NSIT vs. CNXN, W, ANF, AN, DDS, BECN, LAD, SFM, MNSO, and GLBE
Should you be buying Insight Enterprises stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Insight Enterprises include PC Connection (CNXN), Wayfair (W), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), AutoNation (AN), Dillard's (DDS), Beacon Roofing Supply (BECN), Lithia Motors (LAD), Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM), MINISO Group (MNSO), and Global-E Online (GLBE). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
PC Connection (NASDAQ:CNXN) and Insight Enterprises (NASDAQ:NSIT) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, profitability, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
42.8% of PC Connection shares are owned by institutional investors. 56.9% of PC Connection shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Insight Enterprises shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Insight Enterprises has higher revenue and earnings than PC Connection. PC Connection is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Insight Enterprises, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
PC Connection received 55 more outperform votes than Insight Enterprises when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.95% of users gave PC Connection an outperform vote while only 56.61% of users gave Insight Enterprises an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Insight Enterprises had 14 more articles in the media than PC Connection. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Insight Enterprises and 10 mentions for PC Connection. PC Connection's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Insight Enterprises' score of 0.73 indicating that Insight Enterprises is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
PC Connection has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Insight Enterprises has a beta of 1.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Insight Enterprises has a net margin of 3.23% compared to Insight Enterprises' net margin of 2.98%. PC Connection's return on equity of 21.34% beat Insight Enterprises' return on equity.
Insight Enterprises has a consensus target price of $204.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.13%. Given PC Connection's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Insight Enterprises is more favorable than PC Connection.
Summary
Insight Enterprises beats PC Connection on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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