CDW vs. VIPS, NET, NOK, ZS, VRSN, MPWR, FTV, GIB, ZM, and UMC
Should you be buying CDW stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CDW include Vipshop (VIPS), Cloudflare (NET), Nokia Oyj (NOK), Zscaler (ZS), VeriSign (VRSN), Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR), Fortive (FTV), CGI (GIB), Zoom Video Communications (ZM), and United Microelectronics (UMC). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
CDW vs.
CDW (NASDAQ:CDW) and Vipshop (NYSE:VIPS) 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 earnings, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Vipshop has a net margin of 6.68% compared to CDW's net margin of 4.78%. CDW's return on equity of 90.20% beat Vipshop's return on equity.
In the previous week, Vipshop had 3 more articles in the media than CDW. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Vipshop and 7 mentions for CDW. Vipshop's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat CDW's score of 0.22 indicating that Vipshop is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
CDW presently has a consensus target price of $205.63, suggesting a potential upside of 20.91%. Vipshop has a consensus target price of $15.35, suggesting a potential downside of 11.55%. Given CDW's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe CDW is more favorable than Vipshop.
Vipshop received 38 more outperform votes than CDW when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.90% of users gave CDW an outperform vote while only 67.57% of users gave Vipshop an outperform vote.
CDW has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vipshop has a beta of 0.47, meaning that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.
92.8% of CDW shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.8% of Vipshop shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of CDW shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 29.5% of Vipshop shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
CDW has higher revenue and earnings than Vipshop. Vipshop is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CDW, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
CDW beats Vipshop on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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