GAP (GAP) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals believe in GAP or CDW?

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

Does the media prefer GAP or CDW?

In the previous week, GAP had 12 more articles in the media than CDW. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for GAP and 11 mentions for CDW. CDW's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat GAP's score of 0.16 indicating that CDW is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
GAP	3 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
CDW	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GAP or CDW?

CDW received 566 more outperform votes than GAP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.09% of users gave CDW an outperform vote while only 42.11% of users gave GAP an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
GAP	Outperform Votes 8 42.11%	Underperform Votes 11 57.89%
CDW	Outperform Votes 574 70.09%	Underperform Votes 245 29.91%

Which has more risk & volatility, GAP or CDW?

GAP has a beta of 2.36, indicating that its stock price is 136% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CDW has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is GAP or CDW a better dividend stock?

GAP pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. CDW pays an annual dividend of $2.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. GAP pays out 27.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CDW pays out 31.4% 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.

Do analysts recommend GAP or CDW?

GAP currently has a consensus price target of $29.27, indicating a potential upside of 30.97%. CDW has a consensus price target of $242.67, indicating a potential upside of 27.04%. Given GAP's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe GAP is more favorable than CDW.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GAP	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.64
CDW	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56

Which has higher earnings & valuation, GAP or CDW?

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
GAP	$14.89B	0.57	$502M	$2.16	10.35
CDW	$21.00B	1.21	$1.08B	$7.97	23.97

Is GAP or CDW 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
GAP	5.40%	29.03%	7.26%
CDW	5.13%	55.42%	8.94%

Summary

CDW beats GAP on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.