CDW (CDW) Competitors

JD.com (NASDAQ:JD) and CDW (NASDAQ:CDW) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, community ranking and profitability.

Do analysts recommend JD or CDW?

JD.com currently has a consensus price target of $41.36, indicating a potential upside of 7.46%. CDW has a consensus price target of $239.33, indicating a potential upside of 24.93%. Given CDW's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe CDW is more favorable than JD.com.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
JD.com	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.85
CDW	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer JD or CDW?

JD.com received 451 more outperform votes than CDW when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.26% of users gave CDW an outperform vote while only 67.17% of users gave JD.com an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
JD.com	Outperform Votes 1025 67.17%	Underperform Votes 501 32.83%
CDW	Outperform Votes 574 70.26%	Underperform Votes 243 29.74%

Which has more volatility and risk, JD or CDW?

JD.com has a beta of 0.39, meaning that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CDW has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer JD or CDW?

In the previous week, JD.com had 6 more articles in the media than CDW. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for JD.com and 16 mentions for CDW. CDW's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat JD.com's score of 0.75 indicating that CDW is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
JD.com	9 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CDW	12 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is JD or CDW more profitable?

CDW has a net margin of 5.33% compared to JD.com's net margin of 3.12%. CDW's return on equity of 58.31% beat JD.com's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JD.com	3.12%	14.53%	6.71%
CDW	5.33%	58.31%	9.31%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, JD or CDW?

JD.com has higher revenue and earnings than CDW. JD.com is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CDW, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
JD.com	$1.12T	0.05	$3.40B	$3.16	12.18
CDW	$21.38B	1.19	$1.10B	$8.18	23.42

Is JD or CDW a better dividend stock?

JD.com pays an annual dividend of $0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. CDW pays an annual dividend of $2.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. JD.com pays out 23.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CDW pays out 30.6% 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. JD.com is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of JD or CDW?

16.0% of JD.com shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.2% of CDW shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.6% of JD.com shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of CDW shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

CDW beats JD.com on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.