GAP (GAP) Competitors $20.29 -0.34 (-1.67%) Closing price 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$20.32 +0.04 (+0.19%) As of 05:06 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsTrendsBuy This Stock GAP vs. CDW, BURL, SFM, CHWY, BJ, ACI, FND, MUSA, OLLI, and VIPSShould you be buying GAP stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GAP include CDW (CDW), Burlington Stores (BURL), Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM), Chewy (CHWY), BJ's Wholesale Club (BJ), Albertsons Companies (ACI), Floor & Decor (FND), Murphy USA (MUSA), Ollie's Bargain Outlet (OLLI), and Vipshop (VIPS). These companies are all part of the "retail" industry. GAP vs. Its Competitors CDW Burlington Stores Sprouts Farmers Market Chewy BJ's Wholesale Club Albertsons Companies Floor & Decor Murphy USA Ollie's Bargain Outlet Vipshop CDW (NASDAQ:CDW) and GAP (NYSE:GAP) are both retail companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, media sentiment and valuation. Do analysts prefer CDW or GAP? CDW currently has a consensus target price of $208.50, indicating a potential upside of 15.30%. GAP has a consensus target price of $28.53, indicating a potential upside of 40.66%. Given GAP's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe GAP 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) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.33GAP 0 Sell rating(s) 7 Hold rating(s) 8 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.53 Is CDW or GAP a better dividend stock? CDW pays an annual dividend of $2.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. GAP pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. CDW pays out 31.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. GAP pays out 28.6% 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. CDW has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years and GAP has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. GAP is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio. Which has higher earnings and valuation, CDW or GAP? 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 RatioCDW$21.33B1.12$1.08B$8.0722.41GAP$15.09B0.51$844M$2.318.78 Which has more volatility and risk, CDW or GAP? CDW has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GAP has a beta of 2.14, indicating that its share price is 114% more volatile than the S&P 500. Is CDW or GAP more profitable? GAP has a net margin of 5.80% compared to CDW's net margin of 5.10%. CDW's return on equity of 54.90% beat GAP's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets CDW5.10% 54.90% 8.75% GAP 5.80%27.86%7.51% Does the media prefer CDW or GAP? In the previous week, GAP had 9 more articles in the media than CDW. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for GAP and 18 mentions for CDW. CDW's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat GAP's score of 0.09 indicating that CDW is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment CDW 10 Very Positive mention(s) 3 Positive mention(s) 5 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive GAP 3 Very Positive mention(s) 4 Positive mention(s) 12 Neutral mention(s) 6 Negative mention(s) 1 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Do institutionals and insiders believe in CDW or GAP? 93.2% of CDW shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.8% of GAP shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of CDW shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 30.6% of GAP shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. SummaryCDW beats GAP on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. Get GAP News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for GAP and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding GAP and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart GAP vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricGAPRETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$7.64B$7.60B$26.94B$21.05BDividend Yield3.19%2.91%177.05%3.62%P/E Ratio8.7871.9730.9927.79Price / Sales0.511.286.1271.63Price / Cash5.8017.5450.8922.61Price / Book2.353.055.674.67Net Income$844M$372.42M$880.44M$993.85M7 Day Performance-0.19%4.43%2.38%1.16%1 Month Performance-5.90%9.47%6.76%4.99%1 Year PerformanceN/A2.75%27.56%12.52% GAP Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)GAPGAP4.4173 of 5 stars$20.29-1.7%$28.53+40.7%N/A$7.64B$15.09B8.7882,000Analyst ForecastCDWCDW4.6244 of 5 stars$177.70+0.2%$211.57+19.1%-21.2%$23.40B$21.33B22.0215,100Upcoming EarningsBURLBurlington Stores3.9482 of 5 stars$256.04+2.5%$316.36+23.6%+9.7%$16.15B$10.63B31.4277,532Analyst ForecastSFMSprouts Farmers Market3.5106 of 5 stars$164.54+3.0%$167.79+2.0%+94.8%$16.10B$7.72B36.9835,000News CoverageUpcoming EarningsAnalyst ForecastCHWYChewy3.4513 of 5 stars$37.77-0.6%$43.89+16.2%+49.4%$15.68B$11.86B42.4418,000BJBJ's Wholesale Club2.8339 of 5 stars$107.56+1.0%$116.12+8.0%+15.0%$14.20B$20.50B25.0133,000Analyst ForecastACIAlbertsons Companies4.4529 of 5 stars$22.12-0.2%$24.21+9.5%+3.0%$12.73B$80.39B13.48195,000Analyst ForecastFNDFloor & Decor3.479 of 5 stars$82.31-1.2%$91.19+10.8%-13.2%$8.86B$4.46B43.5513,690News CoveragePositive NewsUpcoming EarningsMUSAMurphy USA4.7 of 5 stars$433.99+2.2%$526.29+21.3%-15.9%$8.58B$19.93B18.3017,200Positive NewsUpcoming EarningsAnalyst RevisionOLLIOllie's Bargain Outlet3.3331 of 5 stars$128.24+1.0%$125.21-2.4%+33.2%$7.87B$2.27B39.4612,800Analyst ForecastVIPSVipshop3.367 of 5 stars$15.14-0.4%$15.58+3.0%+21.8%$7.76B$14.85B7.9214,966News Coverage Related Companies and Tools Related Companies CDW Competitors Burlington Stores Competitors Sprouts Farmers Market Competitors Chewy Competitors BJ's Wholesale Club Competitors Albertsons Companies Competitors Floor & Decor Competitors Murphy USA Competitors Ollie's Bargain Outlet Competitors Vipshop Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:GAP) was last updated on 7/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersA grave, grave error.I thought what happened 25 years ago was a once- in-a-lifetime event… but how wrong I was. 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