CDW Financial Ratios
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CDW ratio analysis
CDW earned a net margin of 4.8% in FY 2025, down from 5.1% a year earlier. Gross margin was 21.7% compared with a median of 17.1% over the prior 9 years. Return on equity reached 40.9%, meaning CDW generated 0.41 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity.
Debt-to-equity stood at 2.16 versus 2.48 the year before, and the current ratio was 1.18. At the end of FY 2025, CDW traded at 16.5 times earnings; across the 10 fiscal years shown, its year-end P/E ranged from 16.5 to 29.1, with a median of 21.9. Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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CDW financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | 16.48 | 21.86 | 28.06 | 21.97 | 29.09 | 24.18 | 28.49 | 18.59 | 20.99 | 20.35 |
| Price / sales | 0.78 | 1.11 | 1.43 | 1.02 | 1.36 | 1.02 | 1.14 | 0.72 | 0.73 | 0.62 |
| Price / book | 6.71 | 9.91 | 14.98 | 15.06 | 40.19 | 14.49 | 21.48 | 12.05 | 10.96 | 8.13 |
| Gross margin | 21.7% | 21.9% | 21.8% | 19.7% | 17.1% | 17.4% | 16.9% | 16.7% | 16.5% | 17.0% |
| Operating margin | 7.4% | 7.9% | 7.9% | 7.3% | 6.8% | 6.4% | 6.3% | 6.1% | 5.8% | 6.0% |
| Net margin | 4.8% | 5.1% | 5.2% | 4.7% | 4.7% | 4.3% | 4.1% | 4.0% | 3.5% | 3.1% |
| Free cash flow margin | 4.9% | 5.5% | 6.8% | 5.1% | 3.3% | 6.3% | 4.4% | 5.0% | 4.7% | 4.0% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 40.9% | 45.8% | 54.1% | 69.5% | 140.1% | 60.8% | 76.7% | 65.9% | 53.1% | 40.6% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 6.7% | 7.3% | 8.3% | 8.5% | 7.5% | 8.4% | 9.2% | 9.0% | 7.5% | 6.1% |
| Debt / equity | 2.16 | 2.48 | 2.76 | 3.69 | 9.72 | 3.03 | 3.45 | 3.29 | 3.28 | 3.09 |
| Current ratio | 1.18 | 1.35 | 1.23 | 1.33 | 1.27 | 1.53 | 1.24 | 1.35 | 1.35 | 1.42 |
| Revenue growth | 6.8% | -1.8% | -10.0% | 14.1% | 12.7% | 2.4% | 11.0% | 9.5% | 8.5% | 5.3% |
| EPS growth | 1.4% | -1.6% | -0.4% | 15.5% | 29.2% | 9.2% | 19.1% | 26.6% | 29.3% | 8.9% |