Murphy USA (MUSA) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, CDW or MUSA?

CDW has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Murphy USA has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CDW or MUSA?

CDW received 192 more outperform votes than Murphy USA when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.91% of users gave CDW an outperform vote while only 65.75% of users gave Murphy USA an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CDW	Outperform Votes 574 69.91%	Underperform Votes 247 30.09%
Murphy USA	Outperform Votes 382 65.75%	Underperform Votes 199 34.25%

Do analysts recommend CDW or MUSA?

CDW presently has a consensus target price of $217.38, suggesting a potential upside of 30.30%. Murphy USA has a consensus target price of $539.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.09%. Given CDW's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe CDW is more favorable than Murphy USA.

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
Murphy USA	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is CDW or MUSA more profitable?

CDW has a net margin of 5.13% compared to Murphy USA's net margin of 2.48%. Murphy USA's return on equity of 61.60% beat CDW's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CDW	5.13%	55.42%	8.94%
Murphy USA	2.48%	61.60%	11.37%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, CDW or MUSA?

CDW has higher revenue and earnings than Murphy USA. Murphy USA 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	1.05	$1.08B	$7.97	20.93
Murphy USA	$20.24B	0.49	$502.50M	$24.20	20.80

Is CDW or MUSA a better dividend stock?

CDW pays an annual dividend of $2.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Murphy USA pays an annual dividend of $1.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. CDW pays out 31.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Murphy USA pays out 8.1% 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.

Does the media refer more to CDW or MUSA?

In the previous week, CDW had 2 more articles in the media than Murphy USA. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for CDW and 16 mentions for Murphy USA. Murphy USA's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat CDW's score of 1.11 indicating that Murphy USA is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CDW	14 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Murphy USA	10 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in CDW or MUSA?

93.2% of CDW shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.8% of Murphy USA shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of CDW shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.0% of Murphy USA shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

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