IPG vs. OMC, LAMR, CCO, NCMI, GOOG, WPP, CRTO, STGW, GRPN, and HAO
Should you be buying Interpublic Group of Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Interpublic Group of Companies include Omnicom Group (OMC), Lamar Advertising (LAMR), Clear Channel Outdoor (CCO), National CineMedia (NCMI), Alphabet (GOOG), WPP (WPP), Criteo (CRTO), Stagwell (STGW), Groupon (GRPN), and Haoxi Health Technology (HAO).
Interpublic Group of Companies (NYSE:IPG) and Omnicom Group (NYSE:OMC) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and profitability.
In the previous week, Omnicom Group had 2 more articles in the media than Interpublic Group of Companies. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Omnicom Group and 7 mentions for Interpublic Group of Companies. Interpublic Group of Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Omnicom Group's score of 1.16 indicating that Interpublic Group of Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Interpublic Group of Companies has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Omnicom Group has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Interpublic Group of Companies currently has a consensus target price of $35.13, indicating a potential upside of 15.35%. Omnicom Group has a consensus target price of $104.40, indicating a potential upside of 16.05%. Given Omnicom Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Omnicom Group is more favorable than Interpublic Group of Companies.
Interpublic Group of Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Omnicom Group pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Interpublic Group of Companies pays out 47.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Omnicom Group pays out 37.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Interpublic Group of Companies received 204 more outperform votes than Omnicom Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.98% of users gave Interpublic Group of Companies an outperform vote while only 49.14% of users gave Omnicom Group an outperform vote.
Interpublic Group of Companies has a net margin of 9.97% compared to Omnicom Group's net margin of 9.96%. Omnicom Group's return on equity of 38.23% beat Interpublic Group of Companies' return on equity.
Omnicom Group has higher revenue and earnings than Interpublic Group of Companies. Interpublic Group of Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Omnicom Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
98.4% of Interpublic Group of Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.0% of Omnicom Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Interpublic Group of Companies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Omnicom Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Omnicom Group beats Interpublic Group of Companies on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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