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CDW's Q3 Earnings & Revenues Top Estimates, Up Y/Y on Cloud Tailwinds
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Key Takeaways
CDW's Q3 EPS of $2.71 beat estimates and rose 3% year over year on solid revenue growth.
Sales climbed 4% to $5.74B, led by broad product demand and stronger customer spending.
CDW reaffirmed its plan to outpace U.S. IT market growth by 200-300 basis points at cc.
CDW Corporation ((CDW - Free Report) ) reported third-quarter 2025 non-GAAP earnings per share (EPS) of $2.71, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.53. Also, the bottom line increased 3% year over year.
The company’s revenues increased 4% year over year to $5.74 billion. On a constant currency (cc) basis, sales grew 3.8%, showing broad-based demand across product categories, such as notebooks/mobile devices, software, networking (netcomm) products, desktops and services, despite a slowdown in data storage and servers. Despite ongoing macroeconomic uncertainty, some end markets showed signs of improved customer spending during the quarter. Quarterly revenues also exceeded the consensus estimate of $5.7 billion.
Looking ahead, CDW reaffirmed its goal to outpace the U.S. IT market growth by 200–300 basis points at cc.
Separately, the company announced a quarterly dividend of 63 cents, to be paid on Dec. 10, 2025, to shareholders on record as of Nov. 25, reflecting a 1% increase year over year.
Net sales of CDW’s Corporate segment amounted to $2.25 billion, growing 4.4% on a year-over-year basis.
The Small Business segment’s net sales of $434 million rose 14.2% year over year.
The Public segment’s revenues totaled $2.35 billion, up 0.6% from the year-ago quarter. The uptick was driven by a 7.8% and 6.9% surge in net sales of Government customers and Healthcare customers, respectively, offset by an 8.5% decline in the Education sector.
Net sales in Other (Canadian and U.K. operations) rose 9.1% to $698 million.
Margin Details
Gross profit grew 4.6% year over year to $1.26 billion. Gross profit margin rose slightly to 21.9% from 21.8%, driven by higher service rates and more netted-down revenue.
The non-GAAP operating income fell 0.6% year over year to $530.6 million. The non-GAAP operating margin was down to 9.2% from 9.7%.
Selling and administrative expenses surged 12.9% year over year to $812 million due to higher performance-based pay, transformation costs and amortization of acquired intangibles.
Balance Sheet and Cash Flow
As of Sept. 30, 2025, CDW had $452.9 million of cash and cash equivalents compared with $946.7 million a year ago.
The company has a long-term debt of $5.62 billion, higher than $5.6 billion in the previous year.
For the nine months that ended on Sept. 30, 2025, CDW generated $771.4 million of cash flow from operating activities compared with $932 million in the year-ago period. Free cash flow was $692.2 million.
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Sensata Technologies Holding plc ((ST - Free Report) ) reported third-quarter 2025 adjusted EPS of 89 cents, flat year over year. However, the bottom line topped the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 4.7%. Revenues for the quarter reached $932 million, down 5.2% from a year ago. The top-line contraction was attributable to earlier announced divestitures and product lifecycle optimization efforts. However, the figure outperformed management’s expectations ($900-$930 million) and beat the consensus estimate by 1.9%.
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CDW's Q3 Earnings & Revenues Top Estimates, Up Y/Y on Cloud Tailwinds
Key Takeaways
CDW Corporation ((CDW - Free Report) ) reported third-quarter 2025 non-GAAP earnings per share (EPS) of $2.71, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.53. Also, the bottom line increased 3% year over year.
The company’s revenues increased 4% year over year to $5.74 billion. On a constant currency (cc) basis, sales grew 3.8%, showing broad-based demand across product categories, such as notebooks/mobile devices, software, networking (netcomm) products, desktops and services, despite a slowdown in data storage and servers. Despite ongoing macroeconomic uncertainty, some end markets showed signs of improved customer spending during the quarter. Quarterly revenues also exceeded the consensus estimate of $5.7 billion.
Looking ahead, CDW reaffirmed its goal to outpace the U.S. IT market growth by 200–300 basis points at cc.
Separately, the company announced a quarterly dividend of 63 cents, to be paid on Dec. 10, 2025, to shareholders on record as of Nov. 25, reflecting a 1% increase year over year.
CDW Corporation Price, Consensus and EPS Surprise
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In the past year, shares have declined 19% compared with the Zacks Computers-IT Services industry’s fall of 11.5%.
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Segmental Details
Net sales of CDW’s Corporate segment amounted to $2.25 billion, growing 4.4% on a year-over-year basis.
The Small Business segment’s net sales of $434 million rose 14.2% year over year.
The Public segment’s revenues totaled $2.35 billion, up 0.6% from the year-ago quarter. The uptick was driven by a 7.8% and 6.9% surge in net sales of Government customers and Healthcare customers, respectively, offset by an 8.5% decline in the Education sector.
Net sales in Other (Canadian and U.K. operations) rose 9.1% to $698 million.
Margin Details
Gross profit grew 4.6% year over year to $1.26 billion. Gross profit margin rose slightly to 21.9% from 21.8%, driven by higher service rates and more netted-down revenue.
The non-GAAP operating income fell 0.6% year over year to $530.6 million. The non-GAAP operating margin was down to 9.2% from 9.7%.
Selling and administrative expenses surged 12.9% year over year to $812 million due to higher performance-based pay, transformation costs and amortization of acquired intangibles.
Balance Sheet and Cash Flow
As of Sept. 30, 2025, CDW had $452.9 million of cash and cash equivalents compared with $946.7 million a year ago.
The company has a long-term debt of $5.62 billion, higher than $5.6 billion in the previous year.
For the nine months that ended on Sept. 30, 2025, CDW generated $771.4 million of cash flow from operating activities compared with $932 million in the year-ago period. Free cash flow was $692.2 million.
CDW’s Zacks Rank
CDW currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here
Recent Performance of Other Companies
Flex Ltd. ((FLEX - Free Report) ) reported second-quarter fiscal 2026 adjusted EPS of 79 cents, which surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 5.3%. The bottom line compared favorably with 64 cents posted in the prior-year quarter. Revenues increased 4% year over year to $6.8 billion. Also, it beat the consensus mark by 2%. The uptick was driven by strong data center growth in both the cloud and power end markets, despite a complex macroeconomic environment.
Fortive Corporation ((FTV - Free Report) ) reported third-quarter 2025 adjusted EPS of 68 cents from continuing operations, which surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 58 cents. The bottom line increased 15.3% year over year. Revenues increased 2.3% year over year to $1.03 billion. The top line beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 2.1%. Core revenues jumped 1.9%.
Sensata Technologies Holding plc ((ST - Free Report) ) reported third-quarter 2025 adjusted EPS of 89 cents, flat year over year. However, the bottom line topped the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 4.7%. Revenues for the quarter reached $932 million, down 5.2% from a year ago. The top-line contraction was attributable to earlier announced divestitures and product lifecycle optimization efforts. However, the figure outperformed management’s expectations ($900-$930 million) and beat the consensus estimate by 1.9%.