WPP vs. IPG, OMC, PATH, CLH, ESTC, AFRM, DUOL, APG, DOCU, and CNM
Should you be buying WPP stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WPP include Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG), Omnicom Group (OMC), UiPath (PATH), Clean Harbors (CLH), Elastic (ESTC), Affirm (AFRM), Duolingo (DUOL), APi Group (APG), DocuSign (DOCU), and Core & Main (CNM). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Interpublic Group of Companies (NYSE:IPG) and WPP (NYSE:WPP) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, earnings and profitability.
In the previous week, Interpublic Group of Companies had 15 more articles in the media than WPP. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Interpublic Group of Companies and 5 mentions for WPP. WPP's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Interpublic Group of Companies' score of 0.28 indicating that Interpublic Group of Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Interpublic Group of Companies received 249 more outperform votes than WPP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.98% of users gave Interpublic Group of Companies an outperform vote while only 55.27% of users gave WPP an outperform vote.
Interpublic Group of Companies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than WPP.
Interpublic Group of Companies has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WPP has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
98.4% of Interpublic Group of Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.3% of WPP shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Interpublic Group of Companies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of WPP shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Interpublic Group of Companies has a net margin of 9.97% compared to Interpublic Group of Companies' net margin of 0.00%. WPP's return on equity of 29.70% beat Interpublic Group of Companies' return on equity.
Interpublic Group of Companies currently has a consensus target price of $35.13, indicating a potential upside of 10.53%. WPP has a consensus target price of $46.00, indicating a potential downside of 14.03%. Given WPP's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Interpublic Group of Companies is more favorable than WPP.
Interpublic Group of Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. WPP pays an annual dividend of $1.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Interpublic Group of Companies pays out 47.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Interpublic Group of Companies has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years and WPP has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Interpublic Group of Companies is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Interpublic Group of Companies beats WPP on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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