NSIT vs. CNXN, ANF, BECN, MNSO, GLBE, SFM, M, DDS, CAVA, and LAD
Should you be buying Insight Enterprises stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Insight Enterprises include PC Connection (CNXN), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), Beacon Roofing Supply (BECN), MINISO Group (MNSO), Global-E Online (GLBE), Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM), Macy's (M), Dillard's (DDS), CAVA Group (CAVA), and Lithia Motors (LAD). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Insight Enterprises (NASDAQ:NSIT) and PC Connection (NASDAQ:CNXN) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends and profitability.
Insight Enterprises has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PC Connection has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.
42.9% of PC Connection shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Insight Enterprises shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 56.9% of PC Connection shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Insight Enterprises has a net margin of 3.07% compared to PC Connection's net margin of 2.92%. Insight Enterprises' return on equity of 20.64% beat PC Connection's return on equity.
Insight Enterprises presently has a consensus price target of $198.67, suggesting a potential upside of 8.82%. Given Insight Enterprises' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Insight Enterprises is more favorable than PC Connection.
PC Connection received 57 more outperform votes than Insight Enterprises when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.95% of users gave PC Connection an outperform vote while only 56.67% of users gave Insight Enterprises an outperform vote.
In the previous week, PC Connection had 9 more articles in the media than Insight Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for PC Connection and 5 mentions for Insight Enterprises. Insight Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat PC Connection's score of -0.05 indicating that Insight Enterprises is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
Summary
Insight Enterprises beats PC Connection on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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