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GBX 833.20 -8.20 (-0.97%)
(As of 12/20/2024 12:26 PM ET)

WPP vs. III, RTO, FOUR, HRI, PAY, LOOK, OCN, RSG, CSN, and MXCT

Should you be buying WPP stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WPP include 3i Group (III), Rentokil Initial (RTO), 4imprint Group (FOUR), Herald (HRI), PayPoint (PAY), Lookers (LOOK), Ocean Wilsons (OCN), Resolute Mining (RSG), Chesnara (CSN), and MaxCyte (MXCT). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

WPP vs.

3i Group (LON:III) and WPP (LON:WPP) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and valuation.

3i Group has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WPP has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

WPP received 904 more outperform votes than 3i Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.60% of users gave WPP an outperform vote while only 70.57% of users gave 3i Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
3i GroupOutperform Votes
422
70.57%
Underperform Votes
176
29.43%
WPPOutperform Votes
1326
78.60%
Underperform Votes
361
21.40%

3i Group has a net margin of 96.46% compared to WPP's net margin of 1.37%. 3i Group's return on equity of 20.73% beat WPP's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
3i Group96.46% 20.73% 12.09%
WPP 1.37%7.33%1.53%

In the previous week, WPP had 1 more articles in the media than 3i Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for WPP and 0 mentions for 3i Group. 3i Group's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat WPP's score of 0.27 indicating that 3i Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
3i Group Positive
WPP Neutral

3i Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 61 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. WPP pays an annual dividend of GBX 39 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. 3i Group pays out 1,536.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. WPP pays out 20,526.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

3i Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 3,347.33, suggesting a potential downside of 4.44%. WPP has a consensus price target of GBX 996.67, suggesting a potential upside of 19.62%. Given WPP's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe WPP is more favorable than 3i Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
3i Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
WPP
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80

3i Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than WPP. 3i Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WPP, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
3i Group£3.98B8.49£3.84B£3.97882.37
WPP£14.85B0.61£203.40M£0.194,385.26

66.1% of 3i Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.3% of WPP shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of 3i Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of WPP shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

3i Group and WPP tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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WPP vs. The Competition

MetricWPPAdvertising Agencies IndustryCommunication SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£9.00B£2.23B£3.01B£1.83B
Dividend Yield5.03%4.16%6.68%10.56%
P/E Ratio4,385.26531.92296.571,756.25
Price / Sales0.6138.79129.91374,123.97
Price / Cash5.2810.3315.9627.80
Price / Book2.562.753.962.88
Net Income£203.40M£131.81M£135.47M£155.16M
7 Day Performance-6.76%-1.48%-1.75%-1.90%
1 Month Performance2.21%0.40%3.37%17.32%
1 Year Performance10.65%-4.91%10.19%28.55%

WPP Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WPP
WPP
1.1784 of 5 stars
GBX 833.20
-1.0%
GBX 996.67
+19.6%
+10.7%£9.00B£14.85B4,385.26115,500
III
3i Group
0.9809 of 5 stars
GBX 3,693.91
+1.3%
GBX 3,347.33
-9.4%
+44.9%£35.62B£3.98B918.391,340
RTO
Rentokil Initial
2.9929 of 5 stars
GBX 408.39
-1.2%
GBX 533.75
+30.7%
-9.2%£10.25B£5.41B2,584.4462,931Positive News
FOUR
4imprint Group
3.491 of 5 stars
GBX 4,854.57
-0.1%
GBX 7,365
+51.7%
+3.4%£1.37B£1.36B2,096.982,300Insider Trade
News Coverage
HRI
Herald
N/AGBX 2,500
+0.2%
N/A+27.8%£1.32B£204.98M735.996,600
PAY
PayPoint
0.653 of 5 stars
GBX 782
-1.3%
GBX 675
-13.7%
+50.3%£564.06M£297.90M1,595.921,260Gap Up
LOOK
Lookers
N/AGBX 129.80
flat
N/AN/A£503.22M£4.48B811.2538
OCN
Ocean Wilsons
N/AGBX 1,310
flat
N/A+10.2%£463.22M£519.35M984.9674,200News Coverage
RSG
Resolute Mining
1.575 of 5 stars
GBX 19.50
-9.9%
GBX 39
+100.0%
-15.6%£415.35M£643.08M1,680.0040,000Gap Up
CSN
Chesnara
N/AGBX 257
flat
N/A-0.6%£387.94M£410.30M8,566.675,700News Coverage
Positive News
MXCT
MaxCyte
N/AGBX 336.25
+0.1%
N/A-12.8%£353.37M£45.44M-1,293.2780

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This page (LON:WPP) was last updated on 12/22/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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