Softcat Valuation

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

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

  • 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 SCT when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: SCT (£16) is trading above our estimate of fair value (£11.86)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

SCT 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/Revenue3.3x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA21x
PEG Ratio3x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for SCT vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average26.4x
CCC Computacenter
14.7x4.9%UK£2.9b
KNOS Kainos Group
28.2x18.0%UK£1.2b
KWS Keywords Studios
53.9x33.9%UK£925.3m
FDM FDM Group (Holdings)
8.8x-14.0%UK£359.4m
SCT Softcat
28.1x9.3%UK£3.2b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: SCT is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (28.1x) compared to the peer average (26.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does SCT's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European IT Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a20.9%
n/an/an/a
No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a20.9%
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: SCT is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (28.1x) compared to the European IT industry average (19.3x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is SCT'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.

SCT PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio28.1x
Fair PE Ratio32.7x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: SCT is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (28.1x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (32.7x).


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 SCT forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUK£15.90
UK£16.45
+3.4%
12.3%UK£19.60UK£12.50n/a14
Apr ’25UK£15.88
UK£16.02
+0.9%
10.4%UK£18.00UK£12.50n/a15
Mar ’25UK£14.98
UK£15.57
+3.9%
11.9%UK£18.00UK£12.20n/a15
Feb ’25UK£14.60
UK£15.55
+6.5%
13.3%UK£20.10UK£12.20n/a14
Jan ’25UK£13.60
UK£15.33
+12.7%
14.8%UK£20.10UK£11.50n/a14
Dec ’24UK£12.78
UK£15.29
+19.6%
15.5%UK£20.10UK£11.50n/a14
Nov ’24UK£12.82
UK£15.43
+20.4%
14.6%UK£20.10UK£11.50n/a13
Oct ’24UK£14.59
UK£15.39
+5.4%
15.2%UK£20.10UK£11.30n/a12
Sep ’24UK£15.02
UK£15.32
+2.0%
15.2%UK£20.10UK£11.30n/a12
Aug ’24UK£14.88
UK£15.32
+2.9%
15.2%UK£20.10UK£11.30n/a12
Jul ’24UK£14.16
UK£15.12
+6.8%
16.8%UK£20.10UK£11.30n/a11
Jun ’24UK£13.86
UK£15.07
+8.7%
15.9%UK£20.10UK£11.30n/a12
May ’24UK£13.37
UK£15.07
+12.7%
15.9%UK£20.10UK£11.30n/a12
Apr ’24UK£12.96
UK£15.04
+16.0%
16.0%UK£20.10UK£11.30UK£15.8812
Mar ’24UK£12.24
UK£14.94
+22.0%
16.7%UK£20.10UK£10.70UK£14.9812
Feb ’24UK£12.21
UK£14.94
+22.3%
16.7%UK£20.10UK£10.70UK£14.6012
Jan ’24UK£11.84
UK£15.07
+27.2%
16.0%UK£20.10UK£11.50UK£13.6011
Dec ’23UK£13.06
UK£15.04
+15.2%
16.1%UK£20.10UK£11.50UK£12.7811
Nov ’23UK£11.55
UK£15.73
+36.2%
15.1%UK£20.10UK£11.50UK£12.8211
Oct ’23UK£11.90
UK£17.15
+44.1%
11.6%UK£20.10UK£14.00UK£14.5910
Sep ’23UK£12.17
UK£17.69
+45.3%
13.9%UK£22.05UK£14.00UK£15.0210
Aug ’23UK£14.11
UK£17.99
+27.5%
13.6%UK£22.05UK£14.00UK£14.889
Jul ’23UK£12.99
UK£19.03
+46.5%
7.0%UK£22.05UK£17.00UK£14.169
Jun ’23UK£13.98
UK£19.03
+36.1%
7.4%UK£22.05UK£17.00UK£13.868
May ’23UK£14.16
UK£19.04
+34.5%
13.6%UK£23.50UK£14.00UK£13.379
Apr ’23UK£16.91
UK£19.04
+12.6%
13.6%UK£23.50UK£14.00UK£12.969

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


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