Amazon.com (AMZN) Competitors

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) and CDW (NASDAQ:CDW) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings, valuation and dividends.

Do analysts rate AMZN or CDW?

Amazon.com currently has a consensus price target of $205.13, suggesting a potential upside of 14.20%. CDW has a consensus price target of $242.67, suggesting a potential upside of 0.17%. Given Amazon.com's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Amazon.com is more favorable than CDW.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Amazon.com	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	43 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
CDW	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in AMZN or CDW?

72.2% of Amazon.com shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.2% of CDW shares are held by institutional investors. 10.3% of Amazon.com shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of CDW shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, AMZN or CDW?

Amazon.com has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CDW has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AMZN or CDW?

Amazon.com received 4108 more outperform votes than CDW when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.52% of users gave CDW an outperform vote while only 58.41% of users gave Amazon.com an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Amazon.com	Outperform Votes 4675 58.41%	Underperform Votes 3329 41.59%
CDW	Outperform Votes 567 70.52%	Underperform Votes 237 29.48%

Is AMZN or CDW more profitable?

Amazon.com has a net margin of 5.29% compared to CDW's net margin of 5.17%. CDW's return on equity of 73.93% beat Amazon.com's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Amazon.com	5.29%	16.61%	6.01%
CDW	5.17%	73.93%	10.02%

Does the media prefer AMZN or CDW?

In the previous week, Amazon.com had 152 more articles in the media than CDW. MarketBeat recorded 159 mentions for Amazon.com and 7 mentions for CDW. CDW's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Amazon.com's score of 0.46 indicating that CDW is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Amazon.com	68 Very Positive mention(s)	25 Positive mention(s)	33 Neutral mention(s)	14 Negative mention(s)	6 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
CDW	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better earnings and valuation, AMZN or CDW?

Amazon.com has higher revenue and earnings than CDW. CDW is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amazon.com, 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
Amazon.com	$574.79B	3.25	$30.43B	$2.90	61.94
CDW	$21.38B	1.52	$1.10B	$8.10	29.91

Summary

Amazon.com beats CDW on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.