BBWI vs. CDW, SFM, BURL, CHWY, BJ, ACI, FND, MUSA, GAP, and VIPS
Should you be buying Bath & Body Works stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bath & Body Works include CDW (CDW), Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM), Burlington Stores (BURL), Chewy (CHWY), BJ's Wholesale Club (BJ), Albertsons Companies (ACI), Floor & Decor (FND), Murphy USA (MUSA), GAP (GAP), and Vipshop (VIPS). These companies are all part of the "retail" industry.
Bath & Body Works vs.
CDW (NASDAQ:CDW) and Bath & Body Works (NYSE:BBWI) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, earnings and dividends.
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.
CDW pays an annual dividend of $2.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Bath & Body Works pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. CDW pays out 31.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bath & Body Works pays out 19.5% 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.
CDW received 492 more outperform votes than Bath & Body Works when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.09% of users gave CDW an outperform vote while only 40.59% of users gave Bath & Body Works an outperform vote.
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.
In the previous week, Bath & Body Works had 12 more articles in the media than CDW. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Bath & Body Works and 10 mentions for CDW. CDW's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Bath & Body Works' score of 0.55 indicating that CDW is being referred to more favorably in the media.
CDW has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bath & Body Works has a beta of 1.83, indicating that its stock price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500.
CDW currently has a consensus target price of $242.67, indicating a potential upside of 25.86%. Bath & Body Works has a consensus target price of $43.63, indicating a potential upside of 8.17%. Given CDW's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe CDW is more favorable than Bath & Body Works.
93.2% of CDW shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.1% of Bath & Body Works shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of CDW shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Bath & Body Works shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
CDW beats Bath & Body Works on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BBWI) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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