Research Alert: Cdw Maintains Buy Rating On Shares Of Cdw Corporation.

-- CFRA, an independent research provider, has providedwith the following research alert. Analysts at CFRA have summarized their opinion as follows:

We lower our target price from $170 to $137 on a forward P/E of 12x our 2027 EPS projection of $11.44, below the company's three-year average multiple. We increase our 2026 EPS forecast from $10.66 to $10.69 and our 2027 EPS view from $11.32 to $11.44. CDW reported strong Q1 2026 results, with net sales of $5.68B up 9.2% Y/Y (8.4% constant currency), exceeding expectations. Top-line performance was due to Commercial strength (+9.6%) from outsized expansion in Financial Services (+28.2%) and Corporate (+8.4%). However gross margin compressed 60 bps to 21.0%. While macroeconomic risks are elevated in the short term, management maintained full-year guidance for 200-300 bps market outperformance and non-GAAP EPS growth at the high end of mid-single digits. We also see other positives and potential offsets, including its diversified portfolio, backlog and cost efficiency initiatives. Current valuation levels also makes the risk-reward compelling, in our view. Therefore, we maintain a Buy rating on CDW.

US Natural Gas Update: Futures Rise on Small Storage Injection

US natural gas futures erased early losses and maintained higher prices in after-hours trade on Thursday after government data showed a smaller-than-expected increase in domestic gas inventories, triggering short covering and reinforcing expectations that the spring supply-demand balance may be tightening modestly.Both the front-month Henry Hub futures and the continuous contract rose 1.90% to $2.782 per million British thermal units.The US Energy Information Administration said natural gas inventories for the week ended May 1 rose by 63 billion cubic feet, below analyst expectations for a 72-80 Bcf build and under the five-year average increase of 77 Bcf for the week.The bullish storage surprise prompted buying in front-month contracts after futures had traded lower ahead of the report, Barchart said.Despite the smaller injection, supply levels remain ample. US gas inventories were 2.8% above year-ago levels and 6.7% above the five-year seasonal average.The Energy Buyers Guide said the market will likely be focused on "whether this storage miss was a one-off or a harbinger of a more durable shift in the underlying fundamental balance".Analysts at Gelber & Associates said the price lift "reinforced the idea that the spring balance is not quite as loose as consensus had assumed," the firm said, adding that the market still viewed the move as a near-term adjustment rather than the start of a sustained rally, noting that elevated inventories continue to limit upside potential for winter contracts."The rally is doing more to firm up summer risk than to meaningfully reprice next winter when storage remains above the five-year average," the firm said.Analysts also pointed to competing forces in the broader market, with strong LNG exports supporting prices while robust domestic production continues to weigh on sentiment.According to Barchart, citing data from BNEF, US lower-48 dry gas production on Thursday was estimated at 110.9 Bcf per day, up 4.5% from a year earlier. Demand across the lower 48 states was estimated at 71.0 Bcf/d, up 10.2% year over year.Flows to US LNG export terminals were estimated at 17.7 Bcf/d, down 5.9% from the prior week due to maintenance slowdowns.Gelber said the market can pop on a bullish storage surprise but still "needs either sustained heat, a more persistent slowdown in supply growth, or a string of smaller injections to make the move stick beyond the near-term contracts."

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