IPG vs. CCRN, EFX, FI, OMC, LAMR, CCO, NCMI, GOOG, WPP, and IAS
Should you be buying Interpublic Group of Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Interpublic Group of Companies include Cross Country Healthcare (CCRN), Equifax (EFX), Fiserv (FI), Omnicom Group (OMC), Lamar Advertising (LAMR), Clear Channel Outdoor (CCO), National CineMedia (NCMI), Alphabet (GOOG), WPP (WPP), and Integral Ad Science (IAS).
Interpublic Group of Companies vs. Its Competitors
Interpublic Group of Companies (NYSE:IPG) and Cross Country Healthcare (NASDAQ:CCRN) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.
Interpublic Group of Companies presently has a consensus price target of $32.39, suggesting a potential upside of 18.96%. Cross Country Healthcare has a consensus price target of $17.93, suggesting a potential upside of 26.71%. Given Cross Country Healthcare's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Cross Country Healthcare is more favorable than Interpublic Group of Companies.
Interpublic Group of Companies has a net margin of 4.27% compared to Cross Country Healthcare's net margin of -0.70%. Interpublic Group of Companies' return on equity of 28.72% beat Cross Country Healthcare's return on equity.
Interpublic Group of Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Cross Country Healthcare. Cross Country Healthcare 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.
Interpublic Group of Companies has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cross Country Healthcare has a beta of 0.35, meaning that its share price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500.
98.4% of Interpublic Group of Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.0% of Cross Country Healthcare shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Interpublic Group of Companies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.9% of Cross Country Healthcare shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Interpublic Group of Companies had 17 more articles in the media than Cross Country Healthcare. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Interpublic Group of Companies and 1 mentions for Cross Country Healthcare. Interpublic Group of Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Cross Country Healthcare's score of -0.50 indicating that Interpublic Group of Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Interpublic Group of Companies beats Cross Country Healthcare on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:IPG) was last updated on 8/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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