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 businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation and community ranking.

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	$2.34B	2.96	$181.44M	$3.25	34.77
CDW	$21.33B	1.10	$1.08B	$8.07	22.15

Which has more volatility and risk, OLLI or CDW?

Ollie's Bargain Outlet has a beta of 0.37, indicating that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CDW has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to OLLI or CDW?

In the previous week, Ollie's Bargain Outlet had 16 more articles in the media than CDW. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Ollie's Bargain Outlet and 14 mentions for CDW. CDW's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Ollie's Bargain Outlet's score of 0.88 indicating that CDW is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ollie's Bargain Outlet	14 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CDW	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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 41 more outperform votes than Ollie's Bargain Outlet when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.78% of users gave CDW an outperform vote while only 64.49% of users gave Ollie's Bargain Outlet an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ollie's Bargain Outlet	Outperform Votes 534 64.49%	Underperform Votes 294 35.51%
CDW	Outperform Votes 575 69.78%	Underperform Votes 249 30.22%

Do analysts rate OLLI or CDW?

Ollie's Bargain Outlet presently has a consensus target price of $124.50, indicating a potential upside of 10.17%. CDW has a consensus target price of $208.71, indicating a potential upside of 16.78%. Given CDW's higher possible 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)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
CDW	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43

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

93.2% of CDW shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Ollie's Bargain Outlet shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of CDW shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

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