Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG) Competitors

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.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of OMC or IPG?

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.

Which has more risk and volatility, OMC or IPG?

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.

Do analysts prefer OMC or IPG?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in OMC or IPG?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Omnicom Group	Outperform Votes 384 49.74%	Underperform Votes 388 50.26%
Interpublic Group of Companies	Outperform Votes 582 64.59%	Underperform Votes 319 35.41%

Is OMC or IPG a better dividend stock?

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.

Does the media favor OMC or IPG?

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

Is OMC or IPG more profitable?

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 Group	9.44%	36.39%	5.67%
Interpublic Group of Companies	6.45%	27.10%	6.10%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, OMC or IPG?

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
Omnicom Group	$15.75B	0.91	$1.48B	$7.31	10.02
Interpublic Group of Companies	$10.52B	0.85	$689.50M	$1.31	18.43

Summary

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