Vipshop (VIPS) Competitors

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

Is CDW or VIPS a better dividend stock?

CDW pays an annual dividend of $2.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Vipshop pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. CDW pays out 31.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Vipshop pays out 25.1% 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. CDW has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years. Vipshop is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more risk & volatility, CDW or VIPS?

CDW has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vipshop has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend CDW or VIPS?

CDW currently has a consensus price target of $208.50, indicating a potential upside of 23.48%. Vipshop has a consensus price target of $15.83, indicating a potential upside of 4.62%. Given CDW's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe CDW is more favorable than Vipshop.

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
Vipshop	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, CDW or VIPS?

CDW has higher revenue and earnings than Vipshop. Vipshop 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	$21.33B	1.04	$1.08B	$8.07	20.92
Vipshop	$14.85B	0.52	$1.06B	$1.91	7.92

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

93.2% of CDW shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.8% of Vipshop shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of CDW shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 29.5% of Vipshop shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer CDW or VIPS?

In the previous week, CDW had 11 more articles in the media than Vipshop. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for CDW and 5 mentions for Vipshop. CDW's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Vipshop's score of 0.82 indicating that CDW is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CDW	13 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Vipshop	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is CDW or VIPS more profitable?

Vipshop has a net margin of 6.87% compared to CDW's net margin of 5.10%. CDW's return on equity of 54.90% beat Vipshop's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CDW	5.10%	54.90%	8.75%
Vipshop	6.87%	18.04%	10.21%

Summary

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