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Softcat (SCT) Competitors

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GBX 1,532 -36.00 (-2.30%)
As of 10/17/2025 12:03 PM Eastern

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

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), Spectris (SXS), Darktrace (DARK), Sophos Group plc (SOPH.L) (SOPH), and Computacenter (CCC). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.

Softcat vs. Its Competitors

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

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 pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Midwich Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Softcat pays out 42.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Midwich Group pays out 202.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

In the previous week, Softcat had 6 more articles in the media than Midwich Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Softcat and 0 mentions for Midwich Group. Softcat's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Midwich Group's score of 0.13 indicating that Softcat is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Softcat Neutral
Midwich Group Neutral

Softcat presently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,744.83, suggesting a potential upside of 13.89%. Midwich Group has a consensus target price of GBX 350, suggesting a potential upside of 92.31%. 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)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Midwich Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Softcat£1.04B2.93£118.54M£0.632,451.20
Midwich Group£1.29B0.15£22.18M£0.062,830.48

41.5% of Softcat shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.0% of Midwich Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of Softcat shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 20.4% of Midwich Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Softcat beats Midwich Group on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SCT vs. The Competition

MetricSoftcatElectronics & Computer Distribution IndustryComputer SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£3.05B£1.08B£32.85B£2.57B
Dividend Yield1.71%3.68%3.22%5.37%
P/E Ratio2,451.201,073.63479.263,957.07
Price / Sales2.93107.091,480.8499,406.89
Price / Cash25.0816.4134.6827.90
Price / Book10.273.867.428.11
Net Income£118.54M£46.47M£820.47M£5.89B
7 Day Performance-3.47%-0.59%-1.17%-0.66%
1 Month Performance-0.97%-1.62%1.03%0.71%
1 Year Performance-1.10%-5.01%24,183.57%129.78%

Softcat Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SCT
Softcat
2.1822 of 5 stars
GBX 1,532
-2.3%
GBX 1,744.83
+13.9%
-1.1%£3.05B£1.04B2,451.202,315Analyst Forecast
MIDW
Midwich Group
2.7356 of 5 stars
GBX 185
flat
GBX 350
+89.2%
-43.1%£190.12M£1.29B2,877.141,900Gap Up
NAR
Northamber
N/AGBX 30
flat
N/A-14.7%£8.13M£58.94M-544.46108
SGE
The Sage Group
2.8131 of 5 stars
GBX 1,104.50
-0.4%
GBX 3,500
+216.9%
+8.6%£10.55B£2.42B3,212.6211,326Dividend Increase
WISE
Wise
2.189 of 5 stars
GBX 1,005
+1.2%
GBX 1,325
+31.8%
+34.1%£10.15B£1.81B2,529.575,500
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£940.10M3,115.651,800High Trading Volume
SXS
Spectris
N/AGBX 4,086
flat
GBX 3,573.50
-12.5%
+60.6%£4.06B£1.35B7,093.757,266Positive News
DARK
Darktrace
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.69B£616.47M4,436.922,300
SOPH
Sophos Group plc (SOPH.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£2.99B£726.90M341.41520
CCC
Computacenter
1.2318 of 5 stars
GBX 2,798
+1.2%
GBX 2,775
-0.8%
+6.5%£2.93B£7.85B1,909.9020,022

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This page (LON:SCT) was last updated on 10/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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