Atwood & Palmer Inc. raised its stake in CDW Corp (NASDAQ:CDW) by 1.8% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 345,776 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 5,950 shares during the period. CDW Corp makes up 2.8% of Atwood & Palmer Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its 9th largest position. Atwood & Palmer Inc. owned approximately 0.20% of CDW Corp worth $14,536,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in CDW. Proficio Capital Partners bought a new stake in CDW Corp during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $0. Appleton Partners Inc. MA bought a new stake in CDW Corp during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $255,000. Winslow Evans & Crocker Inc. bought a new stake in CDW Corp during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $431,000. DIAM Co. Ltd. bought a new stake in CDW Corp during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $551,000. Finally, Saddle Road Partners bought a new stake in CDW Corp during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $667,000.

CDW Corp (NASDAQ:CDW) opened at 38.45 on Monday. The firm has a market capitalization of $6.51 billion and a P/E ratio of 18.15. CDW Corp has a 1-year low of $33.01 and a 1-year high of $46.92. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $40.45 and a 200 day moving average price of $40.80.

CDW Corp (NASDAQ:CDW) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, November 4th. The company reported $0.84 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks’ consensus estimate of $0.80 by $0.04. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.64 EPS. The company earned $3.50 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.62 billion. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.2% on a year-over-year basis. Analysts expect that CDW Corp will post $2.93 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Several research firms have commented on CDW. Zacks Investment Research lowered CDW Corp from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, December 22nd. Goldman Sachs began coverage on CDW Corp in a research report on Tuesday, December 1st. They issued a “buy” rating and a $52.00 price objective on the stock. Needham & Company LLC upped their price objective on CDW Corp from $44.00 to $50.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 5th. RBC Capital upped their price objective on CDW Corp from $46.00 to $51.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 5th. Finally, Robert W. Baird restated a “neutral” rating and issued a $50.00 price objective (up previously from $42.00) on shares of CDW Corp in a research report on Wednesday, November 4th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and nine have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. CDW Corp has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $48.22.

In related news, Director Paul J. Finnegan sold 4,245,947 shares of CDW Corp stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $44.05, for a total value of $187,033,965.35. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website.

CDW Corporation (NASDAQ:CDW) is a provider of integrated information technology (IT) solutions in the United States and Canada. Its offerings include mobility, security, data center optimization, cloud computing, virtualization and collaboration. The Company offers products for Corporate and Public. Corporate offerings are offered for private sector business customers. Public customers include Government agencies and education and healthcare institutions. CDW has three segments, CDW Advanced Services, Canada and Kelway TopCo Limited (Kelway). The Company is a sales channel partner for many original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and software publishers (collectively, its vendor partners), whose products it sells or include in the solutions CDW offers. The Company helps its customer base of more than 250,000 small, medium and large business, government, education and healthcare customers by delivering solutions to their IT needs.

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