CDW Corporation
Sector unknown·CDW · USA (SEC 10-K)·Fiscal year to 31/12/2025
Business Our Company CDW Corporation (together with its subsidiaries, the “Company,” “CDW”, “we”, “us”, or “our”), a Fortune 500 company and member of the S&P 500 Index, is a leading multi-brand provider of information technology (“IT”) solutions to business, government, education, and healthcare customers in the United States (“US”), the United Kingdom (“UK”), and Canada.
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Artificial intelligence
Technology
DriverMixed impact: mixed
“We expect the competitive landscape to continue to evolve as new technologies and consumption models emerge, such as cloud-based and other “as a service” solutions, hyper-converged infrastructure, embedded software solutions, and solutions that incorporate AI. While innovation can help our business as it creates new offerings for us to sell, it can also disrupt our business model and create new and stronger competitors.”
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DriverPositive impact: strengthens
“The technology industry is characterized by rapid innovation and the frequent introduction of new and enhanced hardware, software, and services, such as cloud-based and other “as a service” solutions, hyper-converged infrastructure, embedded software solutions, and solutions that incorporate AI. We have been and will continue to be dependent on innovations in technology, as well as the adoption of those innovations by customers.”
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DriverNegative impact: weakens
“In rapidly evolving categories such as cloud-based 11 Table of Contents solutions, AI, and software “as a service” solutions, our dependence on our vendor partners for innovation can add additional complexity as vendor channel strategies and authorization models may change more frequently. To the extent that a vendor’s offering that is in high demand is not available to us for resale in one or more customer channels, and there is not a competitive offering from another vendor that we are authorized to sell in such customer channels, our business, results of operations, or cash flows could be adversely impacted.”
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DriverNegative impact: weakens
“Issues relating to the use or capabilities of AI, including social, ethical, and safety issues, in hardware, software, and services offerings may result in reputational harm, liability, or increased costs. Social, ethical, and safety issues relating to the use of new and evolving technologies such as AI-based technologies, including generative AI in our hardware, software, and service offerings, as well as in our internal platforms, may result in reputational harm and liability.”
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DriverNegative impact: weakens
“Additionally, third parties, such as data center colocation and hosted solution partners, provide services to us and also provide services as a component of our services delivery to customers and to customer systems. These third parties may also utilize or embed AI capabilities in providing their services to us and our customers. These third parties or others that are a part of our supply chain, and their use of AI capabilities, could also be a source of security risk in the event of a failure to protect their own products, security systems and infrastructure and we may not be able to control the manner in which these third parties respond to any security breach.”
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DriverNegative impact: weakens
“Further, as AI continues to evolve, malicious actors could use AI to enhance the sophistication and coordination of their attacks, which could pose significant challenges to our security defenses.”
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DriverNegative impact: weakens
“For example, more recent tightening in the availability of high-performance memory and storage as demand has increased significantly and OEMs are prioritizing datacenters and AI workloads, pushing commercial devices and many server configurations into longer lead times and higher pricing. As demand for AI increases, supply capacity for high-performance memory and storage may continue to be limited until supply capacity increases.”
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DriverNegative impact: weakens
“Increasingly, many of these assertions are brought by non-practicing entities whose principal business model is to secure patent licensing revenue, but we may also be subject to demands from inventors, competitors, or other patent holders who may seek licensing revenue, lost profits, or an injunction preventing us from engaging in certain activities, including selling certain products or services.”
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StrategyPositive impact: strengthens
“Training & Development We focus on skills enhancement, leadership development, innovation excellence, and professional growth throughout our coworkers’ careers.”
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Market
“We enable our customers with AI solutions that empower their end users and drive efficiency in business-critical functions.”
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Market
“•Digital Velocity: We deliver advanced digital transformation solutions that enable organizations to modernize their IT infrastructure, applications, and operations. Leveraging expertise in cloud-native deployment, DevOps, AI, and automation, we help customers improve business outcomes through scalable and secure technology implementations.”
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Market
“Moreover, as we expand our services and solutions business and provide increasingly complex services and solutions, including solutions that incorporate AI, we may be exposed to additional operational, regulatory, and other risks.”
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Chains out: this strengthens Data centres, strengthens Semiconductors and electronic components, strengthens Semiconductor industry
Cybersecurity (products and services)
Technology
DriverNegative impact: weakens
“Our business involves the handling, storage, and transmission of proprietary information and sensitive or confidential data, including personal information of coworkers, customers, partners, and others, which we must do in compliance with applicable law. In connection with our services business, some of our coworkers have access to our customers’ confidential data and other information.”
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DriverNegative impact: weakens
“Additionally, third parties, such as data center colocation and hosted solution partners, provide services to us and also provide services as a component of our services delivery to customers and to customer systems. These third parties may also utilize or embed AI capabilities in providing their services to us and our customers. These third parties or others that are a part of our supply chain, and their use of AI capabilities, could also be a source of security risk in the event of a failure to protect their own products, security systems and infrastructure and we may not be able to control the manner in which these third parties respond to any security breach.”
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DriverNegative impact: weakens
“Security breaches could result in legal claims or proceedings, liability, or regulatory penalties under laws protecting the privacy of personal information (including those under the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation and the California Privacy Rights Act), significant remediation costs as well as the loss of partners and existing or potential customers and, ultimately, damage to our brand and reputation and adversely impact our business.”
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StrategyPositive impact: strengthens
“The success of our business depends on the continuing development, maintenance, and operation of our information technology systems. Our success is dependent on the accuracy, proper utilization, and continuing operation, maintenance, and development of our information technology systems, including our business systems, such as our sales, customer management, financial and accounting, marketing, purchasing, warehouse management, and e-commerce and mobile systems, as well as our operational platforms, including voice and data networks and power systems, which may include third-party hosted systems or systems that may utilize cloud technologies outside of our control.”
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Market
“Our broad array of offerings ranges from discrete hardware and software products to integrated IT solutions and services that include on-premise and cloud capabilities across hybrid infrastructure, digital experience, and security.”
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Market
“To help our customers accomplish this, we have built a robust portfolio of integrated IT solutions across hybrid infrastructure, digital experience, security, digital velocity, and services that we provide in on-premise, hybrid, or cloud-based environments.”
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Market
“•Security: We assess our customers’ security needs and provide them with tools and services to help effectively manage risk, increase business continuity and operational efficiency, and improve their end user experience. We are a security solutions integrator that combines our expertise in advisory, design, solution architecture, and implementation services. Our customer solutions can take the form of hardware, software, or Software as a Service across a multitude of categories such as: endpoint security, email security, web security, intrusion prevention, identity and access management, next-generation firewall, security service edge, security information and event management, exposure and threat management, governance, risk and compliance, data security and governance, cloud infrastructure entitlement management, virtual private network services, network access control, and physical security.”
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Chains in: Cyber attacks and IT security risk strengthens
Chains out: this strengthens Digitalisation
Data centres
Technology
DriverNegative impact: weakens
“For example, more recent tightening in the availability of high-performance memory and storage as demand has increased significantly and OEMs are prioritizing datacenters and AI workloads, pushing commercial devices and many server configurations into longer lead times and higher pricing. As demand for AI increases, supply capacity for high-performance memory and storage may continue to be limited until supply capacity increases.”
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Market
“We offer a broad portfolio of integrated IT solutions that include the following on-premise, hybrid, and cloud capabilities: •Hybrid Infrastructure: We assess our customers application infrastructure need, design flexible, resilient, and efficient solutions and manage the solution throughout its lifecycle. Our broad portfolio of hardware and software products, encompassing both on and off-premise solutions, enables us to provide well-integrated solutions, including converged and hyper-converged infrastructure, physical and virtualized servers, software defined automation and orchestration solutions, hybrid storage, energy-efficient power and cooling, and data center networking. •Digital Experience: We build end-to-end solutions that deliver access to applications that improve our customers’ productivity regardless of device or location.”
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Market
“The Company sells cloud computing solutions which include Software as a Service (“SaaS”) and Infrastructure as a Service (“IaaS”). SaaS solutions, commonly referred to as subscription licenses, utilize third-party partners to offer the Company’s customers access to software in the cloud that enhances office productivity, provides security, or assists in collaboration. IaaS solutions utilize third-party partners to enable customers to access data center functionality in a cloud-based solution, including storage, computing, and networking.”
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Chains in: Artificial intelligence strengthens
Chains out: this strengthens Electricity, strengthens Copper
Semiconductors and electronic components
Raw materials and inputs
DriverNegative impact: weakens
“For example, more recent tightening in the availability of high-performance memory and storage as demand has increased significantly and OEMs are prioritizing datacenters and AI workloads, pushing commercial devices and many server configurations into longer lead times and higher pricing. As demand for AI increases, supply capacity for high-performance memory and storage may continue to be limited until supply capacity increases.”
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Market
“Revenue Recognition The Company is a primary distribution channel for a large group of vendors and suppliers, including original equipment manufacturers (“OEMs”), software publishers, cloud providers, and wholesale distributors. The Company may sell hardware, software, and services on standalone basis or as a bundled solution arrangement. For additional information on the disaggregation of Net sales by major category, see Note 17 (Segment Information).”
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Chains in: Artificial intelligence strengthens
IT operations and cloud
Raw materials and inputs
DriverMixed impact: mixed
“We expect the competitive landscape to continue to evolve as new technologies and consumption models emerge, such as cloud-based and other “as a service” solutions, hyper-converged infrastructure, embedded software solutions, and solutions that incorporate AI. While innovation can help our business as it creates new offerings for us to sell, it can also disrupt our business model and create new and stronger competitors.”
Annual report 2025A · The company itself
DriverPositive impact: strengthens
“The technology industry is characterized by rapid innovation and the frequent introduction of new and enhanced hardware, software, and services, such as cloud-based and other “as a service” solutions, hyper-converged infrastructure, embedded software solutions, and solutions that incorporate AI. We have been and will continue to be dependent on innovations in technology, as well as the adoption of those innovations by customers.”
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StrategyPositive impact: strengthens
“In 2025, we implemented a new enterprise resource planning (“ERP”) system, along with the execution of other system transformation initiatives, that is resulting in more streamlined and efficient processes.”
Annual report 2025A · The company itself
StrategyPositive impact: strengthens
“The success of our business depends on the continuing development, maintenance, and operation of our information technology systems. Our success is dependent on the accuracy, proper utilization, and continuing operation, maintenance, and development of our information technology systems, including our business systems, such as our sales, customer management, financial and accounting, marketing, purchasing, warehouse management, and e-commerce and mobile systems, as well as our operational platforms, including voice and data networks and power systems, which may include third-party hosted systems or systems that may utilize cloud technologies outside of our control.”
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Market
“Our broad array of offerings ranges from discrete hardware and software products to integrated IT solutions and services that include on-premise and cloud capabilities across hybrid infrastructure, digital experience, and security.”
Annual report 2025A · The company itself
Market
“To help our customers accomplish this, we have built a robust portfolio of integrated IT solutions across hybrid infrastructure, digital experience, security, digital velocity, and services that we provide in on-premise, hybrid, or cloud-based environments.”
Annual report 2025A · The company itself
Market
“We offer a broad portfolio of integrated IT solutions that include the following on-premise, hybrid, and cloud capabilities: •Hybrid Infrastructure: We assess our customers application infrastructure need, design flexible, resilient, and efficient solutions and manage the solution throughout its lifecycle. Our broad portfolio of hardware and software products, encompassing both on and off-premise solutions, enables us to provide well-integrated solutions, including converged and hyper-converged infrastructure, physical and virtualized servers, software defined automation and orchestration solutions, hybrid storage, energy-efficient power and cooling, and data center networking. •Digital Experience: We build end-to-end solutions that deliver access to applications that improve our customers’ productivity regardless of device or location.”
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Market
“Our services include professional services, managed services, warranties, configuration services, partner services, and telecom services. Additionally, we deliver and manage mission critical software, systems, and network solutions for our customers.”
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Labour and wages
Raw materials and inputs
DriverNegative impact: weakens
“Additionally, as minimum wage rates increase or related laws and regulations change, we have and may need to continue to increase the wages paid to our hourly or salaried coworkers as wage rates and salaries become pressured. A sustained labor shortage or increased turnover rates within our coworker base could lead to increased costs, such as increased overtime to meet demand and increased wage rates to attract and retain coworkers, and could adversely affect our business, results of operations, or cash flows.”
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DriverNegative impact: weakens
“If we are unable to attract, develop, engage, and retain key personnel, or if our approach to workforce management, including management of our offshore operations, is ineffective, our relationships with our vendor partners and customers and our ability to expand our offerings of value-added services and solutions could be adversely affected. Moreover, if we are unable to continue to train our sales, services, and technical personnel effectively to meet the rapidly changing technology needs of our customers, the overall quality and efficiency of such personnel could decrease.”
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InputNegative impact: weakens
“We have approximately 14,800 coworkers across the globe, with 11,200 coworkers in the US and 3,600 coworkers in international locations.”
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StrategyPositive impact: strengthens
“More than 50% of our US Net sales are generated by account managers who have more than seven years of tenure with CDW.”
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SMEs
End markets
Market
“Our Corporate segment primarily serves US private sector business customers with more than 250 employees.”
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Market
“Our Small Business segment primarily serves US private sector business customers with up to 250 employees.”
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Market
“The organizational structure of the Company’s segments is determined based on how the chief operating decision maker (“CODM”), who is the Chief Executive Officer, evaluates performance, allocates resources, and manages operations, which is primarily based on customer base. Specifically, the “Corporate” reportable segment is primarily comprised of private sector business customers with more than 250 employees in the US, the “Small Business” reportable segment is primarily comprised of private sector business customers with up to 250 employees in the US, and the “Public” reportable segment is comprised of government agencies and education and healthcare institutions in the US.”
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Industrial manufacturing
End markets
Market
“Revenue Recognition The Company is a primary distribution channel for a large group of vendors and suppliers, including original equipment manufacturers (“OEMs”), software publishers, cloud providers, and wholesale distributors. The Company may sell hardware, software, and services on standalone basis or as a bundled solution arrangement. For additional information on the disaggregation of Net sales by major category, see Note 17 (Segment Information).”
Annual report 2025A · The company itself
Market
“The organizational structure of the Company’s segments is determined based on how the chief operating decision maker (“CODM”), who is the Chief Executive Officer, evaluates performance, allocates resources, and manages operations, which is primarily based on customer base. Specifically, the “Corporate” reportable segment is primarily comprised of private sector business customers with more than 250 employees in the US, the “Small Business” reportable segment is primarily comprised of private sector business customers with up to 250 employees in the US, and the “Public” reportable segment is comprised of government agencies and education and healthcare institutions in the US.”
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IT consulting and public-sector IT
End markets
Market
“Business Our Company CDW Corporation (together with its subsidiaries, the “Company,” “CDW”, “we”, “us”, or “our”), a Fortune 500 company and member of the S&P 500 Index, is a leading multi-brand provider of information technology (“IT”) solutions to business, government, education, and healthcare customers in the United States (“US”), the United Kingdom (“UK”), and Canada.”
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Market
“The Company provides professional services, which include project managers, specialists, and engineers, recommending, designing, and implementing IT solutions. The Company is primarily responsible for the fulfillment and acceptability of the professional services and has control over how to provide the requested services. As a result, the Company is the principal, and professional services revenue is recognized on a gross basis either on a time and materials basis for variable contracts or proportionally as costs are incurred relative to the total estimated costs to complete for fixed fee contracts (i.e., an input method).”
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Chains in: Public investment and infrastructure strengthens, Digitalisation strengthens
Public sector
End markets
Market
“Our Public segment is comprised of government agencies and education and healthcare institutions in the US.”
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Market
“Revenues from our public sector customers are derived from sales to governmental entities, educational institutions, and healthcare customers through various contracts and open market sales of products and services. Sales to public sector customers are highly regulated and present different risks and challenges from private commercial agreements. Noncompliance with contract provisions, government procurement regulations, or other applicable laws or regulations (including the False Claims Act, the Medicare and Medicaid Anti-Kickback Statute, or similar laws of the jurisdictions for our business activities outside of the US) or security clearance and confidentiality requirements could result in civil, criminal, and administrative liability, including substantial monetary fines or damages, termination of government contracts or other public sector customer contracts, and suspension, debarment, or ineligibility from doing business with governmental entities or other customers in the public sector.”
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Shipping and logistics
End markets
InputNegative impact: weakens
“In addition to purchasing products and certain services directly from our vendor partners, we purchase products and certain services from wholesale distributors for resale to our customers or for inclusion in the solutions we offer. These wholesale distributors provide logistics management and supply-chain services for us, as well as for our vendor partners.”
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StrategyPositive impact: strengthens
“Leveraging our distribution and logistics capabilities, we handle and ship approximately 22 million units annually on an aggregate basis from our distribution centers.”
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Chains in: Carbon tax and ETS prices weakens, Global trade volumes strengthens, Fuel strengthens
Automation and robotics
Technology
Market
“•Digital Velocity: We deliver advanced digital transformation solutions that enable organizations to modernize their IT infrastructure, applications, and operations. Leveraging expertise in cloud-native deployment, DevOps, AI, and automation, we help customers improve business outcomes through scalable and secure technology implementations.”
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Education
End markets
Market
“Our Public segment is comprised of government agencies and education and healthcare institutions in the US.”
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Healthcare and hospitals
End markets
Market
“Our Public segment is comprised of government agencies and education and healthcare institutions in the US.”
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Chains in: Ageing population strengthens, GLP-1 and obesity treatment mixed effect
Telecoms and 5G
Technology
Market
“The Company sells cloud computing solutions which include Software as a Service (“SaaS”) and Infrastructure as a Service (“IaaS”). SaaS solutions, commonly referred to as subscription licenses, utilize third-party partners to offer the Company’s customers access to software in the cloud that enhances office productivity, provides security, or assists in collaboration. IaaS solutions utilize third-party partners to enable customers to access data center functionality in a cloud-based solution, including storage, computing, and networking.”
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Business cycle and GDP growth
Macro
DriverNegative impact: weakens
“Also, customers may delay spending while they evaluate new technologies.”
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DriverNegative impact: weakens
“These fluctuations may cause the market price of our common stock to be volatile and may result from many factors, including the state of the technology industry in general, shifts in demand and pricing for hardware, software, and services, and the introduction of new products or upgrades. Further, if our customers’ businesses are adversely affected by global or regional economic conditions such as cost inflation or rising interest rates, they may delay or reduce purchases from us, which could adversely affect our results of operations.”
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DriverNegative impact: weakens
“Weak or unstable economic conditions, inflation, and actions taken by central banks to counter inflation, sustained uncertainty about global political conditions, periods of intense diplomatic or armed conflict, government spending cuts or prolonged governmental shutdowns, and the impact of new government policies (including the introduction of new or increased taxes, the imposition of minimum taxes, or new or increased limitations on deductions, credits, or other tax benefits, or any other changes to tax laws), or a tightening of credit markets, including as a result of rising interest rates or bank failures, could cause our customers and potential customers to postpone or reduce spending on technology products or services or put downward pressure on prices, which could have an adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or cash flows.”
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Chains out: this strengthens Global trade volumes, strengthens Construction
Geopolitical uncertainty
Macro
DriverNegative impact: weakens
“Political events, trade, and other international disputes, geopolitical tensions, war, terrorism, natural disasters, public health issues, including pandemics, industrial accidents, significant labor disputes and other business interruptions can harm or disrupt international commerce and the global economy, and could have a material adverse effect on the Company and its customers, suppliers, outsource partners, logistics providers, distributors, cellular network carriers, and other channel partners.”
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DriverNegative impact: weakens
“Periods of intense diplomatic or armed conflict, may result in new and rapidly evolving trade restrictions and sanctions. Trade restrictions, including new or increased tariffs or quotas, embargoes, sanctions, safeguards, and customs restrictions against the products we sell, could increase the cost or reduce the supply of product available to us and adversely affect our business, results of operations, or cash flows.”
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Chains out: this strengthens Defence budgets, strengthens Energy security, strengthens Tariffs and trade policy, weakens Global trade volumes, strengthens Sea freight and freight rates, weakens Reconstruction of Ukraine
Inflation
Macro
DriverNegative impact: weakens
“To the extent we face increased competition to gain and retain customers, we may be required to reduce prices, increase advertising expenditures, or take other actions which could adversely affect our business, results of operations, or cash flows. Additionally, some of our competitors may reduce their prices in an attempt to stimulate sales, which may require us to reduce prices. This would require us to sell a greater number of products to achieve the same level of Net sales and Gross profit.”
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DriverNegative impact: weakens
“Our Gross profit fluctuates due to numerous factors, some of which may be outside of our control, including general macroeconomic conditions including inflation; pricing pressures; changes in product costs from our vendor partners; the availability of price protection, purchase discounts, and incentive programs from our vendor partners; changes in product, order size, and customer mix; the risk of some items in our inventory becoming obsolete; increases in product and delivery costs that we cannot pass on to customers; and general market and competitive conditions.”
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Chains out: this weakens Consumer spending, strengthens Interest rates
Interest rates
Macro
DriverNegative impact: weakens
“These fluctuations may cause the market price of our common stock to be volatile and may result from many factors, including the state of the technology industry in general, shifts in demand and pricing for hardware, software, and services, and the introduction of new products or upgrades. Further, if our customers’ businesses are adversely affected by global or regional economic conditions such as cost inflation or rising interest rates, they may delay or reduce purchases from us, which could adversely affect our results of operations.”
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DriverNegative impact: weakens
“Weak or unstable economic conditions, inflation, and actions taken by central banks to counter inflation, sustained uncertainty about global political conditions, periods of intense diplomatic or armed conflict, government spending cuts or prolonged governmental shutdowns, and the impact of new government policies (including the introduction of new or increased taxes, the imposition of minimum taxes, or new or increased limitations on deductions, credits, or other tax benefits, or any other changes to tax laws), or a tightening of credit markets, including as a result of rising interest rates or bank failures, could cause our customers and potential customers to postpone or reduce spending on technology products or services or put downward pressure on prices, which could have an adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or cash flows.”
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Chains in: Public debt and fiscal policy strengthens, Inflation strengthens
Chains out: this weakens Construction, weakens Real estate, weakens Wind power, weakens Housing market, weakens Office and commercial property, weakens Residential rental, weakens Residential construction
Tariffs and trade policy
Macro
DriverNegative impact: weakens
“Other events related to international operations that could cause disruptions to our supply chain include: •the imposition of additional trade law provisions or regulations, including the adoption or expansion of trade restrictions or sanctions; •the imposition of additional duties, tariffs, and other charges on imports and exports, including any resulting retaliatory tariffs or charges and any reductions in the production of products subject to such tariffs and charges; •foreign currency fluctuations; and •restrictions on the transfer of funds.”
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DriverNegative impact: weakens
“Periods of intense diplomatic or armed conflict, may result in new and rapidly evolving trade restrictions and sanctions. Trade restrictions, including new or increased tariffs or quotas, embargoes, sanctions, safeguards, and customs restrictions against the products we sell, could increase the cost or reduce the supply of product available to us and adversely affect our business, results of operations, or cash flows.”
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Chains in: Geopolitical uncertainty strengthens
Chains out: this weakens Global trade volumes
Global trade volumes
Macro
DriverNegative impact: weakens
“Our business depends on the timely supply of products in order to meet the demands of our customers. Manufacturing interruptions or delays, including as a result of the financial instability or bankruptcy of manufacturers, significant labor disputes such as strikes, natural disasters (which may increase in number or severity as a result of climate change), political or social unrest, armed conflict, pandemics or other public health crises, or other adverse occurrences affecting any of our suppliers’ facilities, could disrupt our supply chain and cause volatility in our level of inventory and delays in completion of orders and installations for our customers.”
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Chains in: Tariffs and trade policy weakens, Geopolitical uncertainty weakens, Business cycle and GDP growth strengthens
Chains out: this strengthens Shipping and logistics
Public investment and infrastructure
Regulation
DriverNegative impact: weakens
“An adverse change or anticipated change in government spending or funding policies (such as budget cuts or limitations or funding delays), shifts in budget priorities, 17 Table of Contents changes in purchasing protocols, reductions in revenue levels, or significant or prolonged government shutdowns could cause our customers to reduce or delay their purchases or to terminate or not renew their contracts with us, which could adversely affect our business, results of operations, or cash flows.”
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Chains in: Reconstruction of Ukraine strengthens
Chains out: this strengthens Construction, strengthens Digitalisation, strengthens IT consulting and public-sector IT
AI regulation
Regulation
DriverNegative impact: weakens
“The rapid development and deployment of tools that leverage AI is also causing governments to consider and implement regulation of AI. Such increased focus and potential government regulation of AI may also increase the burden and cost of compliance in this area, subjecting us to brand or reputational harm, competitive harm, and legal liability.”
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Air freight
Raw materials and inputs
InputNegative impact: weakens
“Increases in the cost of commercial delivery services or disruptions of those services could materially adversely impact our business. We generally ship hardware products to our customers by third party commercial delivery services and invoice customers for delivery charges.”
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Climate change and extreme weather
Macro
DriverNegative impact: weakens
“If the warehouse and distribution equipment or operations at one of our distribution centers or such facilities or operations of our outsource partners were to be seriously damaged, such as in a fire, or disrupted by a natural disaster, which may increase in number or severity as a result of climate change, or other adverse occurrence, including disruption related to political or social unrest, we could experience significant interruptions in our services and may incur material incremental operating costs.”
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Chains out: this weakens Agriculture and food production
Contract manufacturers as a business (EMS, CMO, CRO)
End markets
InputNegative impact: weakens
“We rely on our outsource partners, including offshore partners, to execute and deliver on certain business processes within the organization. While we make significant effort to conduct appropriate diligence before entering into arrangements with an outsourcing partner, failure by these outsource partners to meet their contractual, regulatory, and other obligations to us, including cybersecurity protections, or our failure to adequately monitor their performance, could negatively impact our operations, expected cost savings or efficiencies, and could result in work stoppages, strikes, or performance issues with such outsource partners.”
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Chains in: Biotech and drug development strengthens
E-commerce
Technology
DriverNegative impact: weakens
“For instance, while cloud-based solutions present an opportunity for us, cloud-based solutions and technology solutions as a service could increase the amount of sales directly to customers rather than through solutions providers like us, or could reduce the amount of hardware we sell. For example, growing hyperscaler marketplaces such as AWS Marketplace, Google Cloud Marketplace, and Microsoft Marketplace and evolving partner authorization and incentive models could change the role of traditional resellers, which may limit access to offerings, pressure margins, and restrict participation in certain channels.”
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Labour regulation
Regulation
DriverNegative impact: weakens
“Our global operations span a variety of legal regimes, subjecting us to numerous complex, diverse, evolving, and at times potentially inconsistent or conflicting laws and regulations in a number of areas, including labor and employment, advertising, 19 Table of Contents e-commerce, tax, trade, import and export controls, economic and trade sanctions, anti-corruption, data privacy and security requirements, competition, environmental, social, and governance, and health and safety.”
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Sea freight and freight rates
Raw materials and inputs
InputNegative impact: weakens
“Increases in the cost of commercial delivery services or disruptions of those services could materially adversely impact our business. We generally ship hardware products to our customers by third party commercial delivery services and invoice customers for delivery charges.”
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Chains in: Geopolitical uncertainty strengthens
Nordics
Geography
Geography
“Net sales to customers in the UK and Canada combined generated $2.7 billion in 2025.”
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Geography
“Properties As of December 31, 2025, we owned or leased a total of 1.8 million square feet of space in the US, serving all of our reportable segments. Additionally, we leased a total of 0.4 million square feet of space outside of the US, primarily in the UK, and Canada.”
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United States
Geography
Geography
“Table of Contents In our US business, which represents approximately 90% of our Net sales, we currently have five dedicated customer channels: corporate, small business, government, education, and healthcare, each of which generated $1.7 billion or greater in Net sales in 2025.”
Annual report 2025A · The company itself
Geography
“Properties As of December 31, 2025, we owned or leased a total of 1.8 million square feet of space in the US, serving all of our reportable segments. Additionally, we leased a total of 0.4 million square feet of space outside of the US, primarily in the UK, and Canada.”
Annual report 2025A · The company itself
Chains in: USD vs DKK/EUR mixed effect
Asia and emerging markets
Geography
Geography
“Our supply chain is also exposed to risks related to international operations. While we purchase our products primarily in the markets we serve (for example, products for US customers are sourced in the US), our vendor partners manufacture or purchase a significant portion of the products we sell outside of the US, primarily in Asia. Political, social, or economic instability in Asia, or in other regions in which our vendor partners purchase or manufacture the products we sell, could cause disruptions in trade, including exports to the US.”
Annual report 2025A · The company itself
Denmark
Geography
Geography
“Properties As of December 31, 2025, we owned or leased a total of 1.8 million square feet of space in the US, serving all of our reportable segments. Additionally, we leased a total of 0.4 million square feet of space outside of the US, primarily in the UK, and Canada.”
Annual report 2025A · The company itself
Europe
Geography
Geography
“Net sales to customers in the UK and Canada combined generated $2.7 billion in 2025.”
Annual report 2025A · The company itself
Other currencies
Macro
DriverMixed impact: mixed
“Foreign Currency Risk We transact business in foreign currencies other than the US dollar, primarily the British pound and the Canadian dollar, which exposes us to foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations. Revenue and expenses generated from our international operations are generally denominated in the local currencies of the corresponding countries.”
Annual report 2025A · The company itself
USD vs DKK/EUR
Macro
DriverMixed impact: mixed
“Foreign Currency Risk We transact business in foreign currencies other than the US dollar, primarily the British pound and the Canadian dollar, which exposes us to foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations. Revenue and expenses generated from our international operations are generally denominated in the local currencies of the corresponding countries.”
Annual report 2025A · The company itself
Chains out: this mixed effect United States
Competitors mentioned in the report
No named competitors in the report.
Financial figures
| Revenue latest fiscal year | 22.42 bn USD |
| Revenue growth vs. the year before, same method | 6.8 % |
| EBITDA reported by the company | 1.95 bn USD |
| Net debt debt incl. leasing minus cash | 5.2 bn USD |
| Diluted EPS per share | 8.08 USD |
Source: 10-K (SEC) A. See the report
Criteria
| Profit | ✓ |
| Growing | ✓ |
| Healthy balance sheet | ✓ |
Only the criteria that can be computed from financial statements on this page. The remaining criteria (such as price and dividend) need a share price and are in the analysis.
Figures are in the report's currency (USD), not converted to DKK. Quotes are shown as the company's own words in English.