PC Connection (CNXN) Competitors

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

Is NSIT or CNXN more profitable?

PC Connection has a net margin of 3.04% compared to Insight Enterprises' net margin of 2.26%. Insight Enterprises' return on equity of 18.50% beat PC Connection's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Insight Enterprises	2.26%	18.50%	4.30%
PC Connection	3.04%	9.95%	6.93%

Do analysts prefer NSIT or CNXN?

Insight Enterprises presently has a consensus price target of $183.00, indicating a potential upside of 31.29%. Given Insight Enterprises' stronger consensus rating and 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)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
PC Connection	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

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

42.8% of PC Connection shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Insight Enterprises shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 55.2% of PC Connection shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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	$8.70B	0.51	$249.69M	$5.00	27.88
PC Connection	$2.87B	0.58	$87.10M	$3.30	19.87

Does the media prefer NSIT or CNXN?

In the previous week, Insight Enterprises had 3 more articles in the media than PC Connection. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Insight Enterprises and 4 mentions for PC Connection. Insight Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat PC Connection's score of 1.00 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	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
PC Connection	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, NSIT or CNXN?

Insight Enterprises has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PC Connection has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Insight Enterprises beats PC Connection on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.