Ollie's Bargain Outlet (OLLI) Competitors

CDW (NASDAQ:CDW) and Ollie's Bargain Outlet (NASDAQ:OLLI) are both retail companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation and earnings.

Which has more risk & volatility, CDW or OLLI?

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

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

93.2% of CDW shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of CDW shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Ollie's Bargain Outlet shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor CDW or OLLI?

In the previous week, CDW had 7 more articles in the media than Ollie's Bargain Outlet. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for CDW and 12 mentions for Ollie's Bargain Outlet. CDW's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Ollie's Bargain Outlet's score of 0.58 indicating that CDW is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CDW	16 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ollie's Bargain Outlet	3 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is CDW or OLLI more profitable?

Ollie's Bargain Outlet has a net margin of 8.59% compared to CDW's net margin of 5.10%. CDW's return on equity of 54.90% beat Ollie's Bargain Outlet's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CDW	5.10%	54.90%	8.75%
Ollie's Bargain Outlet	8.59%	12.27%	8.05%

Do analysts prefer CDW or OLLI?

CDW currently has a consensus target price of $208.71, suggesting a potential upside of 15.01%. Ollie's Bargain Outlet has a consensus target price of $125.21, suggesting a potential downside of 3.72%. Given CDW's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe CDW is more favorable than Ollie's Bargain Outlet.

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
Ollie's Bargain Outlet	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.64

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, CDW or OLLI?

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
CDW	$21.00B	1.14	$1.08B	$8.07	22.49
Ollie's Bargain Outlet	$2.27B	3.51	$199.76M	$3.25	40.02

Summary

CDW beats Ollie's Bargain Outlet on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.