VIPS vs. CDW, APPF, MNDY, U, INFA, GNRC, WCC, GTLB, FN, and MKSI
Should you be buying Vipshop stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vipshop include CDW (CDW), AppFolio (APPF), monday.com (MNDY), Unity Software (U), Informatica (INFA), Generac (GNRC), WESCO International (WCC), GitLab (GTLB), Fabrinet (FN), and MKS Instruments (MKSI). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
CDW (NASDAQ:CDW) and Vipshop (NYSE:VIPS) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, earnings and risk.
In the previous week, Vipshop had 1 more articles in the media than CDW. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Vipshop and 8 mentions for CDW. Vipshop's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat CDW's score of 0.32 indicating that CDW is being referred to more favorably in the media.
CDW has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vipshop has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.
CDW pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Vipshop pays an annual dividend of $0.41 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. CDW pays out 31.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Vipshop pays out 20.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. CDW has raised its dividend for 9 consecutive years. Vipshop is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Vipshop has lower revenue, but higher earnings than CDW. Vipshop is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CDW, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
93.2% of CDW shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.8% of Vipshop shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of CDW shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 29.5% of Vipshop shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Vipshop received 46 more outperform votes than CDW when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.54% of users gave CDW an outperform vote while only 67.92% of users gave Vipshop an outperform vote.
CDW currently has a consensus target price of $247.50, suggesting a potential upside of 8.85%. Vipshop has a consensus target price of $21.13, suggesting a potential upside of 24.90%. Given CDW's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Vipshop is more favorable than CDW.
Vipshop has a net margin of 7.20% compared to Vipshop's net margin of 5.16%. Vipshop's return on equity of 67.56% beat CDW's return on equity.
Summary
CDW beats Vipshop on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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