Softcat plc

LSE:SCT Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£2.8b

Softcat Ownership

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

Recent Insider Transactions

LSE:SCT 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: SCT insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of SCT?
Owner TypeNumber of SharesOwnership Percentage
Employee Share Scheme1,943,5400.99%
General Public2,773,2811.41%
Individual Insiders65,389,34033.3%
Institutions126,188,01864.3%

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

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 79.32% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
33.1%
Peter Kelly
64,976,058UK£921.4m0%no data
4.59%
JP Morgan Asset Management
9,001,273UK£127.6m35.2%0.01%
4.16%
BlackRock, Inc.
8,157,066UK£115.7m-0.32%no data
3.67%
Mawer Investment Management Ltd.
7,205,168UK£102.2m5.79%0.38%
3.65%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
7,168,566UK£101.7m0.04%no data
2.9%
Aberdeen Group Plc
5,700,680UK£80.8m29.2%0.05%
2.6%
Baillie Gifford & Co.
5,098,242UK£72.3m3.14%0.05%
2.39%
Liontrust Asset Management PLC
4,699,769UK£66.6m58.3%0.4%
2.14%
Alecta Pensionsförsäkring, ömsesidigt
4,200,000UK£59.6m16.7%0.18%
2.02%
Société Générale Société anonyme
3,966,597UK£56.2m108%0.19%
1.75%
Barclays Bank PLC
3,443,800UK£48.8m-14.2%0.07%
1.74%
LGT Wealth Management UK LLP
3,412,474UK£48.4m1.36%2.63%
1.59%
Manulife Asset Management
3,118,838UK£44.2m-14.6%0.04%
1.32%
Norges Bank Investment Management
2,597,724UK£36.8m22.6%no data
1.25%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP
2,450,180UK£34.7m1.75%0.01%
1.14%
Schroder Investment Management Limited
2,241,476UK£31.8m-26.8%0.02%
1.11%
HSBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited
2,188,089UK£31.0m9.96%0.01%
1.1%
Fidelity International Ltd
2,165,584UK£30.7m33.7%0.01%
1.1%
BNY Mellon Advisors, Inc.
2,151,384UK£30.5m38.8%0.15%
1.06%
Bank Julius Bär & Co. AG
2,088,526UK£29.6m-3.7%0.09%
1.03%
Legal & General Investment Management Limited
2,028,307UK£28.8m1.98%0.01%
0.99%
Softcat Plc Share Incentive Plan
1,943,540UK£27.6m1.17%no data
0.97%
Fairlight Asset Management Pty Ltd
1,913,428UK£27.1m-12.4%14.76%
0.97%
UBS Asset Management AG
1,903,666UK£27.0m21.3%no data
0.96%
Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Ltd.
1,881,456UK£26.7m-3.13%0.07%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/05/08 22:43
End of Day Share Price 2026/05/08 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 19 analysts. 11 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