Ollie's Bargain Outlet (OLLI) Competitors

CDW (NASDAQ:CDW) and Ollie's Bargain Outlet (NASDAQ:OLLI) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CDW or OLLI?

93.2% of CDW shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of CDW shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Ollie's Bargain Outlet shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor CDW or OLLI?

In the previous week, Ollie's Bargain Outlet had 26 more articles in the media than CDW. MarketBeat recorded 53 mentions for Ollie's Bargain Outlet and 27 mentions for CDW. CDW's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Ollie's Bargain Outlet's score of 0.69 indicating that CDW is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CDW	19 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ollie's Bargain Outlet	24 Very Positive mention(s)	20 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, CDW or OLLI?

CDW has higher revenue and earnings than Ollie's Bargain Outlet. CDW is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ollie's Bargain Outlet, 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
CDW	$21.00B	1.06	$1.08B	$7.97	21.07
Ollie's Bargain Outlet	$2.27B	2.89	$181.44M	$3.23	33.14

Do analysts prefer CDW or OLLI?

CDW presently has a consensus target price of $235.50, suggesting a potential upside of 40.27%. Ollie's Bargain Outlet has a consensus target price of $123.08, suggesting a potential upside of 14.98%. Given CDW's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe CDW is more favorable than Ollie's Bargain Outlet.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CDW	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Ollie's Bargain Outlet	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.69

Which has more risk and volatility, CDW or OLLI?

CDW has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ollie's Bargain Outlet has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CDW or OLLI more profitable?

Ollie's Bargain Outlet has a net margin of 9.22% compared to CDW's net margin of 5.13%. CDW's return on equity of 55.42% beat Ollie's Bargain Outlet's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CDW	5.13%	55.42%	8.94%
Ollie's Bargain Outlet	9.22%	13.15%	8.70%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CDW or OLLI?

CDW received 46 more outperform votes than Ollie's Bargain Outlet when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.09% of users gave CDW an outperform vote while only 64.31% of users gave Ollie's Bargain Outlet an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CDW	Outperform Votes 574 70.09%	Underperform Votes 245 29.91%
Ollie's Bargain Outlet	Outperform Votes 528 64.31%	Underperform Votes 293 35.69%

Summary

CDW beats Ollie's Bargain Outlet on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.