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GBX 1,715 +12.00 (+0.70%)
As of 05/2/2025 12:44 PM Eastern

SCT vs. MIDW, NAR, SGE, WISE, AVV, AVST, DARK, SOPH, CCC, and NETW

Should you be buying Softcat stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Softcat include Midwich Group (MIDW), Northamber (NAR), The Sage Group (SGE), Wise (WISE), AVEVA Group (AVV), Avast (AVST), Darktrace (DARK), Sophos Group plc (SOPH.L) (SOPH), Computacenter (CCC), and Network International (NETW). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.

Softcat vs.

Softcat (LON:SCT) and Midwich Group (LON:MIDW) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, valuation and earnings.

Softcat has a net margin of 12.37% compared to Midwich Group's net margin of 1.70%. Softcat's return on equity of 43.79% beat Midwich Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Softcat12.37% 43.79% 13.64%
Midwich Group 1.70%12.88%3.70%

Softcat presently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,616.33, suggesting a potential downside of 5.75%. Midwich Group has a consensus price target of GBX 620, suggesting a potential upside of 211.56%. Given Midwich Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Midwich Group is more favorable than Softcat.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Softcat
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Midwich Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Softcat pays an annual dividend of GBX 26 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Midwich Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. Softcat pays out 43.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Midwich Group pays out 75.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Softcat has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Midwich Group. Midwich Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Softcat, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Softcat£958.56M3.56£118.54M£59.7328.71
Midwich Group£1.31B0.15£22.18M£22.498.85

Softcat received 187 more outperform votes than Midwich Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.55% of users gave Midwich Group an outperform vote while only 70.49% of users gave Softcat an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
SoftcatOutperform Votes
301
70.49%
Underperform Votes
126
29.51%
Midwich GroupOutperform Votes
114
73.55%
Underperform Votes
41
26.45%

In the previous week, Midwich Group had 1 more articles in the media than Softcat. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Midwich Group and 0 mentions for Softcat. Midwich Group's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Softcat's score of 0.00 indicating that Midwich Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Softcat Neutral
Midwich Group Neutral

45.1% of Softcat shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.8% of Midwich Group shares are held by institutional investors. 43.6% of Softcat shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.2% of Midwich Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Softcat has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Midwich Group has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Softcat beats Midwich Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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SCT vs. The Competition

MetricSoftcatElectronics & Computer Distribution IndustryComputer SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£3.41B£1.21B£23.82B£2.60B
Dividend Yield1.80%4.03%2.97%4.94%
P/E Ratio28.7122.0742.79134.10
Price / Sales3.56128.602,010.26241,246.67
Price / Cash25.0816.4134.7528.08
Price / Book11.494.316.314.54
Net Income£118.54M£46.47M£738.10M£5.88B
7 Day Performance7.89%5.19%2.86%3.45%
1 Month Performance7.39%6.56%7.49%12.41%
1 Year Performance6.52%-9.36%52,548.67%113.41%

Softcat Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SCT
Softcat
N/AGBX 1,715
+0.7%
GBX 1,616.33
-5.8%
+8.7%£3.41B£958.56M28.712,315
MIDW
Midwich Group
3.0065 of 5 stars
GBX 184.50
+0.3%
GBX 620
+236.0%
-53.7%£185.54M£1.31B8.201,900News Coverage
High Trading Volume
NAR
Northamber
N/AGBX 29.94
+0.1%
N/A-22.1%£8.02M£55.06M-6.00108
SGE
The Sage Group
1.4871 of 5 stars
GBX 1,198
-0.1%
GBX 3,446.67
+187.7%
+9.9%£11.86B£2.14B46.5711,326Dividend Increase
WISE
Wise
0.3753 of 5 stars
GBX 967.50
-0.3%
GBX 950
-1.8%
+29.9%£9.86B£1.33B29.265,500
AVV
AVEVA Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£9.72B£1.26B-154.766,250Gap Up
AVST
Avast
N/AN/AN/AN/A£7.49B£940.10M3,115.651,800News Coverage
High Trading Volume
DARK
Darktrace
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.69B£616.47M4,436.922,300News Coverage
SOPH
Sophos Group plc (SOPH.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£2.99B£726.90M341.41520
CCC
Computacenter
2.4487 of 5 stars
GBX 2,380
+0.8%
GBX 2,958.33
+24.3%
-1.2%£2.53B£6.00B15.9320,022
NETW
Network International
N/AN/AN/AN/A£2.13B£490.13M4,437.782,133

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This page (LON:SCT) was last updated on 5/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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