Sell CDW (CDW) stock to fund a goal
Calculator · free · no signup · CDWNeed cash for a goal? Plan the minimum-tax schedule to sell your vested CDW (CDW) shares and net a target amount by a target date, across tax years.
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Your equity
One stack per ticker (current-employer RSUs, prior-employer holdings, index fund, etc.). Each stack has its own current price, growth assumption, and cost-basis lots.
Drives chance-of-shortfall · default 30%
Lots
Plan
Estimates only. Not financial advice.
Lock-in-now is deterministic (0%). Plans that wait depend on future prices; risk is near-zero when inventory comfortably exceeds the goal. Volatility: each stack's option-implied vol if a ticker is set, otherwise 30%. Lognormal model; real markets have fatter tails.
| Tax | $109,654 | $111,723 | $111,788 | $118,699 |
| Wealth @ target | $718,258 | $716,076 | $713,344 | $710,913 |
| Chance of shortfall | <0.1% | 0% | 1.7% | 3.3% |
Feasible
$400,027 net by 08/01/27
Total tax: $109,654 (federal $58,856, state $36,063, NIIT $14,736)
Schedule · Recommended
| Sale date | Shares | Tax | Net | Cumulative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26/26 | 4,088 | $351,349 | $360,067 | |
| 03/31/27 | 4 | $359 | $360,430 | |
| 04/30/27 | 32 | $2,891 | $363,340 | |
| 05/31/27 | 100 | $9,088 | $372,468 | |
| 06/30/27 | 100 | $9,141 | $381,631 | |
| 07/31/27 | 100 | $9,196 | $390,828 | |
| 08/01/27 | 100 | $9,199 | $400,027 |
Risk vs wealth
Each dot is a possible plan. Right is riskier, up is more wealth left over.
Trajectory of cash netted
Solid line = expected. Shaded band = 10th–90th percentile under price uncertainty.
After the plan
You keep 3,476 shares worth $410,758 at the projected target-date price, invested for the next decision.
You solved for a cash target. The beta optimizes your full portfolio across multiple goals and market scenarios, not just one funding need.
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About CDW
CDW (CDW) is a public IT Services company, incorporated in Delaware and headquartered in Vernon Hills, IL.
Last close: $133.29 per share (as of 2026-10-03).
Equity grants at CDW typically include restricted stock units (RSUs).
CDW Corporation is an American multi-brand provider of information technology services, serving business, government, education, and healthcare sectors across the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada. Headquartered in Vernon Hills, Illinois, CDW is a Fortune 500 and generated $21 billion in annual net sales in 2023.
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Michael Krasny started the business in 1984 selling used computers through classified ads in Chicago, and it grew into one of the largest resellers of technology to mid-market and public-sector buyers in North America. The model is distribution rather than manufacturing: account managers sit between thousands of hardware and software vendors and customers who lack the procurement staff to negotiate directly, and the margin comes from services attached to the resale. Public-sector and healthcare contracts smooth the corporate IT cycle. Gross profit per account manager is the metric management steers by. Headquarters are in Vernon Hills, Illinois.
Sources: sec.gov · en.wikipedia.org
Equity comp at CDW
- CDW's named executive officer RSU award agreements use double-trigger acceleration: vesting does not speed up automatically just because the company is acquired (a change in control). Acceleration only happens if there is both a change in control and a qualifying termination (being let go without cause, or resigning for good reason) within the relevant window. CDW's RSU agreements also provide certain favorable vesting terms on a qualifying termination even without a change in control.
- RSUs use double-trigger vesting. Two things must both happen before the shares are yours: (1) the normal time-based vesting completes, and (2) the company has a liquidity event (an IPO or an acquisition). Until both happen, you do not yet own the shares and you do not owe tax on them.
Researched 2026-08-21.
OptionsAhoy is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by CDW.
If you hold vested CDW (CDW) shares and need a set amount of cash by a date (a house down payment, tuition, a sabbatical, a business buy-in), the question is which lots to sell and in which tax years to keep the most after tax. This calculator builds the minimum-tax sell schedule across your lots, accounting for federal long-term capital gains, the net investment income tax, and your state.
Example: a 5,000-share CDW position at $133.29 is worth $666,450. Say you need $150,000 of it for a house down payment by next spring. Selling enough shares all in one tax year can push the gain into the higher long-term capital-gains bracket and trigger the 3.8% net investment income tax; spreading the sale across two tax years often nets more. The calculator above finds the minimum-tax sell schedule across your specific lots, basis, goal, and date.
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CDW equity questions
- How much CDW stock do I sell to fund a goal without overpaying tax?
- It depends on your cost basis, your target amount and date, and how the sale spreads across tax years. Selling vested CDW shares triggers long-term capital-gains tax, plus the 3.8% net investment income tax and state tax above certain income, and bunching a large sale into one year can push the gain into a higher bracket. The calculator above builds the minimum-tax sell schedule across your lots to net your target amount by your date.
- Does CDW grant ISOs, NSOs, or RSUs?
- Equity compensation at CDW typically takes the form of restricted stock units (RSUs). Restricted stock units are taxed as ordinary income when they vest.
- Do CDW RSUs use double-trigger vesting?
- Yes. CDW restricted stock units (RSUs) vest only when two things both happen: the time-based schedule completes, and the company has a liquidity event such as an initial public offering (IPO) or an acquisition. Until both occur you do not own the shares and owe no tax on them.
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