The stock price of CDW Corp (NASDAQ: CDW) has jumped by 2.60 compared to previous close of 175.52. Despite this, the company has seen a gain of 10.89% in its stock price over the last five trading days. seekingalpha.com reported 2025-05-07 that CDW Corporation (NASDAQ:CDW ) Q1 2025 Earnings Conference Call May 7, 2025 8:30 AM ET Company Participants Steve O’Brien – Vice President-Investor Relations Christine Leahy – Chair and Chief Executive Officer Albert Miralles – Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Conference Call Participants David Voigt – UBS Asiya Merchant – Citigroup Amit Daryanani – Evercore ISI Samik Chatterjee – JPMorgan Chase & Co Harry Read – Redburn Keith Housum – Northcoast Research George Wang – Barclays Ruplu Bhattacharya – Bank of America Operator Good morning all and thank you for joining us for the CDW First Quarter 2025 Earnings Call. My name is Carly and I’ll be coordinating the call today.
Is It Worth Investing in CDW Corp (NASDAQ: CDW) Right Now?
CDW Corp (NASDAQ: CDW) has a higher price-to-earnings ratio of 22.32x compared to its average ratio. CDW has 36-month beta value of 0.92. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 5 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 3 as “overweight,” 4 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for CDW is 131.21M, and currently, short sellers hold a 2.06% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of CDW on May 09, 2025 was 1.47M shares.
CDW’s Market Performance
The stock of CDW Corp (CDW) has seen a 10.89% increase in the past week, with a 23.32% rise in the past month, and a -9.89% fall in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 3.50%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 3.59% for CDW. The simple moving average for the last 20 days is 13.83% for CDW’s stock, with a simple moving average of -6.21% for the last 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of CDW
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for CDW stocks, with Redburn Atlantic repeating the rating for CDW by listing it as a “Buy.” The predicted price for CDW in the upcoming period, according to Redburn Atlantic is $230 based on the research report published on November 15, 2024 of the previous year 2024.
JP Morgan, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see CDW reach a price target of $235, previously predicting the price at $260. The rating they have provided for CDW stocks is “Neutral” according to the report published on October 28th, 2024.
Citigroup gave a rating of “Neutral” to CDW, setting the target price at $245 in the report published on October 01st of the previous year.
CDW Trading at 10.88% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought CDW to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -25.35% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 3.59%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 3.50%, as shares surge +12.92% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -0.08% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, CDW rose by +10.89%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -22.55% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $158.21. In addition, CDW Corp saw 3.48% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further gains.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at CDW starting from LEAHY CHRISTINE A, who proposed sale 40,917 shares at the price of $181.42 back on May 08 ’25. After this action, LEAHY CHRISTINE A now owns shares of CDW Corp, valued at $7,423,275 using the latest closing price.
LEAHY CHRISTINE A, the of CDW Corp, purchase 1,200 shares at $216.15 during a trade that took place back on Aug 01 ’24, which means that LEAHY CHRISTINE A is holding 102,200 shares at $259,380 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for CDW
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.08 for the present operating margin
- 0.22 for the gross margin
The net margin for CDW Corp stands at 0.05. The total capital return value is set at 0.18. Equity return is now at value 48.71, with 7.70 for asset returns.
Based on CDW Corp (CDW), the company’s capital structure generated 0.72 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.21. The debt to equity ratio resting at 2.55. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 7.71.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 1.93 billion with net debt to EBITDA at 2.94. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 1.39. The receivables turnover for the company is 3.72for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 1.43. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 1.32.
Conclusion
To put it simply, CDW Corp (CDW) has had a mixed performance in recent times. Analysts have a bullish opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
