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Amazon Com vs CDW

AMZN and CDW side by side, both in nonstore retailers. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.

How AMZN and CDW compare

Amazon Com is the larger company, worth 135 times as much as CDW ($2.6T against $19.2B).

On earnings, CDW is cheaper: it trades at 18.5× trailing earnings, against 19.3× for Amazon Com.

Amazon Com grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (15.8% versus 7.4% for CDW).

Amazon Com keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 17.4% compared with 4.6% at CDW.

CDW pays a dividend yielding 1.6%; Amazon Com does not pay one.

Amazon Com scores higher on the StockData Score (21 against 16 for CDW), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.

Key numbers

A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.

MetricAMZNCDW
Size and price
Market cap$2.6T$19.2B
Share price$240.35$153.79
Change, 1 year4.4%−2.2%
Change, 5 years36.6%−17.8%
Beta (5Y)1.460.95
Employees1.6M250
StockData Score
Total score21 (better)16
Valuation score5 (better)4
Growth score4 (better)1
Performance score6 (better)5
Health score6 (better)2
Dividend score04 (better)
Valuation
P/E19.3×18.5× (better)
P/S3.3×0.8× (better)
P/B4.7× (better)7.9×
EV/EBITDA15.4×12.5× (better)
P/FCF–22.4×
FCF yield−0.45%4.5% (better)
Fair value$362.95$181.62
Margin of safety33.8% (better)15.3%
Growth
Revenue growth (TTM)15.8% (better)7.4%
Revenue growth, 5Y average13.2% (better)4.0%
Net income growth (TTM)91.6% (better)0.33%
EPS growth (TTM)89.5% (better)3.4%
EPS growth, 5Y average28.0% (better)8.2%
Profitability
Gross margin50.8% (better)21.4%
Operating margin12.1% (better)7.1%
Net margin17.4% (better)4.6%
FCF margin−1.5%3.7% (better)
Return on equity30.6%44.0% (better)
Return on invested capital17.0% (better)16.1%
Financial health
Debt / equity0.24 (better)2.38
Net debt / EBITDA0.06 (better)2.76
Interest coverage28.1×–
Current ratio1.031.17 (better)
Altman Z-score4.30 (better)2.44
Piotroski F-score6 (better)5
Dividends and buybacks
Dividend yield–1.6%
Payout ratio–30.0%
Years of dividend growth–13
Dividend growth, 5Y average–10.2%
Buyback yield–4.4%
Shareholder yield0.00%6.0% (better)
Ownership
Held by institutions67.2%108%
Held by insiders9.0%0.50%
Insider net buying, 12 months−$449M−$2.3M (better)
Superinvestors holding25 (better)2
Short interest, % of float0.88%7.5%

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