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Softcat (CHIX:SCTL) EV-to-EBITDA : 18.33 (As of Jul. 08, 2025)


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What is Softcat EV-to-EBITDA?

EV-to-EBITDA is calculated as enterprise value divided by its EBITDA. As of today, Softcat's enterprise value is £3,229 Mil. Softcat's EBITDA for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2025 was £176 Mil. Therefore, Softcat's EV-to-EBITDA for today is 18.33.

The historical rank and industry rank for Softcat's EV-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

CHIX:SCTl' s EV-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 11.38   Med: 19.68   Max: 39
Current: 18.32

During the past 12 years, the highest EV-to-EBITDA of Softcat was 39.00. The lowest was 11.38. And the median was 19.68.

CHIX:SCTl's EV-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
62.28% of 1840 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 12.365 vs CHIX:SCTl: 18.32

EV-to-EBITDA is a valuation multiple used in finance and investment to measure the value of a company. This important multiple is often used in conjunction with, or as an alternative to, the PE Ratio to determine the fair market value of a company.

As of today (2025-07-08), Softcat's stock price is £16.67. Softcat's Earnings per Share (Diluted) for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2025 was £0.625. Therefore, Softcat's PE Ratio (TTM) for today is 26.67.

The "classic" EV-to-EBITDA is much better in capturing debt and net cash than the PE Ratio (TTM).


Softcat EV-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Softcat's EV-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Softcat EV-to-EBITDA Chart

Softcat Annual Data
Trend Jul15 Jul16 Jul17 Jul18 Jul19 Jul20 Jul21 Jul22 Jul23 Jul24
EV-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 24.97 30.19 19.09 19.38 18.57

Softcat Semi-Annual Data
Jul15 Jan16 Jul16 Jan17 Jul17 Jan18 Jul18 Jan19 Jul19 Jan20 Jul20 Jan21 Jul21 Jan22 Jul22 Jan23 Jul23 Jan24 Jul24 Jan25
EV-to-EBITDA Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - 19.38 - 18.57 -

Competitive Comparison of Softcat's EV-to-EBITDA

For the Electronics & Computer Distribution subindustry, Softcat's EV-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and EV-to-EBITDA data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Softcat's EV-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Softcat's EV-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Softcat's EV-to-EBITDA falls into.


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Softcat EV-to-EBITDA Calculation

Softcat's EV-to-EBITDA for today is calculated as:

EV-to-EBITDA=Enterprise Value (Today)/EBITDA (TTM)
=3229.103/176.212
=18.33

Softcat's current Enterprise Value is £3,229 Mil.
For company reported semi-annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. Softcat's EBITDA for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2025 was £176 Mil.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Softcat  (CHIX:SCTl) EV-to-EBITDA Explanation

EV-to-EBITDA is a valuation multiple used in finance and investment to measure the value of a company. This important multiple is often used in conjunction with, or as an alternative to, the PE Ratio (TTM) to determine the fair market value of a company.

Softcat's PE Ratio (TTM) for today is calculated as:

PE Ratio (TTM)=Share Price (Today)/Earnings per Share (Diluted) (TTM)
=16.67/0.625
=26.67

Softcat's share price for today is £16.67.
For company reported semi-annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. Softcat's Earnings per Share (Diluted) for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2025 was £0.625.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Study has found that the companies with the lowest EV-to-EBITDA outperforms companies measured as cheap by other ratios such as PE Ratio (TTM).

Please read Which price ratio outperforms the enterprise multiple?


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Softcat Business Description

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Address
Fieldhouse Lane, Solar House, Marlow, Buckinghamshire, GBR, SL7 1LW
Softcat PLC is a information technology infrastructure and service provider. It offers software licensing, workplace technology, networking and security, and cloud and data center solutions to the corporates, public sector organizations and small to medium-sized business segment, of which small to medium-sized business segment is the business provider to the company. The entity earns revenue from offering products like software, hardware, and services, as well as the sale of the company's own services, of which majority of the revenue is derived from offering software products.