WPP vs. FOUR, ASCL, NFG, NFC, TRS, YOU, HNT, NEXN, SFOR, and TRMR
Should you be buying WPP stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WPP include 4imprint Group (FOUR), Ascential (ASCL), Next 15 Group (NFG), Next Fifteen Communications Group (NFC), Tarsus Group (TRS), YouGov (YOU), Huntsworth (HNT), Nexxen International (NEXN), S4 Capital (SFOR), and Tremor International (TRMR). These companies are all part of the "advertising agencies" industry.
4imprint Group (LON:FOUR) and WPP (LON:WPP) are both communication services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and profitability.
WPP has higher revenue and earnings than 4imprint Group. 4imprint Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WPP, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
4imprint Group has a net margin of 8.01% compared to 4imprint Group's net margin of 0.74%. WPP's return on equity of 77.32% beat 4imprint Group's return on equity.
4imprint Group has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WPP has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
WPP received 1006 more outperform votes than 4imprint Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.60% of users gave WPP an outperform vote while only 72.64% of users gave 4imprint Group an outperform vote.
4imprint Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 168 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. WPP pays an annual dividend of GBX 39 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. 4imprint Group pays out 7,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. WPP pays out 39,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, 4imprint Group had 1 more articles in the media than WPP. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for 4imprint Group and 5 mentions for WPP. WPP's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat 4imprint Group's score of 0.33 indicating that 4imprint Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
4imprint Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 7,365, suggesting a potential upside of 19.95%. WPP has a consensus price target of GBX 920, suggesting a potential upside of 23.56%. Given 4imprint Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe WPP is more favorable than 4imprint Group.
78.4% of 4imprint Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.8% of WPP shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of 4imprint Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of WPP shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
4imprint Group beats WPP on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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