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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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Omnicom Group
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Interpublic Group of Companies
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Omnicom GroupOutperform Votes
384
49.74%
Underperform Votes
388
50.26%
Interpublic Group of CompaniesOutperform Votes
582
64.59%
Underperform Votes
319
35.41%

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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Omnicom Group
10 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Interpublic Group of Companies
19 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Omnicom Group9.44% 36.39% 5.67%
Interpublic Group of Companies 6.45%27.10%6.10%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Omnicom Group$15.75B0.91$1.48B$7.3110.02
Interpublic Group of Companies$10.52B0.85$689.50M$1.3118.43

Summary

Interpublic Group of Companies beats Omnicom Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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IPG vs. The Competition

MetricInterpublic Group of CompaniesAdvertising agencies IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$8.91B$1.97B$24.39B$19.31B
Dividend Yield5.18%4.51%2.48%3.83%
P/E Ratio13.1779.5633.5034.55
Price / Sales0.8527.17267.4834.91
Price / Cash6.699.3130.9317.51
Price / Book2.312.375.414.68
Net Income$689.50M$138.10M$196.34M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-4.19%-1.14%-0.52%-1.96%
1 Month Performance1.03%4.82%15.80%7.26%
1 Year Performance-24.32%-15.18%17.88%3.95%

Interpublic Group of Companies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IPG
Interpublic Group of Companies
4.837 of 5 stars
$24.04
-1.0%
$33.44
+39.1%
-22.9%$8.89B$10.52B13.1458,400Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
OMC
Omnicom Group
4.9001 of 5 stars
$76.95
0.0%
$101.29
+31.6%
-22.5%$15.01B$15.75B10.3374,200Positive News
LAMR
Lamar Advertising
3.3946 of 5 stars
$119.21
-0.6%
$132.60
+11.2%
-4.8%$12.21B$2.21B33.773,500Positive News
Dividend Announcement
CCO
Clear Channel Outdoor
1.4896 of 5 stars
$1.16
-2.1%
$2.04
+76.4%
-27.6%$566.02M$1.51B-3.984,700Positive News
NCMI
National CineMedia
3.6439 of 5 stars
$5.06
-1.0%
$7.20
+42.3%
+0.2%$477.18M$238.30M-20.24350
GOOG
Alphabet
4.7221 of 5 stars
$167.87
+0.3%
$203.94
+21.5%
-5.3%$2.04T$359.71B20.85190,200Trending News
Analyst Revision
WPP
WPP
2.2992 of 5 stars
$40.29
+1.3%
N/A-25.4%$8.69B$14.74B6.75115,500
CRTO
Criteo
3.7027 of 5 stars
$28.00
-1.5%
$46.70
+66.8%
-28.3%$1.62B$1.93B16.673,720
STGW
Stagwell
2.6055 of 5 stars
$5.19
-2.1%
$8.60
+65.7%
-32.6%$1.38B$2.82B-519.0012,200News Coverage
Gap Up
GRPN
Groupon
3.2519 of 5 stars
$26.48
+1.8%
$18.75
-29.2%
+55.5%$1.05B$486.66M51.923,680Analyst Downgrade
MCTR
CTRL GROUP
N/A$7.13
-13.6%
N/AN/A$106.95M$34.60M0.0020

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This page (NYSE:IPG) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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