Potential Softcat plc (LON:SCT) shareholders may wish to note that the CFO & Executive Director, Kathryn Mecklenburgh, recently bought UK£250k worth of stock, paying UK£14.59 for each share. We reckon that’s a good sign, especially since the purchase boosted their holding by 7,140%.
Notably, that recent purchase by Kathryn Mecklenburgh is the biggest insider purchase of Softcat shares that we’ve seen in the last year. That means that even when the share price was higher than UK£14.50 (the recent price), an insider wanted to purchase shares. While their view may have changed since the purchase was made, this does at least suggest they have had confidence in the company’s future. We always take careful note of the price insiders pay when purchasing shares. As a general rule, we feel more positive about a stock when an insider has bought shares at above current prices, because that suggests they viewed the stock as good value, even at a higher price. Kathryn Mecklenburgh was the only individual insider to buy during the last year.
The chart below shows insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last year. If you want to know exactly who sold, for how much, and when, simply click on the graph below!
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LSE:SCT Insider Trading Volume December 13th 2025
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I like to look at how many shares insiders own in a company, to help inform my view of how aligned they are with insiders. A high insider ownership often makes company leadership more mindful of shareholder interests. Softcat insiders own about UK£947m worth of shares (which is 33% of the company). Most shareholders would be happy to see this sort of insider ownership, since it suggests that management incentives are well aligned with other shareholders.
It’s certainly positive to see the recent insider purchase. And the longer term insider transactions also give us confidence. Along with the high insider ownership, this analysis suggests that insiders are quite bullish about Softcat. One for the watchlist, at least! In addition to knowing about insider transactions going on, it’s beneficial to identify the risks facing Softcat. You’d be interested to know, that we found 1 warning sign for Softcat and we suggest you have a look.
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For the purposes of this article, insiders are those individuals who report their transactions to the relevant regulatory body. We currently account for open market transactions and private dispositions of direct interests only, but not derivative transactions or indirect interests.
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