CDW (NASDAQ:CDW – Get Free Report) and Iveda Solutions (NASDAQ:IVDA – Get Free Report) are both technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.
Profitability
This table compares CDW and Iveda Solutions’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| CDW | 4.60% | 50.61% | 7.91% |
| Iveda Solutions | -69.24% | -63.92% | -46.83% |
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares CDW and Iveda Solutions”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| CDW | $23.50 billion | 0.72 | $1.07 billion | $8.32 | 16.25 |
| Iveda Solutions | $5.28 million | 0.66 | -$3.20 million | ($0.54) | -0.52 |
CDW has higher revenue and earnings than Iveda Solutions. Iveda Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CDW, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Volatility & Risk
CDW has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Iveda Solutions has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
93.2% of CDW shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.3% of Iveda Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of CDW shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of Iveda Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for CDW and Iveda Solutions, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| CDW | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2.78 |
| Iveda Solutions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
CDW currently has a consensus target price of $150.12, suggesting a potential upside of 11.05%. Given CDW’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe CDW is more favorable than Iveda Solutions.
Summary
CDW beats Iveda Solutions on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About CDW
CDW Corporation provides information technology (IT) solutions in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada. It operates through three segments: Corporate, Small Business, and Public. 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, desktop computers, collaboration, data storage and servers, and others; and software products, such as cloud solutions, software assurance, application suites, security, virtualization, operating systems, and network management. In addition, the company offers advisory and design, software development, implementation, managed, professional, configuration, partner, and telecom services, as well as warranties; delivers and manages mission critical software, systems, and network solutions; and implementation and installation, and repair services to its customers through various third-party service providers. It serves government, education, and healthcare customers; and small, medium, and large business customers. CDW Corporation was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Vernon Hills, Illinois.
About Iveda Solutions
Iveda Solutions, Inc. provides artificial intelligence (AI) and digital transformation technologies in the United States and Taiwan. The company offers IvedaAI, a deep-learning video analytics software and Sentir Video, a video surveillance solution for various kinds of applications. It also provides Cerebro IoT Platform, a software technology platform that integrates a multitude of disparate systems for central access and management of applications, subsystems, and devices, and IvedaSPS, a smart power solution utilizing in Cerebro IoT platform, and IvedaXpress, a system for pre-existing IP cameras and AI analytics for servers and IT department. In addition, the company offers Iveda Smart UVC, an AI vent for irradiating UV light and Iveda drone to perform certain functions from an aerial view. Further, it offers Utilus smart pole solution that consists of power and Internet with a communication network for the access and management of sensors and devices, as well as provides utility cabin, IoT sensors and devices and LAN switch products. The company serves airports, commercial buildings, government customers, data centers, shopping centers, hotels, banks, and safe city projects. Iveda Solutions, Inc. was founded in 2003 and is based in Mesa, Arizona.
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