EarningsQ2 2026 Earnings Report
MX:CDW Q2 2026 EPS Results
Actual EPS$49.40
Consensus EPS$47.52
Beat/MissBeat by +$1.88
One Year Ago EPS$44.14
MX:CDW Q2 2026 Revenue Results
Actual Revenue$111.57B
Expected Revenue$105.35B
Beat/MissBeat by +$6.22B
YoY Revenue Growth+9.97%
Earnings Announcement Details
QuarterQ2 2026
Date08/05/2026
TimeBefore Open
Conference CallWednesday, August 5, 2026
MX:CDW Upcoming Earnings
CDW's next earnings date is estimated for November 4, 2026, based on past reporting schedules.
Q2 2026 Earnings Call Audio
MX:CDW Q2 2026 Earnings Call
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Q2 2026 Earnings Slide Deck
Q2 2026 Earnings Call Summary
Earnings Call Sentiment|Positive
The call presents a largely positive operational and financial story: company delivered record quarterly revenue, gross profit and EPS driven by strong infrastructure, software, cloud and security demand, and raised its full-year outlook. Key strengths include diversified end markets, international momentum, improving expense discipline and pronounced AI-related opportunity across the full stack. Primary near-term risks are margin compression from product mix, muted services growth due to deployment timing, a temporary working capital build that depressed free cash flow conversion, and a modestly cautious near-term margin outlook. Management expects services tailwinds and cash conversion to normalize in the back half of the year.Company Guidance
Record Quarterly Financials
Net sales of $6.6B, up 10% YoY; gross profit of $1.3B, up 6.3% YoY; non-GAAP operating income of $556M, up 7% YoY; non-GAAP EPS of $2.91, up 11.9% YoY. Net sales, gross profit and non-GAAP EPS set all-time quarterly records.
Strong Top-Line Growth Driven by Infrastructure and AI Readiness
Double-digit top-line growth in infrastructure categories (hardware revenue +10%; servers, storage and netcomm delivered strong double-digit growth) as customers invest in AI readiness, modernization and resiliency.
Segment and Geographic Strength
Commercial +9% (Corporate +11%, Healthcare +9%, Financial Services +2%); Government ~+14% (federal improvement and state/local momentum); International net sales +23% led by record Canada quarter and strong U.K. mid-teens local growth.
Software, Cloud and Security Momentum
Software grew low-double digits driven by security, application suites and storage/network management; cloud growth described as robust; security delivered double-digit growth in both top line and gross profit.
Improving Operating Leverage and Expense Discipline
Non-GAAP SG&A $764M (57.9% of gross profit), down 20 bps YoY and down 410 bps QoQ; non-GAAP operating income grew 7% versus 6.3% gross profit growth, indicating incremental operating leverage; Geared for Growth initiatives expected to drive further efficiency.
Strong Netted-Down and Recurring Revenue Trends
Netted down revenue streams increased 16.1% YoY and represented 35.9% of gross profit (up 300 bps YoY and 140 bps QoQ), reflecting recurring/partner-driven content strength.
Prudent and Upgraded Outlook
Company raised full-year outlook: now expects full-year gross profit growth in mid-single digits and full-year non-GAAP EPS growth at the high end of high-single-digit range; expects U.S. IT addressable market mid-single digit growth with 200–300 bps of CDW outperformance.
Capital Allocation and Shareholder Returns
Returned $344M in share repurchases and $80M in dividends in the quarter; year-to-date returns ~$545M; >$1.1B remaining share repurchase capacity; dividend policy targeting ~25% payout ratio and net leverage at 2.5x within 2–3x target.
MX:CDW Earnings History
The table shows recent earnings report dates and whether the forecast was beat or missed. See the change in forecast and EPS from the previous year.
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