WPP vs. IPG, OMC, PCOR, ESTC, CLH, AFRM, APG, CNM, WEX, and DOCU
Should you be buying WPP stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WPP include Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG), Omnicom Group (OMC), Procore Technologies (PCOR), Elastic (ESTC), Clean Harbors (CLH), Affirm (AFRM), APi Group (APG), Core & Main (CNM), WEX (WEX), and DocuSign (DOCU). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
WPP (NYSE:WPP) and Interpublic Group of Companies (NYSE:IPG) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.
WPP has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Interpublic Group of Companies has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Interpublic Group of Companies had 10 more articles in the media than WPP. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Interpublic Group of Companies and 12 mentions for WPP. Interpublic Group of Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat WPP's score of 0.27 indicating that Interpublic Group of Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Interpublic Group of Companies has a net margin of 9.97% compared to WPP's net margin of 0.00%. Interpublic Group of Companies' return on equity of 29.70% beat WPP's return on equity.
4.3% of WPP shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.4% of Interpublic Group of Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of WPP shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Interpublic Group of Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
WPP currently has a consensus price target of $46.00, indicating a potential downside of 10.51%. Interpublic Group of Companies has a consensus price target of $35.13, indicating a potential upside of 11.54%. Given Interpublic Group of Companies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Interpublic Group of Companies is more favorable than WPP.
Interpublic Group of Companies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than WPP.
WPP pays an annual dividend of $1.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Interpublic Group of Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Interpublic Group of Companies pays out 47.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Interpublic Group of Companies received 249 more outperform votes than WPP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.98% of users gave Interpublic Group of Companies an outperform vote while only 55.37% of users gave WPP an outperform vote.
Summary
Interpublic Group of Companies beats WPP on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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