Earnings Preview: What to Expect From CDW's Report

CDW Corporation (CDW), headquartered in Vernon Hills, Illinois, provides information technology (IT) solutions in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada. Valued at a market cap of $24.4 billion, it operates through Corporate, Small Business, and Public segments. The company is expected to announce its Q4 earnings before the market opens on Wednesday, Oct. 30.

Ahead of the event, analysts expect CDW to report a profit of $2.22 per share, down 11.9% from $2.52 per share reported in the year-ago quarter. The company has missed Wall Street's bottom-line estimates in three of the last four quarters while beating on two other occasions.