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GAP vs. CDW, CHWY, BURL, SFM, BJ, ACI, FND, MUSA, VIPS, and BBWI

Should you be buying GAP stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GAP include CDW (CDW), Chewy (CHWY), Burlington Stores (BURL), Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM), BJ's Wholesale Club (BJ), Albertsons Companies (ACI), Floor & Decor (FND), Murphy USA (MUSA), Vipshop (VIPS), and Bath & Body Works (BBWI). These companies are all part of the "retail" industry.

GAP vs.

GAP (NYSE:GAP) and CDW (NASDAQ:CDW) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and analyst recommendations.

GAP has a net margin of 5.40% compared to CDW's net margin of 5.13%. CDW's return on equity of 55.42% beat GAP's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
GAP5.40% 29.03% 7.26%
CDW 5.13%55.42%8.94%

58.8% of GAP shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.2% of CDW shares are held by institutional investors. 30.6% of GAP shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of CDW shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

CDW has higher revenue and earnings than GAP. GAP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CDW, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
GAP$15.09B0.72$502M$2.2113.06
CDW$21.33B1.13$1.08B$8.0722.72

In the previous week, GAP had 13 more articles in the media than CDW. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for GAP and 23 mentions for CDW. CDW's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat GAP's score of 0.24 indicating that CDW is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
GAP
7 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
6 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
CDW
20 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

CDW received 559 more outperform votes than GAP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.78% of users gave CDW an outperform vote while only 47.06% of users gave GAP an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
GAPOutperform Votes
16
47.06%
Underperform Votes
18
52.94%
CDWOutperform Votes
575
69.78%
Underperform Votes
249
30.22%

GAP currently has a consensus target price of $27.60, suggesting a potential downside of 4.37%. CDW has a consensus target price of $216.38, suggesting a potential upside of 17.99%. Given CDW's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CDW is more favorable than GAP.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
GAP
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.53
CDW
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

GAP pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. CDW pays an annual dividend of $2.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. GAP pays out 29.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CDW pays out 31.0% 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. GAP has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and CDW has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years. GAP is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

GAP has a beta of 2.24, indicating that its share price is 124% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CDW has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

CDW beats GAP on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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GAP vs. The Competition

MetricGAPFamily clothing stores IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$10.36B$20.36B$25.22B$19.30B
Dividend Yield2.38%2.57%169.81%3.83%
P/E Ratio13.3613.8924.6034.53
Price / Sales0.720.943.9734.83
Price / Cash7.829.9219.4117.51
Price / Book4.125.446.104.69
Net Income$502M$702.99M$784.05M$1.02B
7 Day Performance5.29%-0.87%-1.36%-2.43%
1 Month Performance44.73%13.72%9.31%6.27%
1 Year PerformanceN/A-9.93%9.03%5.78%

GAP Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GAP
GAP
3.6576 of 5 stars
$28.86
+4.9%
$27.60
-4.4%
N/A$10.36B$15.09B13.3685,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Options Volume
High Trading Volume
CDW
CDW
4.5267 of 5 stars
$188.82
+5.5%
$216.38
+14.6%
-22.4%$24.86B$21.33B23.6915,100Positive News
Dividend Announcement
CHWY
Chewy
2.3615 of 5 stars
$39.55
0.0%
$38.47
-2.7%
+167.9%$16.36B$11.86B43.4621,300
BURL
Burlington Stores
4.3337 of 5 stars
$259.55
+8.5%
$314.60
+21.2%
+39.9%$16.35B$10.63B35.5562,400Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
SFM
Sprouts Farmers Market
3.2881 of 5 stars
$156.99
-3.0%
$167.79
+6.9%
+104.3%$15.36B$8.07B41.7531,000Positive News
Insider Trade
BJ
BJ's Wholesale Club
2.3391 of 5 stars
$111.56
-2.7%
$112.12
+0.5%
+44.1%$14.69B$20.50B26.8234,000Trending News
Earnings Report
High Trading Volume
ACI
Albertsons Companies
3.8891 of 5 stars
$22.32
-0.7%
$24.36
+9.2%
+5.9%$12.85B$80.39B12.54290,000Positive News
FND
Floor & Decor
4.342 of 5 stars
$83.86
+11.3%
$93.56
+11.6%
-35.6%$9.01B$4.52B44.1412,000Positive News
High Trading Volume
MUSA
Murphy USA
4.7804 of 5 stars
$439.59
-2.1%
$526.29
+19.7%
-0.3%$8.70B$19.93B18.1615,100Positive News
High Trading Volume
VIPS
Vipshop
2.8477 of 5 stars
$14.80
+7.0%
$15.30
+3.4%
-12.0%$7.60B$108.42B7.088,010Trending News
Analyst Downgrade
Options Volume
BBWI
Bath & Body Works
4.969 of 5 stars
$33.41
+7.6%
$41.44
+24.0%
-35.6%$7.12B$7.31B8.1556,900Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision

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