FCFS vs. CDW, SFM, CHWY, BJ, BURL, ACI, MUSA, GAP, FND, and VIPS
Should you be buying FirstCash stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FirstCash include CDW (CDW), Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM), Chewy (CHWY), BJ's Wholesale Club (BJ), Burlington Stores (BURL), Albertsons Companies (ACI), Murphy USA (MUSA), GAP (GAP), Floor & Decor (FND), and Vipshop (VIPS). These companies are all part of the "retail" industry.
FirstCash vs.
CDW (NASDAQ:CDW) and FirstCash (NASDAQ:FCFS) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
CDW received 555 more outperform votes than FirstCash when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.91% of users gave CDW an outperform vote while only 42.22% of users gave FirstCash an outperform vote.
In the previous week, CDW had 3 more articles in the media than FirstCash. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for CDW and 22 mentions for FirstCash. FirstCash's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat CDW's score of 1.00 indicating that FirstCash is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
FirstCash has a net margin of 7.64% compared to CDW's net margin of 5.13%. CDW's return on equity of 55.42% beat FirstCash's return on equity.
93.2% of CDW shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.3% of FirstCash shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of CDW shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 14.8% of FirstCash shares are held 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.
CDW has higher revenue and earnings than FirstCash. CDW is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FirstCash, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CDW has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FirstCash has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.
CDW pays an annual dividend of $2.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. FirstCash pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. CDW pays out 31.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FirstCash pays out 24.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
CDW currently has a consensus price target of $217.38, indicating a potential upside of 37.21%. FirstCash has a consensus price target of $133.50, indicating a potential upside of 0.20%. Given CDW's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe CDW is more favorable than FirstCash.
Summary
CDW beats FirstCash on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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