GAP (GAP) Competitors

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

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 analysts recommend CDW or GAP?

CDW presently has a consensus price target of $235.50, indicating a potential upside of 38.69%. GAP has a consensus price target of $29.25, indicating a potential upside of 36.91%. Given CDW's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly 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)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.58

Does the media prefer CDW or GAP?

In the previous week, GAP had 15 more articles in the media than CDW. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for GAP and 21 mentions for CDW. CDW's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat GAP's score of 0.33 indicating that CDW is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CDW	15 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
GAP	12 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has stronger 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	1.07	$1.08B	$7.97	21.30
GAP	$15.09B	0.53	$502M	$2.21	9.67

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CDW or GAP?

CDW received 564 more outperform votes than GAP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.09% of users gave CDW an outperform vote while only 40.00% of users gave GAP an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CDW	Outperform Votes 574 70.09%	Underperform Votes 245 29.91%
GAP	Outperform Votes 10 40.00%	Underperform Votes 15 60.00%

Which has more volatility & risk, CDW or GAP?

CDW has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GAP has a beta of 2.38, meaning that its share price is 138% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CDW or GAP a better dividend stock?

CDW pays an annual dividend of $2.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. GAP pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. 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.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in CDW or GAP?

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

Summary

CDW beats GAP on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.