PC Connection (CNXN) Competitors

Arrow Electronics (NYSE:ARW) and PC Connection (NASDAQ:CNXN) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Which has better earnings and valuation, ARW or CNXN?

Arrow Electronics has higher revenue and earnings than PC Connection. Arrow Electronics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PC Connection, 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
Arrow Electronics	$27.92B	0.20	$392.07M	$7.28	14.51
PC Connection	$2.80B	0.59	$87.10M	$3.29	19.24

Is ARW or CNXN more profitable?

PC Connection has a net margin of 3.11% compared to Arrow Electronics' net margin of 1.40%. PC Connection's return on equity of 9.74% beat Arrow Electronics' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Arrow Electronics	1.40%	9.69%	2.73%
PC Connection	3.11%	9.74%	6.85%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of ARW or CNXN?

99.3% of Arrow Electronics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.8% of PC Connection shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Arrow Electronics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 56.9% of PC Connection shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer ARW or CNXN?

Arrow Electronics presently has a consensus target price of $121.25, suggesting a potential upside of 14.79%. Given Arrow Electronics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Arrow Electronics is more favorable than PC Connection.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Arrow Electronics	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.80
PC Connection	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ARW or CNXN?

Arrow Electronics received 126 more outperform votes than PC Connection when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.15% of users gave Arrow Electronics an outperform vote while only 63.20% of users gave PC Connection an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Arrow Electronics	Outperform Votes 430 68.15%	Underperform Votes 201 31.85%
PC Connection	Outperform Votes 304 63.20%	Underperform Votes 177 36.80%

Does the media refer more to ARW or CNXN?

In the previous week, Arrow Electronics had 9 more articles in the media than PC Connection. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Arrow Electronics and 4 mentions for PC Connection. PC Connection's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Arrow Electronics' score of 1.24 indicating that PC Connection is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Arrow Electronics	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
PC Connection	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, ARW or CNXN?

Arrow Electronics has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PC Connection has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Arrow Electronics beats PC Connection on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.