FirstCash (FCFS) Competitors

CDW (NASDAQ:CDW) and FirstCash (NASDAQ:FCFS) are both retail companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

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

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, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor CDW or FCFS?

In the previous week, CDW had 7 more articles in the media than FirstCash. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for CDW and 3 mentions for FirstCash. CDW's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat FirstCash's score of 1.14 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)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
FirstCash	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, CDW or FCFS?

CDW has higher revenue and earnings than FirstCash. FirstCash is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CDW, 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	$21.00B	1.13	$1.08B	$8.07	22.39
FirstCash	$3.39B	1.75	$258.82M	$6.25	21.43

Which has more risk & volatility, CDW or FCFS?

CDW has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FirstCash has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CDW or FCFS a better dividend stock?

CDW pays an annual dividend of $2.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. FirstCash pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. CDW pays out 31.0% 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 has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years and FirstCash has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years. CDW is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Is CDW or FCFS more profitable?

FirstCash has a net margin of 8.29% compared to CDW's net margin of 5.10%. CDW's return on equity of 54.90% beat FirstCash's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CDW	5.10%	54.90%	8.75%
FirstCash	8.29%	16.08%	7.38%

Do analysts prefer CDW or FCFS?

CDW presently has a consensus price target of $208.71, indicating a potential upside of 15.54%. FirstCash has a consensus price target of $133.50, indicating a potential downside of 0.31%. Given CDW's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe CDW is more favorable than FirstCash.

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
FirstCash	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

CDW beats FirstCash on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.