Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. ARW scored 66.4, NSIT scored 53.8 — ARW leads.
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ARW
Arrow Electronics, Inc.
Electronics & Computer Distribution · Quality-Growth
66.4
$227.90 · $11.6B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
12.6
ARW leads
NSIT
Insight Enterprises, Inc.
Electronics & Computer Distribution · Quality-Growth
53.8
$163.60 · $4.8B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestARW14.6x
Fastest growthARW+26.1%
Strongest balance sheetARW0.31
Highest qualityNSIT71 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueARW-8%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
ARW
stronger →← stronger
NSIT
57
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
71
78
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
40
66
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
55
ARW is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
ARW
NSIT
$825mC+
FCF
$397mC
+26.1%A-
Rev
-5.2%D
0.31B
D/E
1.09C
14.6xA-
P/E
24.1xB+
0.95B+
PEG
1.02B+
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
ARW
NSIT
8% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
6% below
~5%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~0%/yr
-1%
1-yr DCF upside
+12%
+8%
5-yr DCF upside
+7%
+22%
10-yr DCF upside
-1%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
ARW
No notable signals flagged.
NSIT
Why this score
Buying back stock
Durable high returns
The companies
ARWArrow Electronics, Inc.
Electronics & Computer Distribution · $227.90 · beta 1.17
Why now
Electronics & Computer Distribution · market cap $11.6b. 9% off the 52-week high of $249.43. Revenue growing +26% — in hypergrowth territory. PEG 0.95 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 4 sell-side analysts publish a mean 1-yr target of $235.00 (implying +3% upside).
Moat
ROE 12% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere. FCF converts 102% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Net margin 2.3% is thin — operating leverage cuts both ways; input-cost inflation or pricing pressure hits the bottom line first.
NSITInsight Enterprises, Inc.
Electronics & Computer Distribution · $163.60 · beta 1.06
Why now
Electronics & Computer Distribution · market cap $4.8b. Trading near 52-week high of $168.50 — momentum setup, limited technical margin of safety. Revenue -5% — in contraction; any catalyst that reverses this triggers re-rating. 4 sell-side analysts publish a mean 1-yr target of $163.75 (implying +0% upside).
Moat
ROE 13% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere. FCF converts 188% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Revenue contracting -5% — the operational turn is not yet visible in the top line. Trading within 3% of the 52-week high — limited technical margin of safety; a momentum reversal would test conviction. Net margin 2.5% is thin — operating leverage cuts both ways; input-cost inflation or pricing pressure hits the bottom line first.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
ARW leads NSIT by 4.1 points (62.2 to 58.1), its sharpest advantage coming in Rev (grade A-). A contrarian could still prefer NSIT, which trades about 14% below our DCF fair value — a margin of safety the score doesn't reward.
Our AI analyst is busy right now, so this verdict is drawn directly from the pillars, grades and DCF above.
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Where ARW and NSIT diverge
On the headline score the gap is 12.6 points in favor of ARW. They get there differently, though — each leads on a different pillar, so the better pick depends on which you weight.
GrowthARW 77.8 · NSIT 39.6ARW +38.2
QualityARW 56.6 · NSIT 71.1NSIT +14.5
ValueARW 66.4 · NSIT 55.2ARW +11.2
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is ARW or NSIT the better stock?
ARW scores higher: ARW 66.4, NSIT 53.8 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do ARW and NSIT differ most?
The widest gap is growth, where ARW leads by 38 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. Neither name sweeps: they trade the lead across the three pillars, so the comparison is a trade-off rather than one being better on every measure.
How are ARW and NSIT scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.