Softcat Shares Jump 13% as AI Demand Lifts Profit Forecast

2 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · May 22

Softcat shares surged as much as 13% on Friday after the British IT infrastructure reseller raised its profit forecast.
Demand for AI-enabled infrastructure boosted trading, giving the company a stronger growth outlook and driving the upgrade.
The move marks a sharp shift in investor sentiment, with Softcat increasingly seen as an AI beneficiary rather than an AI laggard.

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