Bath & Body Works (BBWI) Competitors

CDW (NASDAQ:CDW) and Bath & Body Works (NYSE:BBWI) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, valuation and risk.

Is CDW or BBWI a better dividend stock?

CDW pays an annual dividend of $2.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Bath & Body Works pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. CDW pays out 31.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bath & Body Works pays out 22.0% 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. Bath & Body Works is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CDW or BBWI?

CDW received 483 more outperform votes than Bath & Body Works when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.00% of users gave CDW an outperform vote while only 42.52% of users gave Bath & Body Works an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CDW	Outperform Votes 574 70.00%	Underperform Votes 246 30.00%
Bath & Body Works	Outperform Votes 91 42.52%	Underperform Votes 123 57.48%

Do analysts prefer CDW or BBWI?

CDW currently has a consensus target price of $224.88, indicating a potential upside of 48.20%. Bath & Body Works has a consensus target price of $43.69, indicating a potential upside of 52.17%. Given Bath & Body Works' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Bath & Body Works is more favorable than CDW.

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
Bath & Body Works	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78

Which has more volatility & risk, CDW or BBWI?

CDW has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bath & Body Works has a beta of 1.69, suggesting that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, CDW or BBWI?

CDW has higher revenue and earnings than Bath & Body Works. Bath & Body Works 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
CDW	$21.00B	0.96	$1.08B	$7.97	19.04
Bath & Body Works	$7.31B	0.84	$878M	$3.64	7.89

Is CDW or BBWI more profitable?

Bath & Body Works has a net margin of 12.43% compared to CDW's net margin of 5.13%. CDW's return on equity of 55.42% beat Bath & Body Works' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CDW	5.13%	55.42%	8.94%
Bath & Body Works	12.43%	-44.03%	14.45%

Does the media refer more to CDW or BBWI?

In the previous week, CDW had 7 more articles in the media than Bath & Body Works. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for CDW and 28 mentions for Bath & Body Works. CDW's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Bath & Body Works' score of 0.77 indicating that CDW is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CDW	23 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Bath & Body Works	9 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	6 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in CDW or BBWI?

93.2% of CDW shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.1% of Bath & Body Works shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of CDW shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Bath & Body Works 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.

Summary

CDW beats Bath & Body Works on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.