Briefing From The Editor -- CDW Stock

By Emilio Sanchez • Monday, June 02 15:24 • Permanent Link

CDW logged a -3.0% change during today's afternoon session, and is now trading at a price of $174.89 per share. The S&P 500 index moved 1.0%. CDW's trading volume is 1,434,164 compared to the stock's average volume of 1,487,985.

CDW trades -16.25% away from its average analyst target price of $208.83 per share. The 11 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $180.0 to $235.0, and on average have given CDW a rating of buy.

Anyone interested in buying CDW should be aware of the facts below:

CDW's current price is 213.1% above its Graham number of $55.86, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
CDW has moved -19.3% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 11.9%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 8.06, CDW has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 21.7 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
CDW has a forward P/E ratio of 17.3 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $10.12 per share
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 9.91 compared to its sector average of 2.93
CDW Corporation provides information technology (IT) solutions in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada.
Based in Vernon Hills, the company has 15,100 full time employees and a market cap of $23.03 Billion. CDW currently returns an annual dividend yield of 1.4%.

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