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WPP vs. RDDT, IQV, GIB, CPAY, TOST, AER, GRAB, RBA, GFL, and TRU

Should you be buying WPP stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WPP include Reddit (RDDT), IQVIA (IQV), CGI Group (GIB), Corpay (CPAY), Toast (TOST), Aercap (AER), Grab (GRAB), RB Global (RBA), GFL Environmental (GFL), and TransUnion (TRU). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

WPP vs. Its Competitors

Reddit (NYSE:RDDT) and WPP (NYSE:WPP) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.

4.3% of WPP shares are owned by institutional investors. 34.3% of Reddit shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of WPP shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Reddit has a net margin of 8.07% compared to WPP's net margin of 0.00%. Reddit's return on equity of 5.69% beat WPP's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Reddit8.07% 5.69% 5.19%
WPP N/A N/A N/A

Reddit currently has a consensus target price of $139.70, indicating a potential downside of 12.28%. Given Reddit's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Reddit is more favorable than WPP.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Reddit
1 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63
WPP
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

WPP has higher revenue and earnings than Reddit. WPP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Reddit, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Reddit$1.30B22.60-$484.28M$0.59269.93
WPP$18.84B0.41$692.62M$5.976.05

In the previous week, Reddit had 65 more articles in the media than WPP. MarketBeat recorded 67 mentions for Reddit and 2 mentions for WPP. Reddit's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat WPP's score of -0.03 indicating that Reddit is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Reddit
16 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
38 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
5 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
WPP
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Reddit has a beta of 2.33, indicating that its share price is 133% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WPP has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Summary

Reddit beats WPP on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding WPP and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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WPP vs. The Competition

MetricWPPADVERTISING/MKTG SVCS IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$7.74B$1.81B$13.08B$20.53B
Dividend Yield1.36%3.11%2.58%3.77%
P/E Ratio6.0518.3528.3427.85
Price / Sales0.413.7739.2637.49
Price / Cash4.146.0925.1421.91
Price / Book1.631.796.174.55
Net Income$692.62M$122.61M$187.50M$984.95M
7 Day Performance3.76%1.80%2.01%2.31%
1 Month Performance-8.85%1.03%3.91%4.85%
1 Year Performance-22.66%-30.82%33.71%13.81%

WPP Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WPP
WPP
1.7943 of 5 stars
$36.12
+0.7%
N/A-20.6%$7.74B$18.84B6.05108,044
RDDT
Reddit
2.1921 of 5 stars
$150.74
+5.4%
$139.57
-7.4%
+116.7%$27.81B$1.30B255.502,233Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
IQV
IQVIA
4.8852 of 5 stars
$157.69
+0.1%
$226.32
+43.5%
-20.6%$27.28B$15.41B21.4886,000
GIB
CGI Group
3.8724 of 5 stars
$104.93
+1.5%
$156.75
+49.4%
+3.8%$23.55B$10.79B19.1190,000Positive News
CPAY
Corpay
3.9292 of 5 stars
$332.07
+1.5%
$401.86
+21.0%
+25.8%$23.41B$3.97B23.2910,500Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
TOST
Toast
2.6903 of 5 stars
$44.33
+1.0%
$41.21
-7.0%
+63.7%$22.08B$4.96B192.744,500
AER
Aercap
2.5652 of 5 stars
$116.96
-0.2%
$119.25
+2.0%
+22.1%$21.85B$8.06B10.38740Positive News
GRAB
Grab
1.7591 of 5 stars
$5.03
+2.2%
$5.71
+13.4%
+40.0%$20.26B$2.80B251.639,490Trending News
RBA
RB Global
4.3106 of 5 stars
$106.24
+0.6%
$114.50
+7.8%
+37.9%$19.67B$4.28B52.344,200Positive News
Analyst Forecast
GFL
GFL Environmental
4.5787 of 5 stars
$50.53
+1.6%
$54.50
+7.9%
+23.6%$18.53B$5.62B10.3520,000
TRU
TransUnion
4.8433 of 5 stars
$88.05
+0.9%
$109.69
+24.6%
+22.0%$17.18B$4.18B46.8413,400

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This page (NYSE:WPP) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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