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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).
Source: 10-K FY2025, filed Feb 20, 2026
Source: 10-Q filed May 6, 2026 · 10-Q filed Aug 5, 2026 · 10-Q filed Nov 4, 2026
How it makes money
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.
Source: 10-K FY2025
By region, FY2025
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
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
Source: CDW 10-Q for the quarter ended Sep 30, 2026, filed Nov 4, 2026
By product or service
Source: CDW 10-Q for the quarter ended Sep 30, 2026, filed Nov 4, 2026
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 $2.5B. 10-K, FY2025
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What the company does
CDW is in the technology distributors industry, part of the information technology sector. The SEC files it under Retail-Catalog & Mail-Order Houses.
The full description of CDW's business is in Item 1 of its 10-K, linked below. This page shows its revenue by product or service and region.
Its fiscal year ends in December; the latest, FY2025, ended Dec 31, 2025.
Source: 10-K, Item 1 Business
Risks common in this industry
These are general risks for companies in the technology distributors industry. They are not a summary of CDW’s own risk factors; for those, read Item 1A of its latest 10-K, linked below.
- CompetitionTechnology markets move fast, and rivals large and small can change prices or products.
- Customer demandSpending by customers on technology rises and falls with their budgets and the economy.
- Security and privacyCyberattacks, outages and data-privacy rules can raise costs or harm customer trust.
- Supply and tradeReliance on suppliers and exposure to tariffs or export rules can limit what it can sell or build.
- Intellectual propertyPatent claims and licensing disputes can lead to costs or limits on products.
Source: 10-K, Item 1A Risk Factors (the company's own list, in the company's words)
Three years of key numbers
Every number links to its filing; hover for the XBRL tag. A dash means the number isn't cleanly available, and we don't estimate it.
| US$ | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 shares | 136M | 135M | 132M |
- 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
- The cash flow statement
- Risk factors (Item 1A)
- Debt-to-equity ratio
- Net debt and net cash
- Return on equity (ROE)
- Debt maturities
- Accounts receivable and days sales outstanding
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About these numbers
Recent filings
| Form | Filed | Period |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Q | Nov 4, 2026 | Sep 30, 2026 |
| 10-Q | Aug 5, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 |
| 10-Q | May 6, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 |
| DEF 14A | Apr 10, 2026 | May 21, 2026 |
| 10-K | Feb 20, 2026 | Dec 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
- Point72 Asset Management: 1,018,144 shares, reported value $143.2M at Jun 30, 2026 (+5,151.1% in shares since the filing for Mar 31, 2026). Form 13F filed Aug 14, 2026.
- Citadel Advisors: 440,204 shares, reported value $61.9M at Jun 30, 2026 (−72.0% in shares since the filing for Mar 31, 2026). Form 13F filed Sep 2, 2026.
- Two Sigma Investments: 418,137 shares, reported value $58.8M at Jun 30, 2026 (−59.0% in shares since the filing for Mar 31, 2026). Form 13F filed Aug 14, 2026.
- Millennium Management: 88,615 shares, reported value $12.5M at Jun 30, 2026 (+166.4% in shares since the filing for Mar 31, 2026). Form 13F filed Aug 14, 2026.
- Renaissance Technologies: 19,998 shares, reported value $2.8M at Jun 30, 2026 (−96.2% in shares since the filing for Mar 31, 2026). Form 13F filed Aug 13, 2026.
- Bridgewater Associates: 13,149 shares, reported value $1.8M at Jun 30, 2026 (−52.8% in shares since the filing for Mar 31, 2026). Form 13F filed Aug 14, 2026.
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
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDW | FY2025 | $22.4B | +6.8% | $1.1B |
| NvidiaNVDA | FY2026 | $215.9B | +65.5% | $120.1B |
| AppleAAPL | FY2026 | $478.8B | +15.1% | $132.2B |
| MicrosoftMSFT | FY2026 | $331.8B | +17.8% | $133.7B |
Each row is that company’s latest fiscal year from its own 10-K, using its own revenue and net income lines. Fiscal years end in different months, and line definitions differ (banks, insurers and oil companies count revenue differently), so this is a rough side-by-side, not a like-for-like comparison.
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