IPG vs. OMC, LAMR, CCO, NCMI, GOOG, WPP, CRTO, STGW, GRPN, and MCTR
Should you be buying Interpublic Group of Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Interpublic Group of Companies include Omnicom Group (OMC), Lamar Advertising (LAMR), Clear Channel Outdoor (CCO), National CineMedia (NCMI), Alphabet (GOOG), WPP (WPP), Criteo (CRTO), Stagwell (STGW), Groupon (GRPN), and CTRL GROUP (MCTR).
Interpublic Group of Companies vs.
Omnicom Group (NYSE:OMC) and Interpublic Group of Companies (NYSE:IPG) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking and earnings.
92.0% of Omnicom Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.4% of Interpublic Group of Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Omnicom Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Interpublic Group of Companies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Omnicom Group has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Interpublic Group of Companies has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Omnicom Group presently has a consensus target price of $101.29, indicating a potential upside of 38.35%. Interpublic Group of Companies has a consensus target price of $33.44, indicating a potential upside of 38.51%. Given Interpublic Group of Companies' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Interpublic Group of Companies is more favorable than Omnicom Group.
Interpublic Group of Companies received 198 more outperform votes than Omnicom Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.59% of users gave Interpublic Group of Companies an outperform vote while only 49.74% of users gave Omnicom Group an outperform vote.
Omnicom Group pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Interpublic Group of Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Omnicom Group pays out 38.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Interpublic Group of Companies pays out 100.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Interpublic Group of Companies has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Interpublic Group of Companies is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Interpublic Group of Companies had 12 more articles in the media than Omnicom Group. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Interpublic Group of Companies and 16 mentions for Omnicom Group. Interpublic Group of Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Omnicom Group's score of 1.10 indicating that Interpublic Group of Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Omnicom Group has a net margin of 9.44% compared to Interpublic Group of Companies' net margin of 6.45%. Omnicom Group's return on equity of 36.39% beat Interpublic Group of Companies' return on equity.
Omnicom Group has higher revenue and earnings than Interpublic Group of Companies. Omnicom Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Interpublic Group of Companies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Interpublic Group of Companies beats Omnicom Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:IPG) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff