MUSA vs. CDW, CHWY, SFM, BURL, BJ, ACI, GAP, FND, VIPS, and OLLI
Should you be buying Murphy USA stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Murphy USA include CDW (CDW), Chewy (CHWY), Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM), Burlington Stores (BURL), BJ's Wholesale Club (BJ), Albertsons Companies (ACI), GAP (GAP), Floor & Decor (FND), Vipshop (VIPS), and Ollie's Bargain Outlet (OLLI). These companies are all part of the "retail" industry.
Murphy USA vs. Its Competitors
Murphy USA (NYSE:MUSA) and CDW (NASDAQ:CDW) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
Murphy USA pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. CDW pays an annual dividend of $2.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Murphy USA pays out 8.4% 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. Murphy USA has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and CDW has raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years. CDW is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
CDW received 191 more outperform votes than Murphy USA when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.78% of users gave CDW an outperform vote while only 65.64% of users gave Murphy USA an outperform vote.
Murphy USA currently has a consensus price target of $526.29, indicating a potential upside of 30.86%. CDW has a consensus price target of $208.71, indicating a potential upside of 22.47%. Given Murphy USA's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Murphy USA is more favorable than CDW.
In the previous week, CDW had 9 more articles in the media than Murphy USA. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for CDW and 3 mentions for Murphy USA. CDW's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Murphy USA's score of 0.76 indicating that CDW is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Murphy USA has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CDW has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
80.8% of Murphy USA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.2% of CDW shares are held by institutional investors. 9.0% of Murphy USA shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of CDW shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
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.
Summary
CDW beats Murphy USA on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:MUSA) was last updated on 6/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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