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WPP vs. CPAY, GIB, GRAB, AER, RBA, Z, TRU, ZG, GFL, and KSPI

Should you be buying WPP stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WPP include Corpay (CPAY), CGI Group (GIB), Grab (GRAB), Aercap (AER), RB Global (RBA), Zillow Group (Z), TransUnion (TRU), Zillow Group (ZG), GFL Environmental (GFL), and Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz (KSPI). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

WPP vs. Its Competitors

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

Corpay has a consensus price target of $401.07, suggesting a potential upside of 26.82%. Given Corpay's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Corpay is more favorable than WPP.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
WPP
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
Corpay
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

In the previous week, Corpay had 3 more articles in the media than WPP. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Corpay and 9 mentions for WPP. Corpay's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat WPP's score of 0.16 indicating that Corpay is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
WPP
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Corpay
9 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

4.3% of WPP shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.8% of Corpay shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of WPP shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.0% of Corpay shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Corpay has a net margin of 25.15% compared to WPP's net margin of 0.00%. Corpay's return on equity of 41.61% beat WPP's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
WPPN/A N/A N/A
Corpay 25.15%41.61%7.41%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
WPP$18.84B0.31$692.62M$5.974.48
Corpay$3.97B5.61$1.00B$14.2622.18

WPP has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Corpay has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Corpay beats WPP on 14 of the 16 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$5.84B$1.65B$14.77B$20.69B
Dividend Yield1.80%3.37%2.80%3.67%
P/E Ratio4.483.5924.0529.07
Price / Sales0.315.0668.2957.23
Price / Cash3.135.9326.9422.84
Price / Book1.212.315.074.43
Net Income$692.62M$125.17M$195.86M$994.22M
7 Day Performance-8.61%-5.59%-4.24%-3.35%
1 Month Performance-25.94%0.72%-1.10%-2.05%
1 Year Performance-41.80%-31.51%28.98%10.15%

WPP Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WPP
WPP
3.0131 of 5 stars
$26.75
-1.2%
N/A-42.7%$5.84B$18.84B4.48108,044Upcoming Earnings
CPAY
Corpay
3.9563 of 5 stars
$333.69
-0.6%
$401.07
+20.2%
+11.0%$23.68B$4.05B23.4011,200Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down
GIB
CGI Group
3.8809 of 5 stars
$99.80
-1.3%
$156.75
+57.1%
-14.5%$22.39B$10.79B18.1890,250Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
GRAB
Grab
1.9956 of 5 stars
$5.28
-1.5%
$5.82
+10.2%
+48.1%$21.26B$2.80B264.1311,267Trending News
Options Volume
AER
Aercap
3.684 of 5 stars
$111.83
-0.3%
$122.38
+9.4%
+17.9%$20.89B$8.06B9.92740News Coverage
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
RBA
RB Global
3.7515 of 5 stars
$108.55
-0.5%
$116.21
+7.1%
+42.3%$20.10B$4.28B53.477,800News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Z
Zillow Group
1.9133 of 5 stars
$81.82
+0.8%
$83.71
+2.3%
+76.0%$19.76B$2.31B-240.655,720Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
TRU
TransUnion
4.536 of 5 stars
$98.18
-1.0%
$112.46
+14.5%
+5.0%$19.15B$4.36B49.0913,400Gap Down
ZG
Zillow Group
3.5782 of 5 stars
$78.85
+0.9%
$82.45
+4.6%
+73.9%$19.04B$2.31B-231.916,856News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
GFL
GFL Environmental
4.3266 of 5 stars
$48.08
-0.3%
$56.29
+17.1%
+24.4%$17.63B$5.62B9.8520,000News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
KSPI
Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz
4.4042 of 5 stars
$85.89
+1.0%
$135.67
+58.0%
-38.7%$16.96B$2.79T8.249,637Positive News
Upcoming Earnings

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