GAP (GAP) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CDW or GAP?

93.2% of CDW shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.8% of GAP shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of CDW shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 31.0% of GAP shares are held by 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.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CDW	$21.00B	1.02	$1.08B	$7.97	20.38
GAP	$15.09B	0.55	$502M	$2.21	9.97

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CDW or GAP?

CDW received 561 more outperform votes than GAP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.91% of users gave CDW an outperform vote while only 44.83% of users gave GAP an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CDW	Outperform Votes 574 69.91%	Underperform Votes 247 30.09%
GAP	Outperform Votes 13 44.83%	Underperform Votes 16 55.17%

Does the media favor CDW or GAP?

In the previous week, GAP had 24 more articles in the media than CDW. MarketBeat recorded 45 mentions for GAP and 21 mentions for CDW. CDW's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat GAP's score of -0.04 indicating that CDW is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CDW	14 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
GAP	0 Very Positive mention(s)	8 Positive mention(s)	25 Neutral mention(s)	11 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is CDW or GAP a better dividend stock?

CDW pays an annual dividend of $2.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. GAP pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. CDW pays out 31.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. GAP pays out 29.9% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is CDW or GAP more profitable?

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
CDW	5.13%	55.42%	8.94%
GAP	5.40%	29.03%	7.26%

Do analysts prefer CDW or GAP?

CDW presently has a consensus price target of $217.38, suggesting a potential upside of 33.85%. GAP has a consensus price target of $27.64, suggesting a potential upside of 25.45%. Given CDW's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly 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)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
GAP	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57

Which has more volatility & risk, CDW or GAP?

CDW has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GAP has a beta of 2.15, meaning that its stock price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

CDW beats GAP on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.