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CDW Corporation

$CDW·$17B·Information Technology Services·Technology
$151.58+2.6%YTD+12.2%1Y-11.0%
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CDCDW
$CDWCDW Corporation
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Top X posts

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $CDW, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Proven numbersWinding up for a moveAI verdict · as of 2026-08-26

Trading in a tight range and building pressure — a move looks likely soon, but the direction isn't clear yet.

CDW popped 7.7% today on 'Trump stock' momentum — the IT distributor is coiled at 60% of range with 6.3% FCF yield.

CDW Corporation is the leading US IT distributor whose stock has been repositioning as a Trump-administration-adjacent-IT-services beneficiary. The tape is coiled at moderate levels with a specific technical breakout today.

  • The IT-services momentum is real and specific: CDW is being framed as a 'Trump stock' breakout — $130 6/18 call at $0.75 up 1000% with the discord, +700% in some discord calls — and today's +7.7% pop on 0.90x normal volume signals a real position-taking event; the corpus is dominated by IT-services rotation momentum.
  • The fundamentals are stable-quality: PE 16x trailing on 22% gross margin, 7% operating margin, and 6.3% FCF yield — the last two prints delivered EPS beats of 4% (Q2) and a small 0% match on Q1; a $17B IT distributor at those metrics is genuinely cheap for a business with recurring customer relationships.
  • The tape is coiled but breaking: at 60% of the 52-week range, 4% above the 50-day and 8% above the 200-day on 0.90x normal volume with beta 0.94 — today's move on ~normal volume is the confirmation of the coiled setup breaking upward; officer Connelly's $3.7M sale plus $5.2M option exercise is calendar-based mechanical activity, not conviction-shifting.

The path if this works is the Nov 3 Q3 print delivering another clean beat plus concrete IT-services pipeline commentary, taking the tape past $160. What breaks it is a soft IT-spending signal or an enterprise-capex-cycle rollover — CDW is downstream of enterprise IT budgets, so any softening cuts the multiple.

Agrees with X sentimentThe X bulls have the setup right — $130 6/18 call at $0.75 up 1000%, $10K to $120K overnight, +700% in some discord calls, $75 to $830 banger framing, IT-services rotation momentum, near-total absence of bear voice — and mechanics back the coiled setup with today's technical break.

What to watch: Nov 3 Q3 print (sell-side EPS $2.91) — a clean beat plus concrete IT-services pipeline commentary extends the tape past $160; a soft IT-spending signal or an enterprise-capex-cycle rollover breaks the coil back toward $115.

On the calendar: 2026-11-03 — Q3 earnings

X sentiment

What the X crowd is saying right now — descriptive, summarised from the day’s posts.

Bullish sentiment6 posts analyzed · as of 2026-06-08

CDW is being framed as a 'Trump stock' breakout: a $130 6/18 call at $0.75 up 1000% with the discord, $10K to $120K overnight, +700% in some discord calls, and $75 to $830 banger framing. The corpus is dominated by IT-services rotation momentum. The bear voice is essentially absent.

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Large IT solutions reseller covering hardware, software, and managed services for corporate and public-sector clients.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Information Technology Services sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $CDW.

Information Technology Services · Technology

SaaS multiples remain compressed as rate-sensitive valuations weigh on pure-play software; customers are lengthening deal cycles outside of AI-native workloads. AI co-pilot upsell is the only clear near-term catalyst — companies without it are treading water.

What this means for $CDW

Partial — cloud infrastructure exposure benefits indirectly from hyperscaler capex; core business is CDW Corporation specializes in delivering comprehensive information technology s.

Top industry ETF

$IGViShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF
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Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
15.9How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
12.3%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
7.3%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
6.3%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
0.7Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
42.4%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
21.6%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
2.4Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Aug 5, 2026$2.91$2.80+3.9%
Q1 2026May 6, 2026$2.28$2.280.0%
Q4 2025Feb 4, 2026$2.57$2.44+5.3%
Q3 2025Nov 4, 2025$2.71$2.62+3.4%
Next earningsTue, Nov 3·consensus EPS $2.92

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$5.7B+9.2%21.0%6.6%$1.82$248.4M
Q4 FY25$5.5B+6.3%22.8%7.8%$2.15$395.9M
Q3 FY25$5.7B+4.0%21.9%7.7%$2.22$298.5M
Q2 FY25$6.0B+10.2%20.8%7.0%$2.06$133.4M

Forward consensus

4-year forecast · up to 7 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$23.6B$23.0B – $24.0B$10.76$10.43 – $11.207
FY27$24.4B$23.5B – $25.0B$11.78$11.19 – $12.897
FY28$25.2B$24.7B – $25.8B$13.14$12.73 – $13.574
FY29$27.1B$26.4B – $27.8B$0.00$0.00 – $0.003

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.0.9×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.68%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.+7.3%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+12.2%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatMid float · 127.3M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today1.3% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β0.945-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

SellAug 7Elizabeth H. ConnellySee Remarks26.7K sh$3.7MBuyMay 27David W NelmsDirector18.0K sh$2.0MBuyMay 18Christine A LeahySee Remarks4.8K sh$499K
+ 66 other (56 awards · 9 inkinds · 1 exempt) in window

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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

8-KOfficer or director changeAug 58-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change · Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

CDW announced a leadership Departure involving Certain Officers, who serves as Director. Item 5.02 mandates timely disclosure of executive and director transitions, which can significantly affect CDW's strategic direction and investor confidence.

8-KCharter amendmentMay 268-K — Item 5.03: Charter amendment · Item 5.07: Shareholder vote
AI summary

CDW (CDW) disclosed the results of its annual meeting of shareholders in an 8-K filing under Item 5.07. Shareholders voted on multiple proposals. All management-sponsored proposals were approved by majority shareholder vote. Annual meeting results are a routine disclosure that confirms shareholder ratification of the board's composition and compensation practices.

8-KPress release / Reg FDMay 138-K — Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD · Item 8.01: Other event
AI summary

CDW (CDW) disclosed its addition to Nasdaq Global Select Market Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 under 8-K Item 8.01 (other events). Index inclusions are significant because they trigger automatic buying from passive index funds and ETFs that track the benchmark, often resulting in increased share price and trading volume. Index providers typically announce additions in advance of the effective rebalancing date, giving institutions time to adjust their holdings. The event increases CDW's institutional ownership base and enhances its market visibility and liquidity profile.

3New insider — initial holdingsMay 63
AI summary

Tan Hang filed a Form 3 with the SEC, disclosing initial beneficial ownership of CDW securities. This filing is required under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act within 10 days of becoming a reporting person (officer, director, or 10%+ holder). The filing reports 4 shares of icial Ownership (Instr. 5) Common Stock,. Form 3 filings establish a baseline ownership record for subsequent Form 4 (changes) and Form 5 (annual) filings, providing transparency into insider positions at CDW.

8-KPress release / Reg FDMay 18-K — Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

CDW (CDW) disclosed its addition to Nasdaq Global Select Market Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 under 8-K Item 8.01 (other events). Index inclusions are significant because they trigger automatic buying from passive index funds and ETFs that track the benchmark, often resulting in increased share price and trading volume. Index providers typically announce additions in advance of the effective rebalancing date, giving institutions time to adjust their holdings. The event increases CDW's institutional ownership base and enhances its market visibility and liquidity profile.

8-KOfficer or director changeMar 278-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change
+ 11 other (3 13Gs · 2 10-Qs · 2 8-Ks · 2 proxys) in window

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

CDW Canada Opens New Calgary Hub, Deepening Its Investment in Western Canadabusinesswire.com·7d agoCDW to Participate in the Citi 2026 Global TMT Conferencebusinesswire.com·7d agoB. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG Invests $6.37 Million in CDW Corporation $CDWdefenseworld.net·10d agoIncome Investors Have Small Window To Collect These Dividend Payments247wallst.com·17d agoHere's Why CDW (CDW) is a Strong Momentum Stockzacks.com·24d ago

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