Five9 (FIVN) Competitors

Five9 (NASDAQ:FIVN) and WPP (NYSE:WPP) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and valuation.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FIVN or WPP?

Five9 received 278 more outperform votes than WPP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.35% of users gave Five9 an outperform vote while only 54.95% of users gave WPP an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Five9	Outperform Votes 611 69.35%	Underperform Votes 270 30.65%
WPP	Outperform Votes 333 54.95%	Underperform Votes 273 45.05%

Is FIVN or WPP more profitable?

WPP has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Five9's net margin of -1.23%. Five9's return on equity of 3.62% beat WPP's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Five9	-1.23%	3.62%	0.99%
WPP	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts recommend FIVN or WPP?

Five9 presently has a consensus price target of $56.76, suggesting a potential upside of 91.13%. Given Five9's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Five9 is more favorable than WPP.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Five9	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.74
WPP	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Do institutionals & insiders believe in FIVN or WPP?

96.6% of Five9 shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.3% of WPP shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Five9 shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of WPP shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to FIVN or WPP?

In the previous week, Five9 had 11 more articles in the media than WPP. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Five9 and 6 mentions for WPP. WPP's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Five9's score of 0.77 indicating that WPP is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Five9	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
WPP	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, FIVN or WPP?

Five9 has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WPP has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, FIVN or WPP?

WPP has higher revenue and earnings than Five9. Five9 is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WPP, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Five9	$1.04B	2.16	-$81.76M	-$0.20	-148.50
WPP	$14.74B	0.58	$137.33M	$5.97	6.58

Summary

Five9 beats WPP on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.