JOYY (YY) Competitors

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

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, WPP or YY?

JOYY has lower revenue, but higher earnings than WPP. JOYY 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
WPP	$14.74B	0.52	$137.33M	$5.97	5.92
JOYY	$2.24B	1.00	$301.82M	-$3.10	-13.45

Is WPP or YY more profitable?

JOYY has a net margin of 9.02% compared to WPP's net margin of 0.00%. JOYY's return on equity of 4.64% beat WPP's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
WPP	N/A	N/A	N/A
JOYY	9.02%	4.64%	2.96%

Is WPP or YY a better dividend stock?

WPP pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. JOYY pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.9%. WPP pays out 8.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. JOYY pays out -120.0% 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. JOYY is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in WPP or YY?

4.3% of WPP shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.8% of JOYY shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of WPP shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 43.0% of JOYY shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate WPP or YY?

JOYY has a consensus target price of $35.00, indicating a potential downside of 16.09%. Given JOYY's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe JOYY is more favorable than WPP.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
WPP	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
JOYY	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the media prefer WPP or YY?

In the previous week, JOYY had 2 more articles in the media than WPP. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for JOYY and 6 mentions for WPP. JOYY's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat WPP's score of 0.50 indicating that JOYY is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
WPP	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
JOYY	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, WPP or YY?

WPP has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JOYY has a beta of 0.21, meaning that its stock price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer WPP or YY?

JOYY received 220 more outperform votes than WPP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.95% of users gave JOYY an outperform vote while only 54.95% of users gave WPP an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
WPP	Outperform Votes 333 54.95%	Underperform Votes 273 45.05%
JOYY	Outperform Votes 553 66.95%	Underperform Votes 273 33.05%

Summary

JOYY beats WPP on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.