AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · CDW (CDW)

CDW Q1 net sales rise 6.7% to $5.2 billion; diluted EPS up 6.1% to $1.69

Positive Impact 3 of 5 earnings Written later

CDW reported first quarter 2025 net sales of $5.2 billion, up 6.7% from a year earlier, and GAAP diluted earnings per share of $1.69, up from $1.59. The company also declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.625 per share, payable June 10, 2025, but gross profit margin slipped to 21.6% from 21.8%.

Key points

  • Net sales were $5,199.1 million, up 6.7% from $4,872.7 million; average daily sales rose 8.4%
  • GAAP diluted EPS was $1.69 versus $1.59; non-GAAP diluted EPS was $2.15 versus $1.92, up 11.9%
  • Gross profit margin was 21.6% versus 21.8%, which the company attributed to a higher mix of lower-margin notebooks and mobile devices
  • Quarterly dividend of $0.625 per share is payable June 10, 2025 to holders of record as of May 26, 2025

The filing

CompanyCDW (CDW)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECMay 7, 2025, 7:06 AM ET
Accession number0001402057-25-000095

Items reported: 2.02 Results of Operations8.01 Other Events

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 12:42 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on May 07, 2025.

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