GAP (GAP) Competitors

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.

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

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

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.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, GAP or CDW?

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
GAP	$15.09B	0.72	$502M	$2.21	13.06
CDW	$21.33B	1.13	$1.08B	$8.07	22.72

Does the media prefer GAP or CDW?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GAP or CDW?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
GAP	Outperform Votes 16 47.06%	Underperform Votes 18 52.94%
CDW	Outperform Votes 575 69.78%	Underperform Votes 249 30.22%

Do analysts rate GAP or CDW?

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

Is GAP or CDW a better dividend stock?

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.

Which has more volatility & risk, GAP or CDW?

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.