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Softcat (SCT) Competitors

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GBX 1,603 +15.00 (+0.94%)
As of 09/12/2025 12:11 PM Eastern

SCT vs. MIDW, NAR, WISE, SGE, 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), Wise (WISE), The Sage Group (SGE), 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

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

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

Softcat has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Midwich Group£1.32B0.14£22.18M£0.151,179.18
Softcat£1.04B3.07£118.54M£0.632,564.80

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
Midwich Group1.70% 12.88% 3.70%
Softcat 12.37%43.79%13.64%

Midwich Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Softcat pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Midwich Group pays out 108.7% 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 pays out 42.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Midwich Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 350, indicating a potential upside of 95.53%. Softcat has a consensus target price of GBX 1,813.80, indicating a potential upside of 13.15%. Given Midwich Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Midwich Group is more favorable than Softcat.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Midwich Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Softcat
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60

In the previous week, Softcat had 7 more articles in the media than Midwich Group. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Softcat and 3 mentions for Midwich Group. Softcat's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Midwich Group's score of 0.58 indicating that Softcat is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Midwich Group
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Softcat
4 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

31.0% of Midwich Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.5% of Softcat shares are held by institutional investors. 20.4% of Midwich Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Softcat shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Softcat beats Midwich Group on 13 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£3.20B£1.13B£31.15B£2.59B
Dividend Yield1.67%3.93%3.17%5.30%
P/E Ratio2,564.80765.74439.725,410.94
Price / Sales3.07111.821,755.7196,691.90
Price / Cash25.0816.4136.9427.93
Price / Book10.744.037.247.77
Net Income£118.54M£46.47M£808.32M£5.89B
7 Day Performance0.75%-3.45%3.60%6.51%
1 Month Performance2.30%-0.90%4.17%55.94%
1 Year Performance7.51%-0.01%24,081.71%147.85%

Softcat Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SCT
Softcat
2.1477 of 5 stars
GBX 1,603
+0.9%
GBX 1,813.80
+13.2%
+7.7%£3.20B£1.04B2,564.802,315News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
MIDW
Midwich Group
2.698 of 5 stars
GBX 219
-1.8%
GBX 350
+59.8%
N/A£225.06M£1.32B1,442.691,900Earnings Report
NAR
Northamber
N/AGBX 31
flat
N/A-12.5%£8.41M£58.94M-562.61108News Coverage
WISE
Wise
1.7073 of 5 stars
GBX 1,088
+1.7%
GBX 1,325
+21.8%
+76.9%£10.99B£1.81B2,738.485,500Trending News
High Trading Volume
SGE
The Sage Group
2.8586 of 5 stars
GBX 1,068
-1.7%
GBX 3,500
+227.7%
+3.4%£10.20B£2.42B3,106.4611,326News Coverage
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
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
1.2003 of 5 stars
GBX 4,054
+0.2%
GBX 3,000
-26.0%
+45.8%£4.02B£1.35B1,754.227,266
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
2.1959 of 5 stars
GBX 2,272
-1.9%
GBX 2,824
+24.3%
-6.5%£2.38B£6.96B1,485.9420,022News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up

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This page (LON:SCT) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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