WPP (WPP) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend IQV or WPP?

IQVIA presently has a consensus price target of $226.32, suggesting a potential upside of 42.50%. Given IQVIA's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly 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

Does the media prefer IQV or WPP?

In the previous week, WPP had 14 more articles in the media than IQVIA. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for WPP and 11 mentions for IQVIA. IQVIA's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat WPP's score of 0.03 indicating that IQVIA is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
IQVIA	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
WPP	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	7 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in IQV or WPP?

89.6% of IQVIA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.3% of WPP shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of IQVIA shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of WPP shares are held 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.

Which has stronger 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	$15.50B	1.77	$1.37B	$7.34	21.64
WPP	$14.74B	0.55	$137.33M	$5.97	6.27

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 and volatility, IQV or WPP?

IQVIA has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WPP has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer IQV or WPP?

IQVIA received 353 more outperform votes than WPP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.99% of users gave IQVIA an outperform vote while only 54.86% of users gave WPP an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
IQVIA	Outperform Votes 686 67.99%	Underperform Votes 323 32.01%
WPP	Outperform Votes 333 54.86%	Underperform Votes 274 45.14%

Summary

IQVIA beats WPP on 16 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.