CDW Valuation

Is CDW undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

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  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of CDW when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: CDW (€204.6) is trading above our estimate of fair value (€178.2)

Significantly Below Fair Value: CDW is trading above our estimate of fair value.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for CDW?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

CDW key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue1.7x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA17.6x
PEG Ratio2.4x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does CDW's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for CDW vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average20x
JEN Jenoptik
20.1x16.3%€1.5b
000938 Unisplendour
28x19.4%CN¥57.4b
ARW Arrow Electronics
9.6x3.1%US$6.8b
NSIT Insight Enterprises
22.2x18.8%US$6.6b
CDW CDW
27.4x11.5%€29.8b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CDW is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (27.4x) compared to the peer average (19.9x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does CDW's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Electronic Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a40.0%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CDW is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (27.4x) compared to the European Electronic industry average (21.3x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CDW's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

CDW PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio27.4x
Fair PE Ratio14.9x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: CDW is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (27.4x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (14.9x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst CDW forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€204.60
€233.88
+14.3%
5.3%€255.42€216.27n/a9
May ’25€226.00
€241.63
+6.9%
7.5%€275.91€216.99n/a10
Apr ’25€236.00
€242.58
+2.8%
6.6%€277.62€211.92n/a10
Mar ’25€228.00
€237.85
+4.3%
4.6%€253.45€211.83n/a10
Feb ’25€210.00
€215.12
+2.4%
5.7%€234.32€198.48n/a10
Jan ’25€206.00
€207.96
+1.0%
3.8%€220.06€197.13n/a10
Dec ’24€195.00
€207.96
+6.6%
3.8%€220.06€197.13n/a10
Nov ’24€188.00
€213.42
+13.5%
4.2%€227.11€202.79n/a10
Oct ’24€190.00
€206.56
+8.7%
3.3%€220.05€200.67n/a9
Sep ’24€197.00
€201.57
+2.3%
3.1%€214.77€196.49n/a10
Aug ’24€170.00
€186.48
+9.7%
5.6%€209.16€168.24n/a10
Jul ’24€168.00
€183.85
+9.4%
4.4%€199.41€169.53n/a9
Jun ’24€161.00
€185.79
+15.4%
4.6%€202.06€171.79n/a8
May ’24€153.00
€187.01
+22.2%
3.8%€200.82€178.00€226.008
Apr ’24€179.22
€208.59
+16.4%
3.6%€223.49€199.28€236.008
Mar ’24€187.56
€208.34
+11.1%
4.3%€223.56€190.86€228.009
Feb ’24€180.42
€198.72
+10.1%
5.2%€221.04€184.20€210.009
Jan ’24€166.80
€199.02
+19.3%
5.9%€226.03€188.36€206.009
Dec ’23€181.42
€215.53
+18.8%
5.5%€246.07€205.06€195.009
Nov ’23€173.98
€215.53
+23.9%
5.8%€243.50€202.92€188.009
Oct ’23€158.98
€212.56
+33.7%
5.8%€236.04€196.70€190.008
Sep ’23€170.50
€212.56
+24.7%
5.8%€236.04€196.70€197.008
Aug ’23€176.30
€217.82
+23.5%
5.5%€239.64€199.70€170.007
Jul ’23€149.66
€207.96
+39.0%
5.1%€228.05€194.79€168.007
Jun ’23€160.60
€210.78
+31.2%
6.6%€234.65€192.41€161.007
May ’23€154.00
€207.12
+34.5%
6.3%€230.90€189.34€153.008

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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