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Company snapshot — CDW Corp

CDW in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
CDW resells and integrates information-technology products and services across the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada, organised into Commercial, Government and Education segments. It sells hardware such as laptops, network gear, storage and desktops, software including cloud tools and security applications, and advisory, implementation and managed services around them. Customers span businesses, government bodies, schools and healthcare providers. It is based in Vernon Hills, Illinois, and was known as CDW Computer Centers before taking its current name.
Where it sits in the stack
CDW carries no seat in our Rubin index of AI infrastructure names; it sits instead in the broader technology sector of our universe, classed under information-technology services, where it acts as a distributor and integrator rather than a maker of underlying hardware or chips.
Who it is priced against
The diary holds no peer group for CDW from our data; the market commonly names Insight Enterprises as a comparable IT reseller and solutions provider.
Why Closelook tracks it
CDW is a constituent of the S&P 500 but does not yet carry a Closelook score, and the diary has no quotes or edition mentions on file for it.
What the diary watches
Whether enterprise and public-sector IT budgets, which flow through resellers like CDW before reaching hardware and cloud vendors, expand or tighten in the periods ahead.

CDW Corp (CDW) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for CDW, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Information Technology Services · United States · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Information Technology Services · United States

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against CDW on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 1.72%, quarterly · last 0.63 USD on 2026-08-25

Dividends and capital return

What CDW pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 2.52 USD per share · a 1.72% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year +0.8% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 2.50 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.63 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-25
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.62 USD (partial) · 2024: 2.49 USD · 2025: 2.51 USD · 2026: 1.89 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-11-22

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 50/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-18
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 97th percentile of the window, +4.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-18
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.07 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-18

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-19

Quick answers

What is CDW Corp (CDW)?

CDW Corp trades as CDW on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is CDW in a Closelook index?

Not currently — CDW Corp is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

Where does CDW trade against its moving averages?

Uptrend stack intact: Trades +3.1% vs the 50-day and +11.2% vs the 200-day average, 12% below the 52-week high and +51.4% off the 52-week low; a golden cross printed 35 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-18 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does CDW Corp do?

CDW resells and integrates information-technology products and services across the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada, organised into Commercial, Government and Education segments. It sells hardware such as laptops, network gear, storage and desktops, software including cloud tools and security applications, and advisory, implementation and managed services around them. Customers span businesses, government bodies, schools and healthcare providers. The diary holds no peer group for CDW from our data; the market commonly names Insight Enterprises as a comparable IT reseller and solutions provider.

Where does CDW Corp sit in the AI build-out?

CDW carries no seat in our Rubin index of AI infrastructure names; it sits instead in the broader technology sector of our universe, classed under information-technology services, where it acts as a distributor and integrator rather than a maker of underlying hardware or chips. CDW is a constituent of the S&P 500 but does not yet carry a Closelook score, and the diary has no quotes or edition mentions on file for it.

Does CDW Corp pay a dividend?

CDW Corp has paid 2.52 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 1.72% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.63 USD on 2026-08-25. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for CDW, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Information Technology Services. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.