26BuyUK£100,335Kathryn MecklenburghIndividual7,352UK£13.65
23 Apr 26BuyUK£331,278Kathryn MecklenburghIndividual24,461UK£13.54
12 Dec 25SellUK£214,862Graham CharltonIndividual14,757UK£14.56
11 Dec 25SellUK£288,751Graeme WattIndividual20,213UK£14.29
08 Dec 25BuyUK£250,085Kathryn MecklenburghIndividual17,135UK£14.59

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: Insufficient data to determine if insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of SCTL?
Owner TypeNumber of SharesOwnership Percentage
Employee Share Scheme1,840,5930.937%
General Public5,305,3052.7%
Individual Insiders65,389,41633.3%
Institutions123,795,89063.1%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 77.76% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
33.1%
Peter Kelly
64,976,058UK£1.2b0%no data
5.09%
JP Morgan Asset Management
9,999,319UK£183.8m-0.14%0.02%
4.31%
BlackRock, Inc.
8,470,187UK£155.7m1.48%no data
2.94%
Baillie Gifford & Co.
5,762,647UK£105.9m-6.02%0.07%
2.89%
Aberdeen Group Plc
5,667,363UK£104.2m-16.1%0.07%
2.76%
Vanguard Capital Management, LLC
5,428,194UK£99.8m1.99%no data
2.73%
Liontrust Asset Management PLC
5,353,858UK£98.4m3.99%0.58%
2.7%
Alecta Pensionsförsäkring, ömsesidigt
5,300,000UK£97.4m0%0.28%
2.64%
Mawer Investment Management Ltd.
5,181,694UK£95.2m-16.5%0.4%
1.77%
Capital Research and Management Company
3,473,171UK£63.8m11.9%no data
1.54%
Société Générale Société anonyme
3,025,621UK£55.6m29.1%0.15%
1.33%
Barclays Bank Plc
2,618,796UK£48.1m-4.8%0.07%
1.32%
Norges Bank Investment Management
2,597,724UK£47.7m0%no data
1.25%
BNY Mellon Advisors, Inc.
2,454,384UK£45.1m0%0.19%
1.15%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP
2,250,198UK£41.4m-2.93%0.01%
1.12%
Legal & General Investment Management Limited
2,200,742UK£40.4m1.27%0.01%
1.11%
Vanguard Asset Management, Limited
2,175,594UK£40.0m0.85%0.02%
1.06%
Manulife Asset Management
2,087,418UK£38.4m-33.1%0.03%
1.06%
LGT Wealth Management UK LLP
2,080,321UK£38.2m0%2.09%
1.05%
Bank Julius Bär & Co. AG
2,060,644UK£37.9m-1.83%0.11%
1.03%
Schroder Investment Management Limited
2,018,372UK£37.1m-11.9%0.02%
1.03%
HSBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited
2,017,610UK£37.1m0.65%0.01%
0.96%
Aegon Asset Management UK Plc
1,879,977UK£34.6m0%0.21%
0.94%
Softcat Plc Share Incentive Plan
1,840,593UK£33.8m-3.27%no data
0.89%
Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Ltd.
1,742,284UK£32.0m-8.69%0.08%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/09/10 08:59
End of Day Share Price 2026/09/10 00:00
Earnings2026/01/31
Annual Earnings2025/07/31

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.

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Analyst Sources

Softcat plc is covered by 20 analysts. 12 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
Benjamin MayBerenberg
Alexander James ShortBerenberg