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CDW vs HPE

Side-by-side comparison of CDW Corporation (CDW) and Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (HPE): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both CDW and HPE operate in Retail: Computer Software & Peripheral Equipment (Technology), so they compete in similar markets.
  • HPE is the larger of the two at $38.17B, about 2.2x CDW ($17.62B).
  • Over the past year, CDW is down 15.6% and HPE is up 75.1% - HPE leads by 90.7 points.
  • HPE has been more active in the news (5 items in the past 4 weeks vs 4 for CDW).
  • HPE has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 24 for CDW).
PerformanceCDW-15.59%HPE+75.09%
2025-05-01+0.00%2026-04-30
MetricCDWHPE
Company
CDW Corporation
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company
Price
$136.97+1.01%
$28.75+1.52%
Market cap
$17.62B
$38.17B
1M return
+13.16%
+20.70%
1Y return
-15.59%
+75.09%
Industry
Retail: Computer Software & Peripheral Equipment
Retail: Computer Software & Peripheral Equipment
Exchange
NASDAQ
NYSE
IPO
2013
2015
News (4w)
4
5
Recent ratings
24
25
CDW

CDW Corporation

CDW Corporation provides integrated information technology (IT) solutions to business, government, education, and healthcare customers 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, as well as integrated IT solutions, including on-premise, hybrid and cloud capabilities across data center and networking, digital workspace, security, and virtualization. Its hardware products comprise notebooks/mobile devices, network communications, desktop computers, video monitors, enterprise and data storage, and other hardware; and software products include application suites, security, virtualization, operating systems, and network management. The company also provides field services, managed services, warranties, configuration services, partner services, and telecom services. CDW Corporation was founded in 1984 and is based in Lincolnshire, Illinois.

HPE

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company provides solutions that allow customers to capture, analyze, and act upon data seamlessly. The company offers general purpose servers for multi-workload computing and workload-optimized servers; HPE ProLiant rack and tower servers; HPE BladeSystem, HPE Synergy, and HPE ProLiant; storage solutions; and solutions for secondary workloads and traditional tape, storage networking, and disk products, such as HPE Modular Storage Arrays and HPE XP. It also offers HPE Apollo and Cray products; and HPE Superdome Flex, HPE Nonstop, HPE Integrity, HPE Moonshot, and HPE Edgeline products. Additionally, the company provides mobility and Internet of Things solutions under the Aruba brand, which include Wi-Fi access points, switches, routers, and sensors; such as cloud-based management, network management, network access control, analytics and assurance, and location services; and professional and support services, as well as as-a-service and consumption models for the intelligent edge portfolio of products. In addition, it offers various leasing, financing, IT consumption, and utility programs and asset management services for customers to facilitate technology deployment models and the acquisition of complete IT solutions, including hardware, software, and services from Hewlett Packard Enterprise and others. Further, the company invests in communications and media solutions, Hewlett Packard labs, and various business incubation projects. It serves commercial and large enterprise groups, including business and public sector enterprises; and through various partners comprising resellers, distribution partners, original equipment manufacturers, independent software vendors, systems integrators, and advisory firms. The company has strategic alliances with The Swiss National Supercomputing Centre and NVIDIA; Citrix Systems, Inc.; and Wipro Limited. Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company was founded in 1939 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.