IPG vs. OMC, WPP, CNM, DOCU, PATH, CLH, PCOR, GFL, MORN, and APG
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), WPP (WPP), Core & Main (CNM), DocuSign (DOCU), UiPath (PATH), Clean Harbors (CLH), Procore Technologies (PCOR), GFL Environmental (GFL), Morningstar (MORN), and APi Group (APG). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Interpublic Group of Companies (NYSE:IPG) and Omnicom Group (NYSE:OMC) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
98.4% of Interpublic Group of Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.0% of Omnicom Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Interpublic Group of Companies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Omnicom Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Interpublic Group of Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Omnicom Group pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Interpublic Group of Companies pays out 46.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Omnicom Group pays out 37.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
In the previous week, Interpublic Group of Companies had 7 more articles in the media than Omnicom Group. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Interpublic Group of Companies and 13 mentions for Omnicom Group. Omnicom Group's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Interpublic Group of Companies' score of 0.64 indicating that Omnicom Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Interpublic Group of Companies has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Omnicom Group has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Interpublic Group of Companies received 205 more outperform votes than Omnicom Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.98% of users gave Interpublic Group of Companies an outperform vote while only 49.07% of users gave Omnicom Group an outperform vote.
Interpublic Group of Companies has a net margin of 10.09% compared to Omnicom Group's net margin of 9.96%. Omnicom Group's return on equity of 38.23% beat Interpublic Group of Companies' return on equity.
Omnicom Group has higher revenue and earnings than Interpublic Group of Companies. Interpublic Group of Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Omnicom Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Interpublic Group of Companies presently has a consensus target price of $35.13, indicating a potential upside of 13.38%. Omnicom Group has a consensus target price of $103.40, indicating a potential upside of 7.44%. Given Interpublic Group of Companies' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Interpublic Group of Companies is more favorable than Omnicom Group.
Summary
Omnicom Group beats Interpublic Group of Companies on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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