WPP (WPP) Competitors

IQVIA (NYSE:IQV) and WPP (NYSE:WPP) are both medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings, media sentiment and risk.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of IQV or WPP?

89.6% of IQVIA shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.3% of WPP shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of IQVIA shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of WPP shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend IQV or WPP?

IQVIA presently has a consensus target price of $237.62, indicating a potential upside of 57.34%. Given IQVIA's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe IQVIA is more favorable than WPP.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
IQVIA	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	16 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
WPP	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Is IQV or WPP more profitable?

IQVIA has a net margin of 8.91% compared to WPP's net margin of 0.00%. IQVIA's return on equity of 28.81% beat WPP's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
IQVIA	8.91%	28.81%	7.02%
WPP	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more risk & volatility, IQV or WPP?

IQVIA has a beta of 1.46, indicating that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WPP has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor IQV or WPP?

In the previous week, IQVIA had 22 more articles in the media than WPP. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for IQVIA and 14 mentions for WPP. IQVIA's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat WPP's score of 0.25 indicating that IQVIA is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
IQVIA	18 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
WPP	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, IQV or WPP?

IQVIA has higher revenue and earnings than WPP. WPP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IQVIA, 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
IQVIA	$15.41B	1.73	$1.37B	$7.50	20.14
WPP	$14.74B	0.56	$137.33M	$5.97	6.41

Does the MarketBeat Community favor IQV or WPP?

IQVIA received 350 more outperform votes than WPP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.16% of users gave IQVIA an outperform vote while only 54.95% of users gave WPP an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
IQVIA	Outperform Votes 683 68.16%	Underperform Votes 319 31.84%
WPP	Outperform Votes 333 54.95%	Underperform Votes 273 45.05%

Summary

IQVIA beats WPP on 17 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.