PC CONNECTION INC (CNXN)
Information Technology · IT Value-Added Reseller · NASDAQ
A leading provider of IT hardware, software, and services that helps organizations of all sizes manage their technology infrastructure and digital transformation.
What PC CONNECTION INC does
PC Connection, Inc. is a national solutions provider of information technology products and services. The company offers a wide range of hardware, software, and peripheral products, alongside integrated services such as configuration, asset management, and cloud consulting, primarily to business, government, and education customers.
Themes: IT infrastructure procurement, cloud consulting, digital transformation services, IT lifecycle management
Fundamentals
- Price$77.93 as of 2026-08-21 close
- Market cap$2.0B as of 2026-08-21
- 1-year return+26.3% 2025-08-21 close $61.72 → 2026-08-21 close $77.93
- P/E21.29 as of 2026-08-24
- Net margin+3.2% as of 2026-08-24
- Gross margin+18.9% as of 2026-08-24
- ROE+10.4% as of 2026-08-24
- Debt / equity0.00 as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue growth (YoY)+3.2% as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue CAGR (3y)-2.8% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.85 as of 2026-08-24
- Last reported earnings2026-07-29 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
Dividend: yield +0.5%; 1-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC XBRL).
How CNXN compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiobottom 25% 265 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-08-24
- net profit marginmiddle range 405 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-08-24
- operating marginmiddle range 405 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-08-24
- gross marginbottom 10% 403 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-08-24
- return on equitymiddle range 405 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-08-24
- 3-year revenue CAGRbottom 25% 386 covered Information Technology peers
- indicated dividend yieldbottom 25% 107 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-08-24
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)middle range 382 covered Information Technology peers, as of FY2025
Position among covered Information Technology companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Dividend coverage (FY2025)
Covered by reported results. In FY2025, CNXN's dividend was covered by reported results (earnings payout 18%, free-cash-flow payout 26%). This describes past coverage, not a forecast.
- Earnings payout18% dividends / net income
- Free-cash-flow payout26% dividends / (operating cash flow − capex)
Coverage derived from reported SEC EDGAR XBRL figures for FY2025 (dividends paid vs. net income and free cash flow, same fiscal year). This describes PAST coverage for one fiscal year — it does not predict whether a dividend will be maintained, raised, or cut, and a one-year payout ratio can be distorted by non-recurring items. Informational only — not financial advice.
How PC CONNECTION INC looks technically
PC CONNECTION INC (CNXN) is trading 19.6% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend. Its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 76 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal. A strong downtrend is in place — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 27, with sellers in control. Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 42, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bearish about 10 trading days ago (its momentum flipped negative). It made a new 20-day low about 2 trading days ago.
Trend
8
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 19.6% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend | +19.6% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $77.61 | $77.61 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $65.18 | $65.18 |
| Swing structure | each recent peak has been higher than the one before it and each dip has been shallower — the pattern chart-watchers call an uptrend, which describes where price has already been and not where it goes next | higher highs and higher lows |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing high 22 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 22 sessions |
| Wave structure | its recent swings can be read as a five-part upward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in the fourth leg, a pullback against that upward direction; the labelling fails if price closes below 74.8. It is one of several labellings that fit, and it describes the swings already printed, not what comes next. The same swings also read as a completed three-part correction. | possible upward five-wave sequence, in wave 4 (one of several readings) |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 76 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal | 76 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | a strong downtrend is in place — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 27, with sellers in control | 27.4 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 42, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 42.0 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading near the bottom of its 14-day range ($76.46 to $88.30) — its "stochastic" reading is 12 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been climbing within that range over the last few sessions. | 12.4 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bearish about 10 trading days ago (its momentum flipped negative) | 10 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $88.31 | $88.31 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 11.8% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -11.8% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 41.8% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +41.8% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 11.8% below its highest point of the past year | 11.8% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day low about 2 trading days ago | 2 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day high about 14 trading days ago | 14 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $88.31 (set on 2026-07-30) | $88.31 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($55.83 to $86.79), and it has given back roughly a quarter of its rise from last year’s low — 29% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $66.67 to $67.66. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 28.6% |
| From the all-time high | it is 11.8% below its all-time high | -11.8% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 3.4% above a support level at $75.30 — a price it turned at six times since 2024-10-18, most recently on 2026-06-11. Since 2024-08-21 it has 11 such levels below the current price and 0 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | -3.4% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $2.80 (set on 2009-03-04) | $2.80 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 2683.2% above its all-time low | +2,683% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are about average versus its own recent 6-month history | 54th percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $2.47 between its high and its low — about 3.2% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $2.47 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $76.28 and $87.67 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $76.28 – $81.97 – $87.67 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 3.2% in a typical session — about typical for the companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 3.2% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 5.2 daily ranges above its 200-day average price (19.6% above it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 5.2 daily ranges above its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 0.89× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts' average price target is unchanged from the prior reading | 0.0% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | not available for this company yet | n/a |
Candlestick patterns
2
| Since a doji | today it opened and closed at almost the same price after trading through a wider range — a "doji", the classic picture of buyers and sellers finishing the session level | today |
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| Since a bearish engulfing | 2 sessions ago it opened above the previous session's close and finished below that session's open — a "bearish engulfing" pair, where one down day more than undid the up day before it | 2 sessions ago |
Price gaps
2
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-08-21 at essentially the same price it closed at the session before — no meaningful overnight gap | +0.0% |
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| Gap filled | a 3.3% gap up opened on 2026-06-11 has been "filled" 48 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it closed again during the very session that opened it | 48 sessions ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it closed higher in its latest session, after a session that did not close higher — a single up day rather than a run | 1 session up |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock lagged the market by 6.4 percentage points (the stock lost 4.1% while the market gained 2.3%) | -6.4% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock beat the market by 18.3 percentage points (the stock gained 21.4% while the market gained 3.1%) | +18.3% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock beat the market by 14.4 percentage points (the stock gained 25.5% while the market gained 11.1%) | +14.4% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock beat the market by 5.8 percentage points (the stock gained 26.3% while the market gained 20.5%) | +5.8% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 5 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day, trading above its 200-day average, outperforming the market over 6 months, near the bottom of its 14-day range (oversold), trading above the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 5 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 3 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state: a strong downtrend, with sellers in control, a fresh 20-day low, MACD momentum is negative — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 3 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 4.4% above the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-07-16 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established uptrend, with the band below acting as the level that would have to give way. The band itself is moderate, spanning 5.6% of the share price. | +4.4% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 12% above the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $69.82 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 156 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +11.6% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 6% below the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-07-29 (its 10-Q), so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $82.54 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 18 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -5.6% |
Price levels it has turned at before
CNXN last closed at $77.93 on 2026-08-21. Since 2024-08-21 it has turned at 11 prices below its last close and 0 above; the 3 nearest below are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $75.30 | Support | 3.4% below the last close | turned there six times · 2024-10-18 to 2026-06-11 |
| $72.86 | Support | 6.5% below the last close | turned there twice · 2024-08-30 to 2024-10-10 |
| $70.97 | Support | 8.9% below the last close | turned there twice · 2025-01-06 to 2025-05-13 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
Its recent swings can be read as a five-part upward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in leg 4 of five, a pullback against that direction.
This labelling fails — stops being a possible reading at all — if it closes below $74.80.
This is one of several labellings that fit the same swings, so treat it as a reading rather than the reading. It was chosen from 2 labellings that survived the rules, counting shorter readings of the same bars.
On past moves of this shape the leg has usually ended somewhere between $78.41 and $83.63 — that is where it has tended to end if the count holds, not a forecast of where the price goes.
Alternate reading: The same swings also read as a completed three-part correction, which fails on a close above $88.31.
This labelling was already in place when we began recording count changes on 2026-08-13, so how long it has stood is not something we can say yet.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-08-21.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading above the 200-day moving average · Broke down to a new 20-day low · beating the market · Printed a doji candle · At the bottom of its 14-day range (stochastic below 20) · Under water since its last earnings report (below the anchored VWAP) | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · macd · breakout
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-08-21. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Mean price target$83.00 range $83.00 – $83.00
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-08-19. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for CNXN
- Consensus EPS estimate$1.04 next reporting period, as of 2026-08-19
Change over time is not available yet: it needs two readings of the same reporting period at least 30 days apart, and we have been recording these estimates since 2026-08-04. An estimate for a DIFFERENT quarter is not a revision, so a reading from before the last report is never compared with one after it.
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Dependence on third-party manufacturers and distributors for product supply.","Intense competition in the IT solutions industry, which may impact pricing and margins.","Risks associated with economic downturns affecting IT spending by customers."]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of CNXN's 10-Q filed 2026-04-29 against the prior one filed 2025-10-29.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Added:
- Added risk factor about "the impact of conflicts in Iran and the Middle East" in macroeconomic factors bullet (filed 2026-04-29)
- Added "supply constraints, such as the global memory (DRAM and NAND) shortage" as a separate bullet point (filed 2026-04-29)
- Removed:
- Removed "supply constraints, such as the global memory (DRAM and NAND) shortage" from the original single macroeconomic factors bullet (filed 2025-10-29)
- Removed reference to "HP Inc." vendor name, replaced with different vendor reference (filed 2026-04-29)
- Reworded:
- Changed "simplifies the IT customer experience" to "simplifies IT" in OVERVIEW opening sentence (filed 2026-04-29)
- Changed "purchase from manufacturers" to "secure from manufacturers" (filed 2026-04-29)
- Changed "Technology Solutions Organization, or TSO" to "Technology Solutions and Services Organization, or TSSO" (filed 2026-04-29)
- Changed description from "state-of-the-art Technology Integration and Distribution Center with ISO 9001:2015 certified technical configuration lab" to "state-of-the-art ISO 9001:2015 SOC 2 Type 2 certified Technology Integration and Distribution Center" (filed 2026-04-29)
- Changed "Connection®" brand reference to "Connection" brand (removed registered trademark symbol) (filed 2026-04-29)
- Changed "more than 2,500 suppliers" to "more than 1,600 suppliers" (filed 2026-04-29)
- Added "security, artificial intelligence," to products list (filed 2026-04-29)
- Changed macroeconomic factors bullet from "...or reducing the level of investment" to "...or reducing the level of investment..." with minor punctuation adjustment (filed 2026-04-29)
- Updated Form 10-K reference year from "December 31, 2024" to "December 31, 2025" (filed 2026-04-29)
- Notes:
- The newer filing is truncated at the end of the OVERVIEW section, so comparison beyond that point is not possible
- Both filings appear to be quarterly reports with different fiscal periods (Q1 2026 vs Q3 2025 based on accession numbers)
Risk Factors
The two filings could not be meaningfully compared for this section.
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
0 open-market purchases and 19 open-market sales by insiders in the last 90 days.
- Last 30 days0 buys · 3 sells ($2M) — 2 selling insiders
- Last 90 days0 buys · 19 sells ($6M) — 3 selling insiders
- Last 180 days0 buys · 19 sells ($6M) — 3 selling insiders
Activity heuristic: net selling (a transparent product heuristic from the counts above, not a prediction or advice)
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-07-31. As of 2026-08-24.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsAsk about CNXN's insider activity →
Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Institutional ownership (13F)
5 institutional 13F filers reported holding CNXN as of 2026-03-31 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 5
- Reported shares held 2,885,461
- Reported value $168,684,043
reported quarterly holdings change (2025-12-31 → 2026-03-31): 0 new, 3 increased, 2 decreased, 0 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
Short interest (FINRA)
CNXN had 483,343 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
CNXN had 1.92% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 3.18 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 483,343
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 1.92%
- Prior settlement (shares) 429,021
- Reported change 12.66%
- Days to cover (reported) 3.18
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-07-31 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- CDW Corporation (CDW)
- Insight Enterprises (NSIT)
- SHI International
- Zones, LLC
- Computacenter
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Frequently asked questions
What does PC CONNECTION INC (CNXN) do?
PC Connection, Inc. is a national solutions provider of information technology products and services. The company offers a wide range of hardware, software, and peripheral products, alongside integrated services such as configuration, asset management, and cloud consulting, primarily to business, government, and education customers.
What sector is PC CONNECTION INC (CNXN) in?
PC CONNECTION INC (CNXN) is classified in the Information Technology sector. Its industry is IT Value-Added Reseller. It trades on NASDAQ.
Does CNXN pay a dividend?
Yes — PC CONNECTION INC (CNXN) pays a dividend, with an indicated yield of about 0.53% and 1-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC EDGAR XBRL) (market data, as of 2026-08-24). Informational only — not financial advice.
Who are PC CONNECTION INC's (CNXN) competitors?
Notable peers of PC CONNECTION INC (CNXN) include CDW Corporation, Insight Enterprises, SHI International, Zones, LLC and Computacenter. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is PC CONNECTION INC (CNXN) overbought or oversold right now?
PC CONNECTION INC (CNXN) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 42, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-08-21). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on CNXN come from?
Fundamentals and prices come from market data, as of 2026-08-24; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: market data, as of 2026-08-24. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-08-21.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.