IPG vs. OMC, WPP, DOCU, CNM, GFL, CLH, MORN, PCOR, ESTC, and GEN
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), DocuSign (DOCU), Core & Main (CNM), GFL Environmental (GFL), Clean Harbors (CLH), Morningstar (MORN), Procore Technologies (PCOR), Elastic (ESTC), and Gen Digital (GEN). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Omnicom Group (NYSE:OMC) and Interpublic Group of Companies (NYSE:IPG) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership and dividends.
Omnicom Group has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Interpublic Group of Companies has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
92.0% of Omnicom Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.4% of Interpublic Group of Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Omnicom Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Interpublic Group of Companies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
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.
Omnicom Group presently has a consensus target price of $103.40, suggesting a potential upside of 11.55%. Interpublic Group of Companies has a consensus target price of $35.13, suggesting a potential upside of 14.30%. Given Omnicom Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Interpublic Group of Companies is more favorable than Omnicom Group.
Interpublic Group of Companies has a net margin of 9.97% compared to Interpublic Group of Companies' net margin of 9.96%. Interpublic Group of Companies' return on equity of 38.23% beat Omnicom Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Omnicom Group had 5 more articles in the media than Interpublic Group of Companies. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Omnicom Group and 6 mentions for Interpublic Group of Companies. Omnicom Group's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Interpublic Group of Companies' score of 0.80 indicating that Interpublic Group of Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Omnicom Group pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Interpublic Group of Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Omnicom Group pays out 37.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Interpublic Group of Companies pays out 47.0% 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. Interpublic Group of Companies has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Interpublic Group of Companies is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Omnicom Group beats Interpublic Group of Companies on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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