CDW (CDW) Competitors

CDW (NASDAQ:CDW) and Carvana (NYSE:CVNA) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends and risk.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, CDW or CVNA?

CDW has higher revenue and earnings than Carvana. CDW is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Carvana, 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	$21.33B	1.10	$1.08B	$8.07	22.15
Carvana	$14.84B	4.89	$450M	$2.85	118.88

Does the media favor CDW or CVNA?

In the previous week, Carvana had 39 more articles in the media than CDW. MarketBeat recorded 51 mentions for Carvana and 12 mentions for CDW. CDW's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Carvana's score of 0.48 indicating that CDW is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CDW	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Carvana	23 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts prefer CDW or CVNA?

CDW presently has a consensus price target of $208.71, suggesting a potential upside of 16.78%. Carvana has a consensus price target of $280.35, suggesting a potential downside of 17.25%. Given CDW's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe CDW is more favorable than Carvana.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CDW	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43
Carvana	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

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

93.2% of CDW shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.7% of Carvana shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of CDW shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.1% of Carvana 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.

Is CDW or CVNA more profitable?

CDW has a net margin of 5.13% compared to Carvana's net margin of 1.54%. CDW's return on equity of 55.42% beat Carvana's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CDW	5.13%	55.42%	8.94%
Carvana	1.54%	36.59%	1.79%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CDW or CVNA?

Carvana received 1 more outperform votes than CDW when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.78% of users gave CDW an outperform vote while only 58.60% of users gave Carvana an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CDW	Outperform Votes 575 69.78%	Underperform Votes 249 30.22%
Carvana	Outperform Votes 576 58.60%	Underperform Votes 407 41.40%

Which has more volatility and risk, CDW or CVNA?

CDW has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carvana has a beta of 3.65, suggesting that its stock price is 265% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

CDW beats Carvana on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.