CDW (CDW) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, JD or CDW?

JD.com has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CDW has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor JD or CDW?

JD.com received 461 more outperform votes than CDW when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.00% of users gave CDW an outperform vote while only 67.30% of users gave JD.com an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
JD.com	Outperform Votes 1035 67.30%	Underperform Votes 503 32.70%
CDW	Outperform Votes 574 70.00%	Underperform Votes 246 30.00%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in JD or CDW?

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

Is JD or CDW a better dividend stock?

JD.com pays an annual dividend of $0.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. CDW pays an annual dividend of $2.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. JD.com pays out 26.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CDW pays out 31.4% 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.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, 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	$1.16T	0.05	$3.40B	$3.75	10.18
CDW	$21.00B	0.96	$1.08B	$7.97	19.04

Is JD or CDW more profitable?

CDW has a net margin of 5.13% compared to JD.com's net margin of 3.12%. CDW's return on equity of 55.42% 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	5.13%	55.42%	8.94%

Do analysts recommend JD or CDW?

JD.com presently has a consensus price target of $46.62, indicating a potential upside of 22.09%. CDW has a consensus price target of $224.88, indicating a potential upside of 48.20%. Given CDW's higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.93
CDW	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the media prefer JD or CDW?

In the previous week, CDW had 3 more articles in the media than JD.com. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for CDW and 29 mentions for JD.com. CDW's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat JD.com's score of 1.02 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	18 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CDW	22 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

CDW beats JD.com on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.