Stock · CDW · Technology
United States · Large Cap · listed since 1993 · Revenue 12 mo. $23.5B
Price as of 11/06/2026
CDW Corporation provides information technology (IT) solutions in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada.
CDW Corporation provides information technology (IT) solutions in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada. It operates through three segments: Commercial, Government, and Education. The company offers discrete hardware and software products and services, as well as integrated IT solutions, including on-premise and cloud capabilities across hybrid infrastructure, digital experience, and security. It also provides hardware products comprising notebooks/mobile devices, tablets, network communications, collaboration hardware, data storage and servers, desktop computers, and other hardware; and software products, such as cloud solutions, software assurance, application suites, security, virtualization, collaboration and productivity applications, operating systems, and network management. In addition, the company offers advisory and design, software development, implementation, and managed services, as well as warranties. It serves business, government, education, and healthcare customers. The company was formerly known as CDW Computer Centers, Inc. and changed its name to CDW Corporation in June 2003. CDW Corporation was founded in 1984 and is based in Vernon Hills, Illinois.
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Summary
52.1 of 100
Mean of the six area values. Each area value is the mean of the stock's ranks among the companies in its sector. 50 is the middle of the sector, not a share of companies beaten.
Analysis
What the price requires
If free cash flow stays at €976.5M (2025), it supports €10.8B. The remaining €7.1B of the market value assume it grows 7.1% a year for 10 years and not at all afterwards.
Required FCF growth per year
7.1%
no growth afterwards
Price to operating cash flow 20.4×, within its usual range.
Middle half of 20 quarters: 18.3× to 20.9×, median 19.2×.
Measures only against its own past, not against what the company is worth. Price as of 11/06/2026.
with respect to the priced-in expectation
with respect to the priced-in expectation
Since the last quarter
Q1 → Q2 2026
6 more unchanged: Revenue, 12 mo., FCF, 12 mo., Gross margin, EBIT margin, FCF margin, Net debt
Derivation
Each area value is the average of its metrics' ranks within the sector (0 to 100, 50 is the middle). For metrics where lower is better, the rank is mirrored. The overall value is the average of the area values.
Price as of 11/06/2026.
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on equity | 40.93% | 14.60% | Rank 89 |
| Return on capital (Greenblatt) | 104.61% | 29.77% | Rank 83 |
| EBIT margin | 7.38% | 17.40% | Rank 25 |
| FCF margin | 4.85% | 18.54% | Rank 20 |
| Gross margin | 21.73% | 48.47% | Rank 11 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, 1 year | 6.79% | 12.70% | Rank 29 |
| Earnings growth, 3 years per year | −0.25% | 9.54% | Rank 29 |
| Earnings growth, 5 years per year | 8.20% | 14.07% | Rank 29 |
| Sustainable growth (ROE × retained earnings) | 0.52% | 2.87% | Rank 8 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yield | 5.14% | 2.64% | Rank 82 |
| FCF yield | 5.43% | 3.06% | Rank 73 |
| EV/saleslower is better | 1.15 | 5.18 | Rank 91 |
| EV/EBITlower is better | 15.56 | 26.24 | Rank 75 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Share price, 1 year | 1.30% | −0.59% | Rank 52 |
| Share price, 6 months | 50.31% | −4.46% | Rank 96 |
| Share price, 3 months | 20.73% | −5.84% | Rank 91 |
| Distance from 52-week high | −6.96% | −33.23% | Rank 90 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accruals (Sloan)lower is better | −1.36% | 1.65% | Rank 69 |
| Change in share countlower is better | −2.29% | −0.17% | Rank 82 |
| Dividend streak in years | 12 | 8 | Rank 77 |
| Price reaction to results, market-adjusted | −8.98% | −1.57% | Rank 15 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equity ratio | 16.26% | 53.98% | Rank 9 |
| Net debt/EBITDAlower is better | 2.93 | −0.20 | Rank 7 |
| Debt to equitylower is better | 2.43 | 0.33 | Rank 4 |
| Volatility, 1 yearlower is better | 47.17% | 50.37% | Rank 62 |
Ten years in figures
| Year | Revenue, $B | EBIT margin | FCF | Shares | Net debt, $B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 13.7 | 6.0% | $540.5M | 166M | 3.0 |
| 2017 | 14.8 | 5.8% | $696.6M | 158M | 3.1 |
| 2018 | 16.2 | 6.1% | $819.8M | 154M | 3.0 |
| 2019 | 18.0 | 6.3% | $790.9M | 148M | 3.7 |
| 2020 | 18.5 | 6.4% | $1.2B | 145M | 3.2 |
| 2021 | 20.8 | 6.8% | $684.6M | 141M | 7.1 |
| 2022 | 23.7 | 7.3% | $1.2B | 137M | 5.8 |
| 2023 | 21.4 | 7.9% | $1.5B | 136M | 5.2 |
| 2024 | 21.0 | 7.9% | $1.2B | 135M | 5.5 |
| 2025 | 22.4 | 7.4% | $1.1B | 132M | 5.7 |
3 of 7 StockScorer Score rules met · How the score is built
CDW Corp mainly meets criteria in the Valuation category. Result from 18 strategies checked.
CDW Corp is rated here with the StockScorer Score strategy, the flagship rule set. It compares return and cash-flow metrics with the median of the company's own sector and checks growth and price trend.
3 of 7 rules met
5 of 11 points
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Selected fundamental metrics for CDW Corp.
| Metric | Stock | Sector |
|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio | 19.4 | 35.1 |
| P/B ratio | 8.0 | 5.5 |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 40.9% | 14.6% |
| Equity ratio | 16.3% | 54.0% |
| Debt-to-equity (D/E) | 2.43 | 0.33 |
| Dividend yield | 1.6% | 0.9% |
How comparable stocks in the same sector score in the StockScorer model.
| Symbol | Company | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| CDW | CDW Corpthis page | |
| BR | Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc | Medium5.5 |
| LDOS | Leidos Holdings Inc | Medium5.5 |
| FIS | Fidelity National Information Services Inc | Medium5.5 |
| CACI | CACI International Inc | locked |
| JKHY | Jack Henry & Associates Inc | locked |
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