Vipshop (VIPS) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, CDW or VIPS?

CDW has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vipshop has a beta of 0.31, meaning that its share price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer CDW or VIPS?

CDW currently has a consensus price target of $239.33, suggesting a potential upside of 27.14%. Vipshop has a consensus price target of $17.50, suggesting a potential upside of 30.05%. Given Vipshop's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Vipshop is more favorable than CDW.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CDW	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56
Vipshop	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29

Do insiders and institutionals believe in CDW or VIPS?

93.2% of CDW shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.8% of Vipshop shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of CDW shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 29.5% of Vipshop 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 CDW or VIPS a better dividend stock?

CDW pays an annual dividend of $2.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Vipshop pays an annual dividend of $0.41 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. CDW pays out 30.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Vipshop pays out 19.6% 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. Vipshop is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media prefer CDW or VIPS?

In the previous week, CDW had 9 more articles in the media than Vipshop. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for CDW and 2 mentions for Vipshop. Vipshop's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat CDW's score of 0.66 indicating that Vipshop is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CDW	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Vipshop	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better valuation and earnings, CDW or VIPS?

Vipshop has lower revenue, but higher earnings than CDW. Vipshop 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	$21.38B	1.17	$1.10B	$8.18	23.01
Vipshop	$15.90B	0.43	$1.14B	$2.09	6.44

Is CDW or VIPS more profitable?

Vipshop has a net margin of 7.50% compared to CDW's net margin of 5.33%. CDW's return on equity of 58.31% beat Vipshop's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CDW	5.33%	58.31%	9.31%
Vipshop	7.50%	20.89%	11.66%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CDW or VIPS?

Vipshop received 47 more outperform votes than CDW when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.26% of users gave CDW an outperform vote while only 67.43% of users gave Vipshop an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CDW	Outperform Votes 574 70.26%	Underperform Votes 243 29.74%
Vipshop	Outperform Votes 621 67.43%	Underperform Votes 300 32.57%

Summary

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