CDW Reports Third Quarter 2025 Earnings
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November 04, 2025 at 07:00 AM EST
CDW Corporation (Nasdaq: CDW):
CDW Corporation (Nasdaq: CDW), a leading multi-brand provider of information technology solutions to business, government, education and healthcare customers in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada, today announced third quarter 2025 results. CDW also announced the approval by its Board of Directors of a quarterly cash dividend of $0.630 per common share to be paid on December 10, 2025 to all stockholders of record as of the close of business on November 25, 2025. "The team delivered resilient performance in Q3 as we continued to guide customers through evolving market dynamics and deliver mission critical outcomes across the full IT stack and lifecycle," said Christine A. Leahy, chair and chief executive officer, CDW. "These results underscore the strength of our diversified customer base and expansive product and solutions portfolio, enabled by our strategic investments and customer-first approach." "Our ability to deliver on our robust services and cloud offerings was a key driver of both growth and margin performance," said Albert J. Miralles, chief financial officer, CDW. "We remain focused on optimizing cash flow generation through disciplined working capital management, enabling flexibility across our capital priorities - as shown by our commitment to returning value to shareholders." "In this complex environment, our value proposition is more compelling than ever as customers turn to CDW as a trusted advisor with the breadth, depth, expertise and scale across the full technology stack and lifecycle. We continue to target exceeding US IT market growth by 200 to 300 basis points on a constant currency basis. To achieve this, we will maintain our laser focus on meeting the evolving needs of our more than 250,000 customers around the globe and remaining the partner of choice for more than 1,000 leading and emerging technology brands," concluded Leahy. Third Quarter of 2025 Highlights: Net sales in the third quarter of 2025 were $5,737 million, compared to $5,517 million in the third quarter of 2024, an increase of 4.0 percent. There were 64 selling days for both the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024. Net sales on a constant currency basis increased 3.8 percent in the third quarter of 2025 compared to the third quarter of 2024. The increase in Net sales was driven by increased customer demand for netcomm products, notebooks/mobile devices, desktops, software and services, partially offset by a decrease in data storage and servers. While economic uncertainty continues to persist, certain end-markets experienced improved customer spending during the third quarter of 2025 compared to the third quarter of 2024. The third quarter of 2025 Net sales performance included:
Gross profit in the third quarter of 2025 was $1,256 million, compared to $1,201 million for the third quarter of 2024, representing an increase of 4.6 percent. Gross profit margin was 21.9 percent in the third quarter of 2025 compared to 21.8 percent in the third quarter of 2024. The increase in Gross profit margin is attributed to increased rate in services and a higher contribution of netted down revenue. Selling and administrative expenses were $812 million in the third quarter of 2025, compared to $719 million in the third quarter of 2024, representing an increase of 12.9 percent. The increase was primarily due to higher performance-based compensation, transformation and other related costs and amortization expense on acquisition-related intangible assets. Operating income was $443 million in the third quarter of 2025, compared to $482 million in the third quarter of 2024, representing a decrease of 8.0 percent. Non-GAAP operating income was $531 million in the third quarter of 2025, compared to $534 million in the third quarter of 2024, representing a decrease of 0.6 percent. Operating income margin and Non-GAAP operating income margin were 7.7 percent and 9.2 percent, respectively, for the third quarter of 2025, compared to 8.7 percent and 9.7 percent, respectively, for the third quarter of 2024. Interest expense, net includes interest expense and interest income. Interest expense, net remained relatively consistent at $55 million for the third quarter of 2025, compared to $54 million for the third quarter of 2024. The effective income tax rate, expressed by calculating the income tax expense as a percentage of Income before income taxes, was 25.3 percent in the third quarter of 2025, compared to 26.0 percent in the third quarter of 2024, which resulted in income tax expense of $98 million and $111 million, respectively. The decrease in the effective income tax rate was primarily attributable to the anticipated benefit from federal tax credits. Net income was $291 million in the third quarter of 2025, compared to $316 million in the third quarter of 2024, representing a decrease of 8.0 percent. Non-GAAP net income was $357 million in the third quarter of 2025, compared to $355 million in the third quarter of 2024, representing an increase of 0.6 percent. Weighted-average diluted shares outstanding were 132 million for the third quarter of 2025, compared to 135 million for the third quarter of 2024. Net income per diluted share for the third quarter of 2025 was $2.21, compared to $2.34 for the third quarter of 2024, representing a decrease of 5.8 percent. Non-GAAP net income per diluted share for the third quarter of 2025 was $2.71, compared to $2.63 for the third quarter of 2024, representing an increase of 3.0 percent. Forward-Looking Statements This release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the federal securities laws. All statements other than statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements. These statements relate to analyses and other information, which are based on forecasts of future results or events and estimates of amounts not yet determinable. These statements also relate to our future prospects, growth, developments and business strategies. We claim the protection of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 for all forward-looking statements in this release. These forward-looking statements are identified by the use of terms and phrases such as "anticipate," "assume," "believe," "estimate," "expect," "goal," "intend," "plan," "potential," "predict," "project," "target" and similar terms and phrases or future or conditional verbs such as "could," "may," "should," "will," and "would." However, these words are not the exclusive means of identifying such statements. Although we believe that our plans, intentions and other expectations reflected in or suggested by such forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot assure you that we will achieve those plans, intentions or expectations. All forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results or events to differ materially from those that we expected. Important factors that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from our expectations, or cautionary statements, are disclosed under the sections entitled "Risk Factors" and "Trends and Key Factors Affecting our Financial Performance" included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 and from time to time in our subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and our other US Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") filings and public communications. These factors include, among others:
All written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to us, or persons acting on our behalf, are expressly qualified in their entirety by those cautionary statements as well as other cautionary statements that are made from time to time in our other SEC filings and public communications. You should evaluate all forward-looking statements made in this release in the context of these risks and uncertainties. We caution you that the important factors referenced above may not reflect all of the factors that could cause actual results or events to differ from our expectations. In addition, we cannot assure you that we will realize the results or developments we expect or anticipate or, even if substantially realized, that they will result in the consequences or affect us or our operations in the way we expect. The forward-looking statements included in this release are made only as of the date hereof or, with respect to any documents incorporated by reference, available at the time such document was prepared or filed with the SEC. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as otherwise required by law. Non-GAAP Financial Measures Generally, a non-GAAP financial measure is a numerical measure of a company's performance or financial condition that either excludes or includes amounts that are not normally included or excluded in the most directly comparable measure calculated and presented in accordance with US GAAP. Non-GAAP measures used by management may differ from similar measures used by other companies, even when similar terms are used to identify such measures. Our non-GAAP performance measures include Non-GAAP operating income, Non-GAAP operating income margin, Non-GAAP net income, Non-GAAP net income per diluted share and Net sales on a constant currency basis, and our non-GAAP financial condition measures include Free cash flow and Adjusted free cash flow. These non-GAAP performance measures and non-GAAP financial condition measures are collectively referred to as "non-GAAP financial measures." Non-GAAP operating income excludes, among other things, charges related to the amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets, equity-based compensation and the associated payroll taxes, acquisition and integration expenses, transformation initiatives and workplace optimization. Non-GAAP operating income margin is defined as Non-GAAP operating income as a percentage of Net sales. Non-GAAP net income and Non-GAAP net income per diluted share exclude, among other things, charges related to the amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets, equity-based compensation and the associated payroll taxes, acquisition and integration expenses, transformation initiatives, workplace optimization and their associated income tax effects. Net sales on a constant currency basis is defined as Net sales excluding the impact of foreign currency translation on Net sales. Free cash flow is defined as Net cash provided by operating activities less capital expenditures. Adjusted free cash flow is defined as Free cash flow adjusted to include certain cash flows from financing activities incurred in the normal course of operations or as capital expenditures. We believe our non-GAAP performance measures provide analysts, investors and management with useful information regarding the underlying operating performance of our business, as they remove the impact of items that management believes are not reflective of underlying operating performance. Management uses these measures to evaluate period-over-period performance as management believes they provide a more comparable measure of the underlying business. We also present non-GAAP financial condition measures as we believe they provide analysts, investors and management with more information regarding our liquidity and capital resources. Certain non-GAAP financial measures are also used to determine certain components of performance-based compensation. Our outlook includes non-GAAP financial measures because certain reconciling items are dependent on future events that either cannot be controlled, such as currency impacts or interest rates, or reliably predicted because they are not part of our underlying performance, such as refinancing activities or acquisition and integration expenses. The financial statement tables that accompany this press release include a reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures to the applicable most comparable US GAAP financial measures. About CDW CDW Corporation (Nasdaq: CDW) is a leading multi-brand provider of information technology solutions to business, government, education and healthcare customers in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada. A Fortune 500 company and member of the S&P 500 Index, CDW helps its customers to navigate an increasingly complex IT market and maximize return on their technology investments. For more information about CDW, please visit www.CDW.com. Webcast CDW Corporation will hold a conference call today, November 4, 2025 at 7:30 a.m. CT/8:30 a.m. ET to discuss its third quarter financial results. The conference call, which will be broadcast live via the Internet, and a copy of this press release along with supplemental slides used during the call, can be accessed on CDW’s website at investor.cdw.com. For those unable to participate in the live call, a replay of the webcast will be available at investor.cdw.com approximately 90 minutes after the completion of the call and will be accessible on the site for approximately one year.
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