Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG) Competitors

Interpublic Group of Companies (NYSE:IPG) and Omnicom Group (NYSE:OMC) are both business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk and analyst recommendations.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in IPG or OMC?

98.4% of Interpublic Group of Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.0% of Omnicom Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Interpublic Group of Companies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Omnicom Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate IPG or OMC?

Interpublic Group of Companies currently has a consensus target price of $32.72, indicating a potential upside of 28.10%. Omnicom Group has a consensus target price of $96.43, indicating a potential upside of 28.54%. Given Omnicom Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Omnicom Group is more favorable than Interpublic Group of Companies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Interpublic Group of Companies	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.30
Omnicom Group	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is IPG or OMC a better dividend stock?

Interpublic Group of Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Omnicom Group pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. 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. Omnicom Group pays out 38.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Interpublic Group of Companies has increased 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.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, IPG or OMC?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Interpublic Group of Companies	$10.69B	0.88	$689.50M	$1.31	19.50
Omnicom Group	$15.69B	0.93	$1.48B	$7.31	10.26

Does the media prefer IPG or OMC?

In the previous week, Omnicom Group had 12 more articles in the media than Interpublic Group of Companies. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Omnicom Group and 7 mentions for Interpublic Group of Companies. Omnicom Group's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Interpublic Group of Companies' score of 0.46 indicating that Omnicom Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Interpublic Group of Companies	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Omnicom Group	15 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is IPG or OMC more profitable?

Omnicom Group has a net margin of 9.20% compared to Interpublic Group of Companies' net margin of 4.69%. Omnicom Group's return on equity of 34.85% beat Interpublic Group of Companies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Interpublic Group of Companies	4.69%	27.21%	5.94%
Omnicom Group	9.20%	34.85%	5.63%

Which has more volatility and risk, IPG or OMC?

Interpublic Group of Companies has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Omnicom Group has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Omnicom Group beats Interpublic Group of Companies on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.