If you’d invested in: Softcat and Drax Group

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Softcat (LSE: SCT) provides IT infrastructure services to companies and the public sector. Its shares spiked in October as it announced that sales were up by 24% to £832.5m in its first full year as a listed company.

The results were boosted by growth in public-sector IT contracts, which now represent 31% of its total income. It also reported strong growth in its security business, as firms strengthen their cyber defences and prepare for new data protection regulations.

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Drax Group (LSE: DRX) generates and supplies electricity. In July, Drax, which owns the UK's largest power station, reported a pre-tax loss of £83m in the first half (compared with a profit of £184m during the same period a year ago) as the value of coal assets fell. Drax is trying to diversify its business, following news that the UK's last coal-power stations must close by 2025 to meet climate-change commitments.

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