Vipshop (VIPS) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, 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 0.57, indicating that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CDW or VIPS more profitable?

Vipshop has a net margin of 7.50% compared to CDW's net margin of 5.13%. CDW's return on equity of 55.42% beat Vipshop's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CDW	5.13%	55.42%	8.94%
Vipshop	7.50%	20.89%	11.66%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in CDW or VIPS?

93.2% of CDW shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.8% of Vipshop shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of CDW shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 29.5% of Vipshop shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CDW or VIPS?

Vipshop received 50 more outperform votes than CDW when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.78% of users gave CDW an outperform vote while only 67.20% of users gave Vipshop an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CDW	Outperform Votes 575 69.78%	Underperform Votes 249 30.22%
Vipshop	Outperform Votes 625 67.20%	Underperform Votes 305 32.80%

Is CDW or VIPS a better dividend stock?

CDW pays an annual dividend of $2.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. 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 higher valuation & earnings, CDW or VIPS?

Vipshop has higher revenue and earnings than CDW. 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	1.09	$1.08B	$8.07	21.78
Vipshop	$107.04B	0.07	$1.14B	$1.91	7.87

Does the media prefer CDW or VIPS?

In the previous week, CDW had 6 more articles in the media than Vipshop. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for CDW and 5 mentions for Vipshop. CDW's average media sentiment score of 1.01 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	7 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Vipshop	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend CDW or VIPS?

CDW presently has a consensus price target of $208.71, indicating a potential upside of 18.76%. Vipshop has a consensus price target of $15.10, indicating a potential upside of 0.50%. Given CDW's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly 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)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43
Vipshop	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.17

Summary

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