GOOG vs. OMC, LAMR, IPG, CCO, NCMI, GOOGL, META, TTD, BIDU, and PINS
Should you be buying Alphabet stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alphabet include Omnicom Group (OMC), Lamar Advertising (LAMR), Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG), Clear Channel Outdoor (CCO), National CineMedia (NCMI), Alphabet (GOOGL), Meta Platforms (META), Trade Desk (TTD), Baidu (BIDU), and Pinterest (PINS).
Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Omnicom Group (NYSE:OMC) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, valuation and institutional ownership.
Alphabet has a net margin of 26.70% compared to Omnicom Group's net margin of 9.55%. Omnicom Group's return on equity of 37.51% beat Alphabet's return on equity.
Alphabet presently has a consensus target price of $182.86, suggesting a potential upside of 8.40%. Omnicom Group has a consensus target price of $104.70, suggesting a potential upside of 9.71%. Given Omnicom Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Omnicom Group is more favorable than Alphabet.
In the previous week, Alphabet had 145 more articles in the media than Omnicom Group. MarketBeat recorded 165 mentions for Alphabet and 20 mentions for Omnicom Group. Omnicom Group's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Alphabet's score of 0.41 indicating that Omnicom Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Alphabet received 2031 more outperform votes than Omnicom Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 82.69% of users gave Alphabet an outperform vote while only 49.27% of users gave Omnicom Group an outperform vote.
Alphabet pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Omnicom Group pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Alphabet pays out 12.3% 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.
Alphabet has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Omnicom Group has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Alphabet has higher revenue and earnings than Omnicom Group. Omnicom Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alphabet, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
27.3% of Alphabet shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.0% of Omnicom Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.0% of Alphabet shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Omnicom Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Alphabet beats Omnicom Group on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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