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CDW

Desktops was CDW's fastest-growing product or service in FY2025, up 19.9%

Revenue rose 6.8% to $22.4B in FY2025, from $21.0B in FY2024. Net income fell 1.0% to $1.1B. Notebooks.Mobile Devices was the largest product or service, at 25% of revenue.

Key facts

CDW (Nasdaq: CDW) reported revenue of $22.4B for fiscal 2025, the year ended Dec 31, 2025, up 6.8% from fiscal 2024. Net income was $1.1B, down 1.0%. In its latest 10-Q, for the quarter ended Sep 30, 2026, revenue was $6.8B, up 17.7% from the same quarter a year earlier, and net income was $310M. The largest piece by product or service was Notebooks.Mobile Devices, at 25% of fiscal 2025 revenue. Sources: 10-K for fiscal 2025 (filed Feb 20, 2026) and 10-Q for the quarter ended Sep 30, 2026 (filed Nov 4, 2026).

Revenue$22.4BFY2025 · +6.8% vs FY2024
Net income$1.1BFY2025 · −1.0% vs FY2024
Operating cash flow$1.2BFY2025 · −5.6% vs FY2024
Cash & equivalents$1.5Bat Sep 30, 2026 · +148.7% vs FY2025 end
Total debt$5.7BFY2025 end · −3.7% vs FY2024
Diluted shares132MFY2025 avg · −2.3% vs FY2024
Revenue and net income, three fiscal yearsBy fiscal year, $bn
RevenueNet income
Revenue and net income by fiscal yearRevenue FY2023: $21.4B21.4Net income FY2023: $1.1B1.1FY2023Revenue FY2024: $21.0B21.0Net income FY2024: $1.1B1.1FY2024Revenue FY2025: $22.4B22.4Net income FY2025: $1.1B1.1FY2025Data: Ticker Sage, from SEC EDGAR · tickersage.com

Source: 10-K FY2025, filed Feb 20, 2026

Quarterly revenue: fiscal 2026 vs a year earlierFiscal Q1–Q3, $bn (each quarter from that quarter's 10-Q)
FY2025FY2026
Quarterly revenue, fiscal 2026 vs 2025FY2025 Q1: $5.2B5.2FY2026 Q1: $5.7B5.7Q1FY2025 Q2: $6.0B6.0FY2026 Q2: $6.6B6.6Q2FY2025 Q3: $5.7B5.7FY2026 Q3: $6.8B6.8Q3Data: Ticker Sage, from SEC EDGAR · tickersage.com

Source: 10-Q filed May 6, 2026 · 10-Q filed Aug 5, 2026 · 10-Q filed Nov 4, 2026

How it makes money

FY2025 total by categoryNotebooks.Mobile Devices: $5.6B (25%)Software Products: $4.2B (19%)NetComm Products: $2.7B (12%)Other Hardware: $2.5B (11%)Data Storage and Servers: $2.2B (10%)Services: $2.0B (9%)Collaboration: $1.8B (8%)Desktops: $1.3B (6%)Other Products and Services: $115M (1%)$22.4BFY2025 totalData: Ticker Sage, from SEC EDGARtickersage.com

By product or service, FY2025

  • LineAmountSharevs FY2024
  • Notebooks.Mobile Devices$5.6B25%+10.8%
  • Software Products$4.2B19%+10.5%
  • NetComm Products$2.7B12%+5.9%
  • Other Hardware$2.5B11%−2.8%
  • Data Storage and Servers$2.2B10%+0.8%
  • Services$2.0B9%+9.0%
  • Collaboration$1.8B8%−0.7%
  • Desktops$1.3B6%+19.9%
  • Other Products and Services$115M1%+6.4%

Source: 10-K FY2025, XBRL breakdown

By product or service in FY2025: Notebooks.Mobile Devices (25%), Software Products (19%), NetComm Products (12%) and Other Hardware (11%), as shares of total revenue. Total revenue was $22.4B.

By product or service: three-year mixShare of the total each fiscal year
Notebooks.Mobile DevicesSoftware ProductsNetComm ProductsOther HardwareData Storage and ServersServicesCollaborationDesktopsOther Products and Services

Source: 10-K FY2025

By region, FY2025

United States$19.6B88%+6.3%
Non-US$2.8B12%+10.3%

Share is of the FY2025 total; the last column is the change from FY2024.

Learn more: Revenue vs. net income · Gross, operating and net margin

What changed last quarter

How the quarter compared with a year earlier

Comparing Q3 2026 (Jul to Sep 2026) compared with Q3 2025 (Jul to Sep 2025)

Each pair of bars shows the dollar amount for both quarters. Longer bar, more money. Bars in a group share one scale.

Q3 2026Q3 2025

Company

Revenue
$6.8B Q3 2026
$5.7B Q3 2025
17.7% increase
Net income
$310M Q3 2026
$291M Q3 2025
6.5% increase

Source: CDW 10-Q for the quarter ended Sep 30, 2026, filed Nov 4, 2026

By product or service

Notebooks.Mobile Devices
$1.7B Q3 2026
$1.4B Q3 2025
21.9% increase
Software Products
$1.3B Q3 2026
$1.1B Q3 2025
14.3% increase
Data Storage and Servers
$975M Q3 2026
$470M Q3 2025
107.5% increase
NetComm Products
$800M Q3 2026
$736M Q3 2025
8.7% increase
Other Hardware
$609M Q3 2026
$653M Q3 2025
6.7% decrease
Services
$526M Q3 2026
$526M Q3 2025
0.1% increase
Collaboration
$446M Q3 2026
$453M Q3 2025
1.6% decrease
Desktops
$368M Q3 2026
$343M Q3 2025
7.3% increase
Other Products and Services
$32M Q3 2026
$30M Q3 2025
9.4% increase

Source: CDW 10-Q for the quarter ended Sep 30, 2026, filed Nov 4, 2026

  • Cash & equivalents $1.5B at Sep 30, 2026, vs $619M at FY2025 end.
  • Operating cash flow, first 9 months of fiscal 2026: $618M vs $771M a year earlier.

The bull case and the bear case

The bull case

  • Revenue rose 6.8% in FY2025 to $22.4B, from $21.0B a year earlier. 10-K, FY2025
  • Diluted shares fell 2.3% in FY2025, so each share represents a larger slice of profit. 10-K, FY2025
  • Total debt fell 3.7% in FY2025 to $5.7B. 10-K, FY2025
  • Revenue in the quarter ended Sep 30, 2026 was $6.8B, up 17.7% on a year earlier. 10-Q, quarter ended Sep 30, 2026

The bear case

  • Net income fell 1.0% in FY2025 to $1.1B, from $1.1B. 10-K, FY2025
  • Operating cash flow fell 5.6% in FY2025 to $1.2B. 10-K, FY2025
  • Other Hardware revenue fell 2.8% in FY2025 to $2.5B. 10-K, FY2025

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What the company does

CDW is in the technology distributors industry, part of the information technology sector. The SEC files it under Retail-Catalog & Mail-Order Houses.

The full description of CDW's business is in Item 1 of its 10-K, linked below. This page shows its revenue by product or service and region.

Its fiscal year ends in December; the latest, FY2025, ended Dec 31, 2025.

Source: 10-K, Item 1 Business

Risks common in this industry

These are general risks for companies in the technology distributors industry. They are not a summary of CDW’s own risk factors; for those, read Item 1A of its latest 10-K, linked below.

  1. CompetitionTechnology markets move fast, and rivals large and small can change prices or products.
  2. Customer demandSpending by customers on technology rises and falls with their budgets and the economy.
  3. Security and privacyCyberattacks, outages and data-privacy rules can raise costs or harm customer trust.
  4. Supply and tradeReliance on suppliers and exposure to tariffs or export rules can limit what it can sell or build.
  5. Intellectual propertyPatent claims and licensing disputes can lead to costs or limits on products.

Source: 10-K, Item 1A Risk Factors (the company's own list, in the company's words)

Three years of key numbers

Every number links to its filing; hover for the XBRL tag. A dash means the number isn't cleanly available, and we don't estimate it.

US$FY2023FY2024FY2025
Revenue$21.4B$21.0B$22.4B
Net income$1.1B$1.1B$1.1B
Operating cash flow$1.6B$1.3B$1.2B
Cash & equivalents (year end)$589M$504M$619M
Total debt (year end)$5.7B$5.9B$5.7B
Diluted shares136M135M132M
  • Revenue: Total revenue for the fiscal year, as the company reports it on its income statement.
  • Net income: Net income attributable to the company's shareholders, after all costs, interest and taxes.
  • Operating cash flow: Cash the business brought in from its day-to-day operations during the year (cash flow statement).
  • Cash & equivalents: Cash and short-term investments that count as cash equivalents on the balance sheet. Excludes longer-dated marketable securities.
  • Total debt: Short-term and long-term debt combined, at carrying value, as the company totals it.
  • Diluted shares: Weighted average shares outstanding for the year, including the effect of options and stock awards.

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Explainers for this page

Plain-English guides to terms this file uses, with real numbers from filings.

About these numbers

    Recent filings

    FormFiledPeriod
    10-QNov 4, 2026Sep 30, 2026
    10-QAug 5, 2026Jun 30, 2026
    10-QMay 6, 2026Mar 31, 2026
    DEF 14AApr 10, 2026May 21, 2026
    10-KFeb 20, 2026Dec 31, 2025

    Learn more: 10-K vs. 10-Q vs. 8-K · Form 4 insider filings · Fiscal years and quarters

    Common questions about CDW

    How does CDW make money?

    CDW's revenue was $22.4B in fiscal 2025. By product or service in FY2025: Notebooks.Mobile Devices (25%), Software Products (19%), NetComm Products (12%) and Other Hardware (11%), as shares of total revenue. Total revenue was $22.4B. Source: 10-K for fiscal 2025, filed Feb 20, 2026.

    What was CDW's revenue in fiscal 2025?

    $22.4B of revenue for the fiscal year ended Dec 31, 2025, up 6.8% from $21.0B in fiscal 2024. Fiscal 2023 was $21.4B. Source: 10-K for fiscal 2025, filed Feb 20, 2026.

    Is CDW profitable?

    CDW reported net income of $1.1B for fiscal 2025, down 1.0% from $1.1B in fiscal 2024. That is a profit under US accounting rules (GAAP). In the quarter ended Sep 30, 2026, net income was $310M. The page's About these numbers section explains what is included. Source: 10-K for fiscal 2025, filed Feb 20, 2026.

    What did CDW report in its latest quarterly filing?

    Revenue was $6.8B in the quarter ended Sep 30, 2026, up 17.7% from $5.7B a year earlier. Net income was $310M, up 6.5% from $291M. Source: 10-Q for the quarter ended Sep 30, 2026, filed Nov 4, 2026.

    What are the main risks CDW faces?

    CDW's own risk factors are in Item 1A of its 10-K for fiscal 2025, filed Feb 20, 2026. Risks that are common among companies in the technology distributors industry include Competition; customer demand; security and privacy; supply and trade; intellectual property. The first: Technology markets move fast, and rivals large and small can change prices or products. Source: 10-K, Item 1A Risk Factors.

    Where do these CDW numbers come from?

    From CDW's own SEC filings: the 10-K for fiscal 2025 (filed Feb 20, 2026) and the 10-Q for the quarter ended Sep 30, 2026 (filed Nov 4, 2026), read through the SEC's public XBRL data. Each number on this page links to its filing. Methodology explains how fiscal years and missing numbers are handled.

    Tracked funds that report owning CDW

    From each fund’s latest Form 13F, which is filed up to 45 days after quarter end and lists long positions in US-listed stocks only. A listing here is a fact about a filing, not a view on the stock. What a 13F does and doesn’t show.

    Disclosures

    Editor holdings in CDW
    The editor holds no position in CDW (CDW). As of Nov 11, 2026.
    Trading rule
    The editor does not buy or sell CDW from 3 days before to 3 days after this page is published or substantively updated.
    Compensation
    Nobody paid for this page. No affiliate links on this page.
    Sources
    The company's SEC filings, linked next to each number or, for charts, in the source line under them.
    Last updated
    Nov 10, 2026

    General education, the same for every reader. Not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold CDW, and it doesn't consider your situation.

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