CDW (NASDAQ:CDW – Get Free Report) and Draganfly (NASDAQ:DPRO – Get Free Report) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings.
Volatility & Risk
CDW has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Draganfly has a beta of 2.67, indicating that its share price is 167% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares CDW and Draganfly”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| CDW | $22.42 billion | 0.76 | $1.07 billion | $8.22 | 16.22 |
| Draganfly | $5.53 million | 37.17 | -$16.45 million | ($0.98) | -6.10 |
CDW has higher revenue and earnings than Draganfly. Draganfly is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CDW, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current recommendations for CDW and Draganfly, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| CDW | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2.56 |
| Draganfly | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3.50 |
CDW presently has a consensus target price of $140.63, suggesting a potential upside of 5.47%. Draganfly has a consensus target price of $14.50, suggesting a potential upside of 142.47%. Given Draganfly’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Draganfly is more favorable than CDW.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
93.2% of CDW shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.4% of Draganfly shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of CDW shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares CDW and Draganfly’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| CDW | 4.70% | 49.67% | 8.02% |
| Draganfly | -292.88% | -27.88% | -26.20% |
Summary
CDW beats Draganfly on 10 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 Draganfly
Draganfly Inc. develops, manufactures, and sells cutting-edge unmanned and remote data collection and analysis platforms and systems in the United States and Canada. The company offers quadcopters, fixed-wing aircraft, ground-based robots, handheld controllers, and flight training, as well as software used for tracking, live streaming, and data collection. It also operates a health/telehealth platform that is a set of technologies that remotely detect various biometrics, such as heart rate, oxygen saturation, and blood pressure. In addition, the company provides sanitary spraying services to indoor and outdoor public gathering spaces, including sport stadiums and fields, and custom engineering, training, consulting, flight, and geographic information systems data services. It serves public safety, agriculture, industrial inspections, and mapping and surveying markets. Draganfly Inc. was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Saskatoon, Canada.
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