The Bid & Ask

Quotations, Dispatches, and the Daily Tape

Friday, August 14, 2026

Subject of the day

CDW

Concerning the House

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.

United States · www.cdw.com

The Long Run

FY 2011–2025 · 15 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$22.42B+6.2%
Gross profit$4.60B+10.5%
Operating income$1.66B+21.7%
Net income$1.08B+32.0%
Cash from ops$1.21B+13.1%
Quotation

$142.05

+5.38 (+3.9%)

52w hi$168.16
52w lo$98.71
Vol1.41M
As ofAug 13
The Verdict

Hold

Our score +0.19

Short-0.11
Medium+0.37
Long+0.41

computed 2026-08-13

By the Numbers

CDW Corporation

Technology · Information Technology Services

Market cap$17.76B
Enterprise value$23.15B
Trailing P/E17.05x
Forward P/E11.90x
EV / EBITDA11.51x
P / S (ttm)0.76x
Profit margin4.6%
Return on equity44.0%
Revenue growth+10.0%
Earnings growth+4.9%
Debt / equity263.28
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX0.99
Corr SPX0.42
Annual vol38.4%
Annual ret-11.7%
Sharpe-0.31
Max DD-56.8%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.22
Sector+0.15
Technical+0.00
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-13

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 13$136.13$142.34$136.13$142.051.41M
Aug 12$135.80$137.15$132.68$136.671.15M
Aug 11$135.29$136.95$134.351.26M
Aug 10$135.00$137.31$134.38$136.431.48M
Aug 7$141.17$141.72$135.53$135.812.39M