CDW vs. VIPS, GLW, HUBS, GFS, HPQ, ORAN, PINS, ANSS, WIT, and ON
Should you be buying CDW stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CDW include Vipshop (VIPS), Corning (GLW), HubSpot (HUBS), GLOBALFOUNDRIES (GFS), HP (HPQ), Orange (ORAN), Pinterest (PINS), ANSYS (ANSS), Wipro (WIT), and Onsemi (ON). 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 better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
Vipshop has a net margin of 7.20% compared to CDW's net margin of 5.16%. CDW's return on equity of 67.56% beat Vipshop's return on equity.
In the previous week, Vipshop had 2 more articles in the media than CDW. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Vipshop and 8 mentions for CDW. CDW's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Vipshop's score of 0.32 indicating that CDW is being referred to more favorably in the media.
CDW has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vipshop has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
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 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. Vipshop is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
CDW currently has a consensus price target of $247.50, suggesting a potential upside of 10.67%. Vipshop has a consensus price target of $21.13, suggesting a potential upside of 22.02%. Given Vipshop's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Vipshop is more favorable than CDW.
Summary
CDW beats Vipshop on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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