Murphy USA (MUSA) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer MUSA or CDW?

Murphy USA presently has a consensus target price of $525.67, suggesting a potential upside of 17.60%. CDW has a consensus target price of $235.50, suggesting a potential upside of 38.28%. Given CDW's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe CDW is more favorable than Murphy USA.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Murphy USA	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
CDW	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is MUSA or CDW more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Murphy USA	2.48%	61.60%	11.37%
CDW	5.13%	55.42%	8.94%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of MUSA or CDW?

80.8% of Murphy USA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.2% of CDW shares are held by institutional investors. 9.0% of Murphy USA shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of CDW shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is MUSA or CDW a better dividend stock?

Murphy USA pays an annual dividend of $1.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. CDW pays an annual dividend of $2.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Murphy USA pays out 8.1% 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MUSA or CDW?

CDW received 197 more outperform votes than Murphy USA when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.09% of users gave CDW an outperform vote while only 65.57% of users gave Murphy USA an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Murphy USA	Outperform Votes 377 65.57%	Underperform Votes 198 34.43%
CDW	Outperform Votes 574 70.09%	Underperform Votes 245 29.91%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, MUSA or CDW?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Murphy USA	$20.24B	0.44	$502.50M	$24.20	18.47
CDW	$21.00B	1.07	$1.08B	$7.97	21.37

Does the media favor MUSA or CDW?

In the previous week, CDW had 8 more articles in the media than Murphy USA. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for CDW and 13 mentions for Murphy USA. CDW's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Murphy USA's score of 1.15 indicating that CDW is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Murphy USA	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CDW	15 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, MUSA or CDW?

Murphy USA has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CDW has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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