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 compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Which has preferable 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	$152.77B	0.44	$3.40B	$3.16	13.42
CDW	$21.00B	1.18	$1.08B	$7.97	23.40

Does the media favor JD or CDW?

In the previous week, JD.com had 8 more articles in the media than CDW. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for JD.com and 12 mentions for CDW. JD.com's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat CDW's score of 1.10 indicating that JD.com is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
JD.com	14 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CDW	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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 1.7%. 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 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.

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 $41.36, suggesting a potential downside of 2.51%. CDW has a consensus price target of $242.67, suggesting a potential upside of 30.12%. 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)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56

Does the MarketBeat Community favor JD or CDW?

JD.com received 455 more outperform votes than CDW when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.09% of users gave CDW an outperform vote while only 67.25% of users gave JD.com an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
JD.com	Outperform Votes 1029 67.25%	Underperform Votes 501 32.75%
CDW	Outperform Votes 574 70.09%	Underperform Votes 245 29.91%

Do insiders and 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 stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, JD or CDW?

JD.com has a beta of 0.4, meaning that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CDW has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

JD.com beats CDW on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.