SCT.L
Softcat plc

Technology · Electronics & Computer Distribution · valued as of 2026-11-03 · statements 2024-07-31

Average Intrinsic Value

2.62B USD

Market Cap

4.79B USD

Margin of Safety

-82.6%

Intrinsic / Market Ratio

0.55×

Projections, not exact values. Intrinsic Values are projected from each company's past reports. They show which stocks look cheap compared with the others, not exactly what a stock is worth.

How Each Value Is Built

The screener's three formulas on the reported figures. Each card reads the same way: the value as a sum of numbered terms, each term's calculation opened under it, from the reported figures to the value. The list ranks companies by their plain average over the market cap.

EPV + Growth

2.12B USD

what the normal year's earnings are worth for ever, plus growth that pays

Profit

2.79B USD

15 years of cash the shareholders can take out, and the equity left at year 15

FCFF

2.96B USD

15 years of cash for shareholders and lenders, less what is owed

Intrinsic Value

2.62B USD

the plain average of the three, uncapped, as the screener averages them

Intrinsic Value

2.62B USD

from the sum above

Market Cap

4.79B USD

the price on the date above times the shares

Intrinsic Value ÷ Market Cap

0.55×

the ratio the screener ranks by; Margin of Safety -82.6% (1 − Market Cap ÷ Intrinsic Value)

Each card below builds one of the three values from the reported years.

Earnings power value plus growth: 2.12B USD
What the normal year's operating profit after tax is worth if it lasts for ever, plus what the new investment adds beyond its cost, less the net debt that comes before the shareholders (or plus the net cash).
①EPV (earnings power value)1.76B USD
+②Net Cash Today233.02M USD
+③Growth Value120.87M USD
=Value2.12B USD

EPV of the Operations (NOPAT over WACC)

1.76B USD

Net cash today

+233.02M USD

Growth Value

+120.87M USD

Value

2.12B USD

①EPV (earnings power value)

1.76B USD

②Net Cash Today

233.02M USD

③Growth Value

120.87M USD

Market value

Market Cap4.79B USD

The price on the date above times the shares.

Value vs market

Margin of Safety-126.3%

1 minus the market cap as a share of the value.

Profit value: today's value of the shareholders' equity, from the cash it can pay them (FCFE): 2.79B USD
Fifteen years of free cash flow to equity (FCFE), each brought to today at the cost of equity, plus the equity at year 15 brought to today.
①Present Value of the 15 Years of FCFE2.17B USD
+②Equity at Year 15, Today618.12M USD
=Value2.79B USD
FCFE: the net income left for the shareholders once the business keeps what next year's growth needsEquity reinvestment: the part of the year's net income kept in the business to grow the next year; below zero, capital the business releases to the shareholdersPresent value of the FCFEColoured bars show the FCFE, grey bars the equity reinvestment. With a positive equity reinvestment the two stacked are the year's normalized income; with a negative one the grey is below zero, capital the business releases, and the normalized income is the FCFE plus that negative amount. Shaded, years 6 to 10: the growth falling to its long-run rate and the ROE on new investment falling to the cost of equity. Axes linear.

①Present Value of the 15 Years of FCFE

2.17B USD

②Equity at Year 15, Today

618.12M USD

Market value

Market Cap4.79B USD

The price on the date above times the shares.

Value vs market

Margin of Safety-71.5%

1 minus the market cap as a share of the value.

FCFF value: today's value of the shareholders' equity, from the cash the firm can pay its shareholders and lenders (FCFF): 2.96B USD
Fifteen years of free cash flow to the firm (FCFF), each brought to today at the WACC, plus the invested capital at year 15 brought to today, less the net debt today (or plus the net cash).
①Present Value of the 15 Years of FCFF2.29B USD
+②Invested Capital at Year 15, Today432.25M USD
+③Net Cash Today233.02M USD
=Value2.96B USD
FCFF: the NOPAT left for the shareholders and the lenders once the business reinvests what next year's growth needsReinvestment: the part of the year's NOPAT put back into the business to grow the next year; below zero, capital the business releasesPresent value of the FCFFColoured bars show the FCFF, grey bars the reinvestment. With a positive reinvestment the two stacked are the year's NOPAT; with a negative one the grey is below zero, capital the business releases, and the NOPAT is the FCFF plus that negative amount. Shaded, years 6 to 10: the growth falling to its long-run rate and the ROIC on new investment falling to the WACC. Axes linear.

①Present Value of the 15 Years of FCFF

2.29B USD

②Invested Capital at Year 15, Today

432.25M USD

③Net Cash Today

233.02M USD

Market value

Market Cap4.79B USD

The price on the date above times the shares.

Value vs market

Margin of Safety-61.8%

1 minus the market cap as a share of the value.

The Rates and the Capital the Values Read

The WACC and the cost of equity each value is discounted at, the book value and the net debt each starts from, and the seven quality metrics, from the same run.

WACC: 8.05%
Cost of Equity =Risk-Free Rate 4.50%+Beta 0.60×Market Risk Premium 6.00%= 8.13%

The yearly return the shareholders require for the risk they carry; it is the rate that brings their future cash to today.

Tax Rate for WACC =Tax Provision 51.86M USDPretax Income 204.82M USD= 25.32%

The tax the interest saves.

Interest Expense =EBIT 205.39M USD−Pretax Income 204.82M USD= 569.25K USD

The interest the company paid: EBIT is the profit before tax plus the interest.

Cost of Debt =Interest Expense 569.25K USDTotal Debt 51.69M USD×(1 − Tax Rate for WACC 25.32%)= 0.82%

What the lenders are paid a year after the tax the interest saves.

Debt Weight =Total Debt 51.69M USDMarket Cap + Total Debt 4.79B USD + 51.69M USD= 1.07%

The part of the capital the lenders put in, at market value.

WACC =Equity Weight 98.93%×Cost of Equity 8.13%+Debt Weight 1.07%×Cost of Debt 0.82%= 8.05%

Weighted average cost of capital: the yearly return the shareholders and the lenders together require, weighted by what each puts in; the rate that brings the firm's future cash to today.

Book value and net debt today
Both from the balance sheet of the newest quarter, 2026-01-31.

Total Assets 1.67B USD − Total Liabilities 1.27B USD = Book Value Today 395.38M USD

Total Debt 51.69M USD − Cash and Short-Term Investments 284.71M USD = Net Debt Today -233.02M USD

The book value is what Profit starts from and what stands when a projection is not made; the book value plus the net debt is what FCFF starts from; the net debt comes off Greenwald's and FCFF's values before the shareholders.

Quality metrics
Read beside the value, never a condition for it: every company is valued, and a filter in the list is the reader's choice.
MetricFrom
Share dilutionShares Today ÷ Shares Two Years Back − 1-0.7%at most 5%passes197,890,235 / 199,354,076
Accrual quality(Operating Cash Flow − Net Income) ÷ Total Assets-0.3%at least -10.0%passes(148.55M USD − 152.97M USD) ÷ 1.67B USD
Price to bookMarket Cap ÷ Book Value Today12.11×at most 3×does not pass4.79B USD ÷ 395.38M USD
Operating marginOperating Income ÷ Revenue16.0%above 10.0%passes197.97M USD ÷ 1.24B USD
Revenue growthRevenue ÷ Revenue a Year Before − 1-2.4%above 10.0%does not pass1.24B USD / 1.27B USD
Net cash(Cash − Total Debt) ÷ Market Cap4.9%above -30%passes(284.71M USD − 51.69M USD) ÷ 4.79B USD
Operating efficiencyOperating Income ÷ Gross Profit36.9%above 25.0%passes197.97M USD ÷ 536.80M USD

Market Data

The provider's ratios and the analysts' consensus beside the argument; none of them enters a value.

Share price

1664.66 GBp

Enterprise value

3.11B GBP

the provider's own figure

EV / EBITDA

13.91×

Price / book

8.99×

the provider's book

Price / earnings

22.17×

Return on equity

42.8%

the provider's figure, not this page's

Profit margin

7.6%

Revenue growth

24.6%

Analyst target, mean

2130.98 GBp

Analysts

13

opinions in the consensus

Financial Statements

The annual lines the screener holds, year by year, in USD at each period's rate; the figures this valuation read are in its calculation above.

USD20212022202320242026
Income statement

Revenue

—1.31B1.27B1.24B—

Gross profit

—398.73M481.01M536.80M—

Operating income

—165.90M181.29M197.97M—

EBITDA

operating income before depreciation and amortisation

—171.72M190.67M213.91M—

Pretax income

—165.90M182.53M204.82M—

Net income

—134.54M144.15M152.97M—

Normalized income

net income without one-off items, as the data provider prints it; Profit's line when printed

—134.54M144.15M152.97M—

R&D

—————
Balance sheet, year end

Total assets

695.22M818.94M833.41M1.00B—

Total liabilities

444.81M561.71M509.88M620.28M—

Shareholders' equity

the equity the parent's shareholders own, as printed, without minority interest; the book value the values read is total assets less total liabilities, in Book Value and Net Debt above

250.41M257.24M323.53M382.97M—

Total debt

11.60M8.12M12.56M13.31M—

Cash and equivalents

142.19M118.59M157.77M203.61M—

Net PP&E

fixed assets after depreciation

26.25M21.24M27.43M25.57M—

Working capital

current assets less current liabilities

225.54M232.44M295.98M361.36M—
Cash flow

Operating cash flow

127.55M101.93M134.85M148.55M—

Capital expenditure

paid out, so below zero

-9.04M-6.37M-4.18M-9.16M—

Depreciation and amortisation

6.84M5.51M7.87M8.51M—

Free cash flow

operating cash flow plus capital expenditure

118.52M95.56M130.67M139.39M—