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Neutral527.8%
Bearish00.0%
CDW Corporation · CDW · FY2024 Q4 · Calendar Q1 2025
CDW: Cloud and healthcare strength offset a cautious outlook
The supplied analysis supports a balanced view: cloud, security, services and healthcare provide credible growth drivers, but public-sector timing, hardware pressure, competition and limited operating leverage keep the case conditional rather than established.
Reported Before market openNASDAQTechnology
$18.16B market cap
80quality score
Earnings scorecard
Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS
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Consensus $2.33
EPS surprise
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Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue
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Consensus $4.95B
Revenue surprise
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Reported versus consensus
Market reaction
prior-close to event-session close
Stock move
+3.4%
Event window
SPY move
+0.4%
Same window
Abnormal move
+3.0%
Stock minus SPY
Volume
2.8×
Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift
-18.9%
Up to 20 sessions
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What drove CDW's +3.4% move after FY2024 Q4 earnings?What changed in CDW's guidance and outlook in FY2024 Q4?Give me the bull and bear case for CDW after FY2024 Q4 earnings.
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What changed
Compared with the prior quarter, the analysis points to stronger Q4 sales momentum, a roughly 30% healthcare growth contribution, continued double-digit cloud and services growth, and a maintained rather than lowered outlook. Management also highlighted the Mission Cloud Services acquisition and expanded AI and healthcare initiatives.
Guidance delta
Maintained. Management described a cautious 2025 outlook with low-single-digit IT-spend growth and a goal of outperforming the market by 200–300 basis points.
Key takeaways
- Q4 net sales grew 5% year over year, while full-year sales declined 1.8%.
- Healthcare grew about 30% and became a key profit driver.
- Cloud, SaaS, security and services grew double digits and supported gross-profit margins.
- Management maintained a cautious outlook and emphasized cloud, security, AI and selective M&A.
Management priorities
- Integrate Mission Cloud Services and expand AWS-focused offerings
- Accelerate cloud, security and data-analytics capabilities
- Develop healthcare transformation centers and AI solutions
- Pursue selective M&A in industry-specific and emerging technologies
- Maintain dividend growth and share repurchases
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Analyst 52W Price Targets
$142.17Current
$130Low
$183.67Average
$270High
Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted current price from FN2's market snapshot as of Oct 11, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.
Firm-level rating actions
FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.
| Firm | Rating | Prior rating | Action | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barclays | Equal Weight | Equal Weight | Maintain | Sep 21, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Aug 6, 2026 |
| Citigroup | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Jul 13, 2026 |
| JP Morgan | Overweight | Neutral | Upgrade | May 27, 2026 |
| UBS | Buy | Buy | Maintain | May 7, 2026 |
| Evercore ISI Group | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | May 7, 2026 |
| Raymond James | Strong Buy | Outperform | Upgrade | Nov 25, 2025 |
| Stifel | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Jul 17, 2024 |
| Northcoast Research | Buy | Neutral | Upgrade | Jun 7, 2024 |
| Credit Suisse | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | May 4, 2023 |
| B of A Securities | Neutral | Buy | Downgrade | Apr 19, 2023 |
| CFRA | Hold | Hold | Maintain | May 7, 2020 |
| Bank of America | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Jul 30, 2019 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Hold | Buy | Downgrade | Apr 17, 2019 |
| Baird | Outperform | Neutral | Upgrade | May 9, 2017 |
| Deutsche Bank | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Aug 4, 2016 |
| Goldman Sachs | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Dec 1, 2015 |
| RBC Capital | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | May 8, 2015 |
Named analyst price targets
Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $142.17. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.
| Firm | Analyst | 52W target | Price when posted | Upside | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $150 | $152.38 | +5.5% | Sep 8, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Erik Woodring | $171 | $140.89 | +20.3% | Aug 6, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Erik Woodring | $170 | $123.57 | +19.6% | Jun 23, 2026 |
| RBC Capital | Analyst unavailable | $130 | $108.59 | -8.6% | May 27, 2026 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $147 | $113.08 | +3.4% | May 7, 2026 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $123 | $109 | -13.5% | May 7, 2026 |
| Raymond James | Analyst unavailable | $150 | $111.17 | +5.5% | May 6, 2026 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $162 | $138.08 | +13.9% | Feb 5, 2026 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $144 | $138.08 | +1.3% | Feb 5, 2026 |
| Evercore ISI | Analyst unavailable | $180 | $127.51 | +26.6% | Jan 20, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $141 | $131.75 | -0.8% | Jan 20, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $177 | $145.02 | +24.5% | Dec 17, 2025 |
| Raymond James | Adam Tindle | $185 | $141.92 | +30.1% | Nov 25, 2025 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $190 | $142.21 | +33.6% | Nov 5, 2025 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $148 | $141.66 | +4.1% | Nov 5, 2025 |
| Citigroup | Asiya Merchant | $245 | $226.3 | +72.3% | Oct 1, 2024 |
| Northcoast Research | Keith Housum | $270 | $224.24 | +89.9% | Jun 7, 2024 |
| J.P. Morgan | Analyst unavailable | $225 | $178.46 | +58.3% | Dec 20, 2022 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Matthew Sheerin | $210 | $171.68 | +47.7% | Apr 18, 2022 |
| Morgan Stanley | Erik Woodring | $214 | $178.83 | +50.5% | Apr 4, 2022 |
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Snapshot as of publicationCDW Corporation specializes in delivering comprehensive information technology services and products across North America and the United Kingdom. It strategically targets three core client divisions: corporate enterprises, small to medium-sized businesses, and public sector organizations. Their portfolio encompasses both individual hardware and software offerings, alongside sophisticated integrated IT solution packages. These comprehensive solutions span on-premise, hybrid, and cloud environments, addressing critical areas such as data center infrastructure, network management, digital workspace enablement, and robust security.…
Historical context
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- Earnings call transcript and parsed analysis · 2026-05-11T10:29:34.698584+00:00
- FN2 earnings calendar · 2025-01-22T00:04:22.296664+00:00
- Polygon adjusted daily market bars · 2026-10-11T01:20:44.562034+00:00
- Financial Modeling Prep analyst price-target consensus and quote snapshot · 2026-10-11T01:20:44.559333+00:00
Methodology
Reported and consensus figures come from FN2's earnings event records. Market reaction and volume are calculated from daily adjusted bars around the event; abnormal move subtracts the SPY move over the same window.
Analyst target low, average, and high values are derived at request time from each named analyst's latest persisted FMP target. The current-price marker comes from FN2's persisted market snapshot. They are sell-side estimates, not an FN2 valuation or recommendation.
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By FN2 Research · Updated · As of 2026-10-11. For educational purposes only; not investment advice.