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 earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.

Do insiders and institutionals believe 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. 0.9% 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate CDW or VIPS?

CDW presently has a consensus target price of $217.38, suggesting a potential upside of 34.52%. Vipshop has a consensus target price of $15.30, suggesting a potential upside of 13.29%. Given CDW's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research 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)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Vipshop	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.17

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%

Which has more risk and volatility, CDW or VIPS?

CDW has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vipshop has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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 3.6%. CDW pays out 31.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Vipshop pays out 24.2% 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. Vipshop is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CDW or VIPS?

Vipshop received 50 more outperform votes than CDW when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.91% of users gave CDW an outperform vote while only 67.31% of users gave Vipshop an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CDW	Outperform Votes 574 69.91%	Underperform Votes 247 30.09%
Vipshop	Outperform Votes 624 67.31%	Underperform Votes 303 32.69%

Does the media refer more to CDW or VIPS?

In the previous week, CDW had 16 more articles in the media than Vipshop. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for CDW and 7 mentions for Vipshop. Vipshop's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat CDW's score of 0.98 indicating that Vipshop is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CDW	18 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Vipshop	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher earnings & valuation, 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	$21.00B	1.01	$1.08B	$7.97	20.27
Vipshop	$108.42B	0.06	$1.14B	$1.98	6.82

Summary

CDW beats Vipshop on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.