Best Buy vs CDW
BBY and CDW side by side. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How BBY and CDW compare
Best Buy and CDW are about the same size, with market caps of $20.1B and $19.2B.
On earnings, Best Buy is cheaper: it trades at 15.9× trailing earnings, against 18.5× for CDW.
CDW grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (7.4% versus 1.4% for Best Buy).
CDW keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 4.6% compared with 3.0% at Best Buy.
Both pay dividends: Best Buy yields 4.0% and CDW 1.6%.
Best Buy scores higher on the StockData Score (17 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.
| Metric | BBY | CDW |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $20.1B | $19.2B |
| Share price | $95.65 | $153.79 |
| Change, 1 year | 13.9% | −2.2% |
| Change, 5 years | −25.9% | −17.8% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.12 | 0.95 |
| Employees | 82K | 250 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 17 (better) | 16 |
| Valuation score | 1 | 4 (better) |
| Growth score | 3 (better) | 1 |
| Performance score | 4 | 5 (better) |
| Health score | 5 (better) | 2 |
| Dividend score | 4 | 4 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 15.9× (better) | 18.5× |
| P/S | 0.5× (better) | 0.8× |
| P/B | 6.3× (better) | 7.9× |
| EV/EBITDA | 7.6× (better) | 12.5× |
| P/FCF | 11.3× (better) | 22.4× |
| FCF yield | 8.8% (better) | 4.5% |
| Fair value | $91.28 | $181.62 |
| Margin of safety | −4.8% | 15.3% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 1.4% | 7.4% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | −2.5% | 4.0% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 63.5% (better) | 0.33% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 66.3% (better) | 3.4% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | −5.9% | 8.2% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 22.7% (better) | 21.4% |
| Operating margin | 4.1% | 7.1% (better) |
| Net margin | 3.0% | 4.6% (better) |
| FCF margin | 4.2% (better) | 3.7% |
| Return on equity | 43.1% | 44.0% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 55.1% (better) | 16.1% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.37 (better) | 2.38 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −0.43 | 2.76 (better) |
| Interest coverage | 38.0× | – |
| Current ratio | 1.12 | 1.17 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 4.22 (better) | 2.44 |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 (better) | 5 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 4.0% (better) | 1.6% |
| Payout ratio | 63.1% | 30.0% |
| Years of dividend growth | 8 | 13 (better) |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 11.6% (better) | 10.2% |
| Buyback yield | 0.72% | 4.4% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | 4.7% | 6.0% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 93.9% | 108% |
| Held by insiders | 6.7% | 0.50% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$195M | −$2.3M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 2 |
| Short interest, % of float | 7.6% | 7.5% |
Go deeper
- BBY stock overview
- BBY income statement
- BBY valuation and score
- CDW stock overview
- CDW income statement
- CDW valuation and score
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