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Softcat (LSE:SCT) Dividend Yield % : 1.73% (As of Dec. 12, 2024)


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What is Softcat Dividend Yield %?

As of today (2024-12-12), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Softcat is 1.73%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Softcat's Dividend Yield % or its related term are showing as below:

LSE:SCT' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.38   Med: 1.25   Max: 2
Current: 1.73

During the past 12 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Softcat was 2.00%. The lowest was 0.38%. And the median was 1.25%.

LSE:SCT's Dividend Yield % is ranked worse than
56.76% of 1353 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 2.05 vs LSE:SCT: 1.73

Softcat's Dividend Payout Ratio for the six months ended in Jul. 2024 was 0.25.

During the past 12 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Softcat was 0.48. The lowest was 0.09. And the median was 0.39.

As of today (2024-12-12), the Forward Dividend Yield % of Softcat is 1.73%.

Softcat's Dividends per Share for the six months ended in Jul. 2024 was £0.09.

During the past 12 months, Softcat's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 3.70% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 3.50% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 18.00% per year.

During the past 12 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Softcat was 98.50% per year. The lowest was 3.50% per year. And the median was 25.45% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

For more information regarding to dividend, please check our Dividend Page.

* Please note that "special dividend" is not included in the calculation of dividend per share and related fields.


Softcat Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Softcat's Dividend Yield % 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 Dividend Yield % Chart

Softcat Annual Data
Trend Jul15 Jul16 Jul17 Jul18 Jul19 Jul20 Jul21 Jul22 Jul23 Jul24
Dividend Yield %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.82 1.19 1.56 1.64 1.57

Softcat Semi-Annual Data
Jan15 Jul15 Jan16 Jul16 Jan17 Jul17 Jan18 Jul18 Jan19 Jul19 Jan20 Jul20 Jan21 Jul21 Jan22 Jul22 Jan23 Jul23 Jan24 Jul24
Dividend Yield % 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 1.56 1.98 1.64 1.73 1.57

Competitive Comparison of Softcat's Dividend Yield %

For the Electronics & Computer Distribution subindustry, Softcat's Dividend Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Dividend Yield % 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 Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Softcat's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Softcat's Dividend Yield % falls into.



Softcat Dividend Yield % Calculation

Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.

Softcat Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
GBP 0.1810002024-11-072024-11-082024-12-17Cash Dividendsemi-annuallyGBP:GBP 1.000000
GBP 0.0850002024-04-112024-04-122024-05-22Cash Dividendsemi-annuallyGBP:GBP 1.000000

* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.

Softcat's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.266/15.38
=1.73 %

Current Share Price is £15.38.
Softcat's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is £0.266.

Softcat's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.362/15.38
=2.35 %

Current Share Price is £15.38.
Softcat's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as £0.181 * 2 = £0.362.

* 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  (LSE:SCT) Dividend Yield % Explanation

Over the long term, the return from dividends has been a significant contributor to the total returns produced by equity securities. Studies by Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh, and Mike Staunton of Princeton University (2002) found that a market-oriented portfolio, which included reinvested dividends, would have generated nearly 85 times the wealth generated by the same portfolio relying solely on capital gains.

Dividends may also qualify a lower tax rate for investors.

In dividends investing, Payout Ratio and Dividend Growth Rate are the two most important variables for consideration. A lower payout ratio may indicate that the company has more room to increase its dividends.

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Softcat Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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.