MUSA vs. CDW, SFM, BURL, CHWY, BJ, ACI, FND, GAP, BBWI, and VIPS
Should you be buying Murphy USA stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Murphy USA include CDW (CDW), Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM), Burlington Stores (BURL), Chewy (CHWY), BJ's Wholesale Club (BJ), Albertsons Companies (ACI), Floor & Decor (FND), GAP (GAP), Bath & Body Works (BBWI), and Vipshop (VIPS). These companies are all part of the "retail" industry.
Murphy USA vs.
CDW (NASDAQ:CDW) and Murphy USA (NYSE:MUSA) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.
CDW has higher revenue and earnings than Murphy USA. Murphy USA 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, CDW and CDW both had 11 articles in the media. CDW's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Murphy USA's score of 0.82 indicating that CDW is being referred to more favorably in the media.
CDW has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Murphy USA has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
CDW pays an annual dividend of $2.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Murphy USA pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. CDW pays out 31.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Murphy USA pays out 7.9% 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.
CDW has a net margin of 5.13% compared to Murphy USA's net margin of 2.48%. Murphy USA's return on equity of 61.60% beat CDW's return on equity.
93.2% of CDW shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.8% of Murphy USA shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of CDW shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.0% of Murphy USA shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
CDW currently has a consensus price target of $242.67, indicating a potential upside of 26.91%. Murphy USA has a consensus price target of $510.80, indicating a potential upside of 12.76%. Given CDW's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe CDW is more favorable than Murphy USA.
CDW received 200 more outperform votes than Murphy USA when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.09% of users gave CDW an outperform vote while only 65.50% of users gave Murphy USA an outperform vote.
Summary
CDW beats Murphy USA on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:MUSA) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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