NSIT vs. CNXN, W, AN, ANF, BECN, DDS, LAD, MNSO, SFM, and FIVE
Should you be buying Insight Enterprises stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Insight Enterprises include PC Connection (CNXN), Wayfair (W), AutoNation (AN), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), Beacon Roofing Supply (BECN), Dillard's (DDS), Lithia Motors (LAD), MINISO Group (MNSO), Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM), and Five Below (FIVE). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Insight Enterprises (NASDAQ:NSIT) and PC Connection (NASDAQ:CNXN) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking and risk.
42.8% of PC Connection shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Insight Enterprises shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 56.9% of PC Connection shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Insight Enterprises has a net margin of 3.23% compared to PC Connection's net margin of 2.98%. Insight Enterprises' return on equity of 21.34% beat PC Connection's return on equity.
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.
Insight Enterprises has a beta of 1.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PC Connection has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Insight Enterprises presently has a consensus price target of $204.00, indicating a potential downside of 1.35%. Given Insight Enterprises' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Insight Enterprises is more favorable than PC Connection.
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.
In the previous week, Insight Enterprises had 19 more articles in the media than PC Connection. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Insight Enterprises and 1 mentions for PC Connection. PC Connection's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Insight Enterprises' score of 0.88 indicating that PC Connection is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Insight Enterprises beats PC Connection on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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