GAP (GAP) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer CDW or GAP?

CDW currently has a consensus price target of $224.88, indicating a potential upside of 48.20%. GAP has a consensus price target of $28.31, indicating a potential upside of 46.22%. Given CDW's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe CDW is more favorable than GAP.

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
GAP	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.62

Does the media refer more to CDW or GAP?

In the previous week, CDW had 7 more articles in the media than GAP. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for CDW and 25 mentions for GAP. CDW's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat GAP's score of 0.41 indicating that CDW is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CDW	22 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
GAP	2 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has better earnings & valuation, CDW or GAP?

CDW has higher revenue and earnings than GAP. GAP 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
GAP	$15.09B	0.48	$502M	$2.21	8.76

Is CDW or GAP more profitable?

GAP has a net margin of 5.40% compared to CDW's net margin of 5.13%. CDW's return on equity of 55.42% beat GAP's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CDW	5.13%	55.42%	8.94%
GAP	5.40%	29.03%	7.26%

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

93.2% of CDW shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.8% of GAP shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of CDW shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 31.0% of GAP shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is CDW or GAP a better dividend stock?

CDW pays an annual dividend of $2.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. GAP pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. CDW pays out 31.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. GAP pays out 29.9% 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. GAP is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility & risk, CDW or GAP?

CDW has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GAP has a beta of 2.15, indicating that its share price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CDW or GAP?

CDW received 562 more outperform votes than GAP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.00% of users gave CDW an outperform vote while only 44.44% of users gave GAP an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CDW	Outperform Votes 574 70.00%	Underperform Votes 246 30.00%
GAP	Outperform Votes 12 44.44%	Underperform Votes 15 55.56%

Summary

CDW beats GAP on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.