Ollie's Bargain Outlet (OLLI) Competitors

Ollie's Bargain Outlet (NASDAQ:OLLI) and CDW (NASDAQ:CDW) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment and valuation.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, OLLI or CDW?

CDW has higher revenue and earnings than Ollie's Bargain Outlet. CDW is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ollie's Bargain Outlet, 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
Ollie's Bargain Outlet	$2.27B	2.86	$181.44M	$3.23	32.85
CDW	$21.00B	1.01	$1.08B	$7.97	20.15

Which has more volatility & risk, OLLI or CDW?

Ollie's Bargain Outlet has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CDW has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in OLLI or CDW?

93.2% of CDW shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Ollie's Bargain Outlet shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of CDW shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to OLLI or CDW?

In the previous week, CDW had 7 more articles in the media than Ollie's Bargain Outlet. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for CDW and 16 mentions for Ollie's Bargain Outlet. Ollie's Bargain Outlet's average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat CDW's score of 1.00 indicating that Ollie's Bargain Outlet is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ollie's Bargain Outlet	15 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
CDW	18 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend OLLI or CDW?

Ollie's Bargain Outlet currently has a consensus price target of $123.08, indicating a potential upside of 15.99%. CDW has a consensus price target of $217.38, indicating a potential upside of 35.39%. Given CDW's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe CDW is more favorable than Ollie's Bargain Outlet.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ollie's Bargain Outlet	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.69
CDW	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is OLLI or CDW more profitable?

Ollie's Bargain Outlet has a net margin of 9.22% compared to CDW's net margin of 5.13%. CDW's return on equity of 55.42% beat Ollie's Bargain Outlet's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ollie's Bargain Outlet	9.22%	13.15%	8.70%
CDW	5.13%	55.42%	8.94%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer OLLI or CDW?

CDW received 46 more outperform votes than Ollie's Bargain Outlet when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.91% of users gave CDW an outperform vote while only 64.31% of users gave Ollie's Bargain Outlet an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ollie's Bargain Outlet	Outperform Votes 528 64.31%	Underperform Votes 293 35.69%
CDW	Outperform Votes 574 69.91%	Underperform Votes 247 30.09%

Summary

CDW beats Ollie's Bargain Outlet on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.