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

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

Interpublic Group of Companies declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, August 14th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 3rd will be paid a dividend of $0.235 per share on Tuesday, September 17th. This represents a $0.94 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.68%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, August 30th. View Interpublic Group of Companies' Dividend History.

Interpublic Group of Companies declared that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase plan on Thursday, February 15th 2018, which permits the company to repurchase $300,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are typically a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Interpublic Group of Companies Inc (NYSE:IPG) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July, 23rd. The business services provider reported $0.46 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.44 by $0.02. The business services provider had revenue of $2.13 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.15 billion. Interpublic Group of Companies had a return on equity of 32.03% and a net margin of 6.46%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 9.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.43 EPS. View Interpublic Group of Companies' Earnings History.

Interpublic Group of Companies is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, October 18th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Interpublic Group of Companies.

8 brokerages have issued twelve-month target prices for Interpublic Group of Companies' stock. Their forecasts range from $24.00 to $28.00. On average, they expect Interpublic Group of Companies' stock price to reach $25.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 26.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Interpublic Group of Companies.

8 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 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Interpublic Group of Companies.

News articles about IPG stock have trended negative this week, InfoTrie reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Interpublic Group of Companies earned a media sentiment score of -2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the business services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Interpublic Group of Companies.

Interpublic Group of Companies saw a increase in short interest in July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 23,265,900 shares, an increase of 6.4% from the June 30th total of 21,862,500 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 3,180,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 7.3 days. Currently, 6.1% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Interpublic Group of Companies' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Interpublic Group of Companies include Omnicom Group (OMC), WPP (WPP), WPP (WPP), Publicis Groupe (PUBGY), Stroeer SE & Co KGaA (SAX), Groupon (GRPN), Criteo (CRTO), Tarsus Group (TRS), Next Fifteen Communications Group (NFC), Telaria (TLRA), Huntsworth (HNT), M&C Saatchi (SAA), MDC Partners (MDCA), Enero Group (EGG) and The Mission Marketing Group (TMMG).

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Interpublic Group of Companies' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (13.69%), Vanguard Group Inc. (11.12%), Pzena Investment Management LLC (4.26%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (1.68%), Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc. (1.52%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.33%). Company insiders that own Interpublic Group of Companies stock include Andrew Bonzani, Christopher F Carroll, David M Thomas, Ellen Tobi Johnson, Frank Mergenthaler, H John Greeniaus, Jocelyn Carter-Miller, 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 Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Gabelli Funds LLC, Investec Asset Management LTD, Freestone Capital Holdings LLC, HBK Investments L P and Jefferies Group LLC. 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, Michael Isor Roth and Philippe Krakowsky. View Insider Buying and Selling for Interpublic Group of Companies.

IPG stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nuveen Asset Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., Vanguard Group Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., AQR Capital Management LLC, Balyasny Asset Management LLC, AXA and WBI Investments Inc.. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of IPG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $20.10.

Interpublic Group of Companies has a market capitalization of $7.78 billion and generates $9.71 billion in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $618.90 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.86 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]