NYSE:IPG - Interpublic Group of Companies Stock Price, Forecast & News

Interpublic Group of Companies trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "IPG."

Interpublic Group of Companies announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 12th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 2nd will be paid a dividend of $0.255 per share on Monday, March 16th. This represents a $1.02 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.68%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 28th. This is an increase from Interpublic Group of Companies's previous quarterly dividend of $0.24. View Interpublic Group of Companies' Dividend History.

Interpublic Group of Companies Inc (NYSE:IPG) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, February, 12th. The business services provider reported $0.88 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.83 by $0.05. The business services provider earned $2.43 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.42 billion. Interpublic Group of Companies had a net margin of 6.42% and a return on equity of 29.83%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up .8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.89 earnings per share. View Interpublic Group of Companies' Earnings History.

Interpublic Group of Companies is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, April 24th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Interpublic Group of Companies.

4 brokerages have issued 1-year price objectives for Interpublic Group of Companies' shares. Their forecasts range from $23.00 to $27.00. On average, they expect Interpublic Group of Companies' stock price to reach $25.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 14.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Interpublic Group of Companies.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Interpublic Group of Companies in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Interpublic Group of Companies.

Press coverage about IPG stock has been trending extremely negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Interpublic Group of Companies earned a media sentiment score of -4.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the business services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Interpublic Group of Companies.

Interpublic Group of Companies saw a increase in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 27,760,000 shares, an increase of 14.5% from the December 31st total of 24,250,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,840,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 9.8 days. Approximately 7.2% of the company's shares are short sold. View Interpublic Group of Companies' Current Options Chain.

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Interpublic Group of Companies' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include FMR LLC (9.56%), State Street Corp (4.86%), Pzena Investment Management LLC (4.53%), Black Creek Investment Management Inc. (3.48%), Ariel Investments LLC (2.34%) and Victory Capital Management Inc. (2.03%). Company insiders that own Interpublic Group of Companies stock include Andrew Bonzani, Christopher F Carroll, David M Thomas, Frank Mergenthaler, H John Greeniaus, Jocelyn Carter-Miller, Julie Connors, Linda S Sanford, Mary Guilfoile, Michael Isor Roth and Philippe Krakowsky. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Interpublic Group of Companies.

IPG stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including AQR Capital Management LLC, Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, Boston Private Wealth LLC, Boston Partners, Gabelli Funds LLC, Marshall Wace LLP, Teacher Retirement System of Texas and Russell Investments Group Ltd.. Company insiders that have sold Interpublic Group of Companies company stock in the last year include Andrew Bonzani, Christopher F Carroll, Frank Mergenthaler, H John Greeniaus, Jocelyn Carter-Miller, Julie Connors, Michael Isor Roth and Philippe Krakowsky. View Insider Buying and Selling for Interpublic Group of Companies.

IPG stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, State of Michigan Retirement System, Black Creek Investment Management Inc., Bank of America Corp DE, Pzena Investment Management LLC, Captrust Financial Advisors, Victory Capital Management Inc. and Victory Capital Management Inc.. Company insiders that have bought Interpublic Group of Companies stock in the last two years include David M Thomas and Linda S Sanford. View Insider Buying and Selling for Interpublic Group of Companies.

Shares of IPG can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of IPG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $21.80.

Interpublic Group of Companies has a market capitalization of $8.45 billion and generates $10.22 billion in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $656 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.93 on an earnings per share basis. Interpublic Group of Companies employs 54,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Interpublic Group of Companies.

The official website for Interpublic Group of Companies is http://www.interpublic.com/.

Interpublic Group of Companies' mailing address is 909 THIRD AVENUE, NEW YORK NY, 10022. The business services provider can be reached via phone at 212-704-1200 or via email at [email protected]