PC Connection (CNXN) Competitors

Insight Enterprises (NASDAQ:NSIT) and PC Connection (NASDAQ:CNXN) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and risk.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, NSIT or CNXN?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Insight Enterprises	$10.43 billion	0.43	$280.61 million	$7.47	18.17
PC Connection	$3.13 billion	0.38	$89.22 million	$3.09	14.81

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NSIT or CNXN?

PC Connection received 55 more outperform votes than Insight Enterprises when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.15% of users gave PC Connection an outperform vote while only 56.80% of users gave Insight Enterprises an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Insight Enterprises	Outperform Votes 234 56.80%	Underperform Votes 178 43.20%
PC Connection	Outperform Votes 289 62.15%	Underperform Votes 176 37.85%

Which has more risk & volatility, NSIT or CNXN?

Insight Enterprises has a beta of 1.56, suggesting that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PC Connection has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in NSIT or CNXN?

42.5% of PC Connection shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Insight Enterprises shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 56.9% of PC Connection shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer NSIT or CNXN?

In the previous week, PC Connection had 2 more articles in the media than Insight Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for PC Connection and 2 mentions for Insight Enterprises. Insight Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat PC Connection's score of 1.18 indicating that Insight Enterprises is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Insight Enterprises	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
PC Connection	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate NSIT or CNXN?

Insight Enterprises presently has a consensus target price of $127.75, suggesting a potential downside of 5.87%. Given Insight Enterprises' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Insight Enterprises is more favorable than PC Connection.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Insight Enterprises	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
PC Connection	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is NSIT or CNXN more profitable?

Insight Enterprises has a net margin of 2.71% compared to PC Connection's net margin of 2.66%. Insight Enterprises' return on equity of 19.77% beat PC Connection's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Insight Enterprises	2.71%	19.77%	6.16%
PC Connection	2.66%	10.86%	7.35%

Summary

Insight Enterprises beats PC Connection on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.