WPP vs. INF, AUTO, PSON, AAF, RMV, ITV, VOD, FOUR, ASCL, and YOU Should you be buying WPP stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WPP include Informa (INF), Auto Trader Group (AUTO), Pearson (PSON), Airtel Africa (AAF), Rightmove (RMV), ITV (ITV), Vodafone Group Public (VOD), 4imprint Group (FOUR), Ascential (ASCL), and YouGov (YOU). These companies are all part of the "communication services" sector.
Informa (LON:INF ) and WPP (LON:WPP ) are both communication services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and dividends.
79.0% of Informa shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.6% of WPP shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Informa shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of WPP shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Informa and Informa both had 5 articles in the media. WPP's average media sentiment score of 0.26 beat Informa's score of -0.18 indicating that Informa is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Informa pays an annual dividend of GBX 18 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. WPP pays an annual dividend of GBX 39 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Informa pays out 6,000.0% 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 39,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Informa has a net margin of 13.14% compared to Informa's net margin of 0.74%. WPP's return on equity of 6.32% beat Informa's return on equity.
Informa has higher earnings, but lower revenue than WPP. Informa is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WPP, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
WPP received 624 more outperform votes than Informa when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.56% of users gave WPP an outperform vote while only 65.81% of users gave Informa an outperform vote.
Informa has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WPP has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Informa currently has a consensus target price of GBX 865.33, indicating a potential upside of 2.21%. WPP has a consensus target price of GBX 961, indicating a potential upside of 13.33%. Given Informa's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe WPP is more favorable than Informa.
Summary Informa beats WPP on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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