profit from every £100 of sales.
£0£100
Softcat
£16.60-2.01% today
+3.9% in 1 year
1-year low £10.911-year high £21.12
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2021 to 2024.
0%20% a year
You pay £29.99 for every £1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
It holds more cash than debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Softcat sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from £784 million in 2021 to £963 million in 2024, with £119 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Softcat handed back 70% of the cash it generated last year.
£76M
Free cash flow 2024£108M
Bought back its own shares–
Paid as dividends£76M
Cash vs. debt£158M vs. £10M
Softcat vs. similar companies
Softcat grows in the middle of these 5 and is the most expensive for its profits.
| Company | Profit from £100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per £1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Softcat | 30.0× · Fair price | ||
 Rexel | 19.0× · Fair price | ||
 Arrow Electronics | 17.1× · Fair price | ||
 Avnet | 20.7× · Fair price | ||
 WPG Holdings | 15.0× · Cheap |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Softcat's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of GBP | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 784 | 1,078 | 985 | 963 | |
| 276 | 327 | 374 | 418 | |
| 119 | 136 | 141 | 154 | |
| 124 | 141 | 148 | 166 | |
| 96 | 110 | 112 | 119 | |
| 0.48 | 0.55 | 0.56 | 0.59 | |
| 35.2% | 30.4% | 37.9% | 43.4% | |
| 15.2% | 12.6% | 14.3% | 16.0% | |
| 12.3% | 10.2% | 11.4% | 12.4% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of GBP | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 497 | 672 | 648 | 781 |
| Cash | 102 | 97 | 123 | 158 |
| Total debt | 8 | 7 | 10 | 10 |
| Total liabilities | 318 | 461 | 396 | 483 |
| 179 | 211 | 251 | 298 | |
| 199 | 200 | 200 | 201 | |
| 47.8% | 47.0% | 40.8% | 38.9% | |
| 53.7% | 52.3% | 44.6% | 39.9% |
Cash flow
| In millions of GBP | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 91 | 84 | 105 | 116 | |
| 6 | 5 | 3 | 7 | |
| 85 | 78 | 102 | 108 | |
| Dividends paid | 61 | 84 | 74 | 76 |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
Valuation
- 30.0×
- –
- 4.16
- 9.6×
- 3.7×
- 32.9×
- 20.6×
- 3.0%
- 3.3%
- 2.1%
Profitability
- 43.4%
- 16.0%
- 12.4%
- –
- 38.2%
- 38.5%
- –
- –
- –
- –
Growth
- +7.1%
- +7.2%
- –
- –
- −0.1%
Financial health
- -0.7×
- 0.10
- –
- 97.6×
- 1.44
- –
- –
How it ranks in Technology
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 3%of 964
Top 29%of 972
Bottom 48%of 730
Bottom 40%of 977
Top 47%of 981
2.1%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$21a year at today's yield, before tax
–per share
Raised–not every year
How safe it looks
63.9% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 70.1%
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
4/7Passes 4 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
72Pass
Benjamin Graham
48No pass
Philip Fisher
64Pass
Peter Lynch
32No pass
Joel Greenblatt
52No pass
Charlie Munger
80Pass
Terry Smith
76Pass
Questions about Softcat
Is Softcat a good stock to buy?
A solid business at a fair price. 4 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Softcat AI analysis
What does Softcat do?
Softcat plc operates as a value-added IT reseller and IT infrastructure solutions provider in the United Kingdom. It is in Electronics & Computer Distribution, based in Marlow, United Kingdom, with 2,863 employees.
Does Softcat pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 2.1% a year, about 64% of its yearly profit. In 2024 it paid out £76.0 million in dividends.
Is Softcat stock halal?
Yes. Softcat passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 0.3% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Softcat stock done over the past year?
Up 3.9% over the past twelve months, to £16.60. It traded between £10.91 and £21.12 and is 21.4% below its high.
Who are Softcat's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Rexel, Arrow Electronics, Avnet and WPG Holdings. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Softcat's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.