Bath & Body Works (BBWI) Competitors

CDW (NASDAQ:CDW) and Bath & Body Works (NYSE:BBWI) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk and valuation.

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

93.2% of CDW shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.1% of Bath & Body Works shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of CDW shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Bath & Body Works shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CDW or BBWI a better dividend stock?

CDW pays an annual dividend of $2.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Bath & Body Works pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. CDW pays out 31.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bath & Body Works pays out 22.0% 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. Bath & Body Works is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media refer more to CDW or BBWI?

In the previous week, CDW and CDW both had 20 articles in the media. Bath & Body Works' average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat CDW's score of 1.10 indicating that Bath & Body Works is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CDW	14 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Bath & Body Works	14 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher valuation & earnings, CDW or BBWI?

CDW has higher revenue and earnings than Bath & Body Works. Bath & Body Works 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	1.04	$1.08B	$7.97	20.88
Bath & Body Works	$7.31B	0.91	$878M	$3.64	8.57

Do analysts prefer CDW or BBWI?

CDW presently has a consensus target price of $217.38, indicating a potential upside of 30.63%. Bath & Body Works has a consensus target price of $42.19, indicating a potential upside of 35.22%. Given Bath & Body Works' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Bath & Body Works is more favorable than CDW.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CDW	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Bath & Body Works	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78

Is CDW or BBWI more profitable?

Bath & Body Works has a net margin of 12.43% compared to CDW's net margin of 5.13%. CDW's return on equity of 55.42% beat Bath & Body Works' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CDW	5.13%	55.42%	8.94%
Bath & Body Works	12.43%	-44.03%	14.45%

Which has more volatility & risk, CDW or BBWI?

CDW has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bath & Body Works has a beta of 1.69, suggesting that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CDW or BBWI?

CDW received 480 more outperform votes than Bath & Body Works when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.91% of users gave CDW an outperform vote while only 43.32% of users gave Bath & Body Works an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CDW	Outperform Votes 574 69.91%	Underperform Votes 247 30.09%
Bath & Body Works	Outperform Votes 94 43.32%	Underperform Votes 123 56.68%

Summary

Bath & Body Works beats CDW on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.