Value stocks typically trade at discounts to the broader market, offering patient investors the opportunity to buy businesses when they’re out of favor.
The key risk, however, is that these stocks are usually cheap for a reason – five cents for a piece of fruit may seem like a great deal until you find out it’s rotten.
Many small-cap stocks have limited Wall Street coverage, giving savvy investors the chance to act before everyone else catches on.
But the flip side is that these businesses have increased downside risk because they lack the scale and staying power of their larger competitors.
IT distribution giant Ingram Micro (NYSE:INGM) reported Q1 CY2025 results beating Wall Street’s revenue expectations, with sales up 8.3% year on year to $12.28 billion. Guidance for next quarter’s revenue was better than expected at $11.97 billion at the midpoint, 1.4% above analysts’ estimates. Its GAAP profit of $0.29 per share was 28% below analysts’ consensus estimates.
As the Q4 earnings season wraps, let’s dig into this quarter’s best and worst performers in the it distribution & solutions industry, including Avnet (NASDAQ:AVT) and its peers.
As the craze of earnings season draws to a close, here’s a look back at some of the most exciting (and some less so) results from Q4. Today, we are looking at it distribution & solutions stocks, starting with Connection (NASDAQ:CNXN).
As the Q4 earnings season comes to a close, it’s time to take stock of this quarter’s best and worst performers in the it distribution & solutions industry, including Ingram Micro (NYSE:INGM) and its peers.
Shareholders of Ingram Micro would probably like to forget the past six months even happened. The stock dropped 33.8% and now trades at $16.29. This was partly due to its softer quarterly results and might have investors contemplating their next move.
Quarterly earnings results are a good time to check in on a company’s progress, especially compared to its peers in the same sector. Today we are looking at CDW (NASDAQ:CDW) and the best and worst performers in the it distribution & solutions industry.
Stocks trading between $10 and $50 can be particularly interesting as they frequently represent businesses that have survived their early challenges.
However, investors should remain vigilant as some may still have unproven business models, leaving them vulnerable to the ebbs and flows of the broader market.
Business services providers thrive by solving complex operational challenges for their clients, allowing them to focus on their secret sauce. Still, investors are uneasy as firms face challenges from AI-driven disruptors and tightening corporate budgets.
These doubts have caused the industry to lag recently as services stocks have collectively shed 3.3% over the past six months. This drop was almost identical to the S&P 500’s decline.
The end of the earnings season is always a good time to take a step back and see who shined (and who not so much). Let’s take a look at how it distribution & solutions stocks fared in Q4, starting with Insight Enterprises (NASDAQ:NSIT).
Investors looking for hidden gems should keep an eye on small-cap stocks because they’re frequently overlooked by Wall Street.
Many opportunities exist in this part of the market, but it is also a high-risk, high-reward environment due to the lack of reliable analyst price targets.
However, the company’s gross margins came under pressure during Q4, which stood at 7.01%, compared to 7.52% in the year-ago period. It said this decline was a result of a shift towards lower-margin clients and regions.
