NSIT vs. CNXN, W, ANF, AN, DDS, BECN, LAD, SFM, MNSO, and GLBE
Should you be buying Insight Enterprises stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Insight Enterprises include PC Connection (CNXN), Wayfair (W), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), AutoNation (AN), Dillard's (DDS), Beacon Roofing Supply (BECN), Lithia Motors (LAD), Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM), MINISO Group (MNSO), and Global-E Online (GLBE). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
PC Connection (NASDAQ:CNXN) and Insight Enterprises (NASDAQ:NSIT) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and analyst recommendations.
Insight Enterprises has a net margin of 3.23% compared to Insight Enterprises' net margin of 2.98%. PC Connection's return on equity of 21.34% beat Insight Enterprises' return on equity.
PC Connection received 55 more outperform votes than Insight Enterprises when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.95% of users gave PC Connection an outperform vote while only 56.61% of users gave Insight Enterprises an outperform vote.
Insight Enterprises has higher revenue and earnings than PC Connection. PC Connection is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Insight Enterprises, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Insight Enterprises had 18 more articles in the media than PC Connection. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Insight Enterprises and 7 mentions for PC Connection. Insight Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat PC Connection's score of 0.73 indicating that PC Connection is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Insight Enterprises has a consensus target price of $204.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.58%. Given PC Connection's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Insight Enterprises is more favorable than PC Connection.
42.9% of PC Connection shares are held by institutional investors. 56.5% of PC Connection shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Insight Enterprises shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
PC Connection has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Insight Enterprises has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Insight Enterprises beats PC Connection on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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