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SCTShares · London Stock Exchange

Softcat

Paid for 10 yrs
0.6%
dividend yield · 9.9p in the last 12 months · price 1562p
Forward yield
2.0%
31.5p declared + forecast, next 12 months
Next ex-dividend date
12 Nov 2026
✓ Declared
5-year dividend growth
+3.9%
a year, compound · 10y –
Payments a year
1
paid every year for 10 yrs

When it goes ex-dividend

Filled: went ex in the last 12 months. Dashed: expected in the next 12.

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Dividends per share by year

Price 1562p
0p20p40p60p20162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Yearly totals as a table
YearDividends per share
2026 (so far)9.9p
202529.3p
20248.5p
202337.6p
202236.5p
202141.3p
202024.2p
201930.9p
201827.2p
20172.9p
20161.7p

Coming up

  • 12
    Nov
    Final dividend
    Ex-dividend in 3 days · paid 21 Dec
    Proposed
    21.6p
  • 8
    Apr
    Dividend
    Ex-dividend in 150 days · paid around 8 May
    Forecast · high
    9.9p

Forecasts repeat last year's payments with recent growth, until the company declares. How accurate are they?

Announcements

  • Preliminary Results
    14 Oct 2026 · proposed final 21.6p · ex 12 Nov · paid 21 Dec
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  • Half-year Report
    18 Mar 2026 · declared interim 9.9p · ex 9 Apr · paid 20 May
    Read ↗
  • Preliminary Results
    22 Oct 2025 · proposed special 16.1p · paid 16 Dec
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  • Preliminary Results
    22 Oct 2025 · proposed final 20.4p · ex 6 Nov · paid 16 Dec
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Dividend history

20 payments since 2016
Ex-dividend dateAmount per share
9 Apr 2026 · announced9.9p
6 Nov 2025 · announced20.4p
10 Apr 20258.9p
7 Nov 202439p
11 Apr 20248.5p
9 Nov 202329.6p
13 Apr 20238p
10 Nov 202229.2p
7 Apr 20227.3p
11 Nov 202134.9p
1 Apr 20216.4p
5 Nov 202024.2p
All 20 payments
7 Nov 201926.4p
4 Apr 20194.5p
1 Nov 201823.9p
29 Mar 20183.3p
2 Nov 201719.6p
30 Mar 20172.9p
17 Nov 201617.8p
31 Mar 20161.7p

Amounts are adjusted for share splits and consolidations. p = pence per share. Specials count in the history but not in yields or streaks.