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GAP vs. CDW, BURL, CHWY, SFM, BJ, ACI, W, FND, VIPS, and OLLI

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

GAP vs. Its Competitors

CDW (NASDAQ:CDW) and GAP (NYSE:GAP) are both retail companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings and profitability.

In the previous week, GAP had 28 more articles in the media than CDW. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for GAP and 15 mentions for CDW. CDW's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat GAP's score of 0.29 indicating that CDW is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
CDW
12 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
GAP
18 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
13 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

CDW has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GAP has a beta of 2.09, meaning that its stock price is 109% more volatile than the S&P 500.

CDW currently has a consensus price target of $202.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.01%. GAP has a consensus price target of $25.87, suggesting a potential upside of 8.76%. Given CDW's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe CDW is more favorable than GAP.

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)
2.33
GAP
1 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.31

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
CDW$21.88B1.02$1.08B$8.0521.08
GAP$15.17B0.58$844M$2.3410.16

GAP has a net margin of 5.86% compared to CDW's net margin of 4.92%. CDW's return on equity of 53.63% beat GAP's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
CDW4.92% 53.63% 8.58%
GAP 5.86%27.04%7.49%

CDW pays an annual dividend of $2.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. GAP pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. CDW pays out 31.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. GAP pays out 28.2% 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 raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years and GAP has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. GAP is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 30.6% of GAP shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

CDW beats GAP on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

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.
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GAP vs. The Competition

MetricGAPRETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$8.83B$7.88B$27.69B$21.35B
Dividend Yield2.76%2.46%173.91%3.50%
P/E Ratio10.1622.9920.7429.63
Price / Sales0.581.198.2349.11
Price / Cash6.6918.2862.2524.54
Price / Book2.573.554.974.55
Net Income$844M$360.00M$872.94M$999.70M
7 Day Performance8.00%5.06%1.23%0.58%
1 Month Performance18.67%12.99%5.17%5.66%
1 Year Performance18.86%17.24%22.61%17.40%

GAP Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GAP
GAP
3.6559 of 5 stars
$23.78
-0.6%
$25.87
+8.8%
+11.6%$8.83B$15.17B10.1682,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
CDW
CDW
4.7131 of 5 stars
$164.76
-0.7%
$202.00
+22.6%
-21.0%$21.59B$21.00B20.4715,100Positive News
BURL
Burlington Stores
4.6958 of 5 stars
$290.35
-1.7%
$344.29
+18.6%
+9.1%$18.32B$10.63B34.2877,532Short Interest ↓
CHWY
Chewy
3.5041 of 5 stars
$40.99
-1.1%
$43.78
+6.8%
+61.6%$17.01B$11.86B46.0618,000News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
SFM
Sprouts Farmers Market
4.2022 of 5 stars
$140.54
-0.6%
$173.73
+23.6%
+39.3%$13.73B$7.72B28.9235,000Positive News
Insider Trade
BJ
BJ's Wholesale Club
2.913 of 5 stars
$97.80
+1.0%
$113.18
+15.7%
+24.0%$12.87B$20.50B22.4333,000Trending News
Analyst Revision
ACI
Albertsons Companies
4.268 of 5 stars
$19.46
+1.0%
$23.94
+23.0%
+0.2%$10.89B$80.39B11.86195,000News Coverage
Positive News
W
Wayfair
2.9217 of 5 stars
$74.51
-1.3%
$69.19
-7.1%
+109.8%$9.67B$11.85B-31.0513,500
FND
Floor & Decor
3.5157 of 5 stars
$81.85
-2.1%
$88.56
+8.2%
-17.1%$8.82B$4.46B41.9813,690Positive News
VIPS
Vipshop
4.2174 of 5 stars
$16.77
+0.4%
$18.33
+9.3%
+38.5%$8.58B$14.85B9.1114,966
OLLI
Ollie's Bargain Outlet
3.7368 of 5 stars
$126.84
-3.5%
$143.46
+13.1%
+52.0%$7.78B$2.27B36.7712,800Positive News
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Insider Trade

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