Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG) Competitors

Interpublic Group of Companies (NYSE:IPG) and Omnicom Group (NYSE:OMC) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, IPG or OMC?

Omnicom Group has higher revenue and earnings than Interpublic Group of Companies. Omnicom Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Interpublic Group of Companies, 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
Interpublic Group of Companies	$10.69B	0.92	$689.50M	$1.83	14.42
Omnicom Group	$15.69B	1.01	$1.48B	$7.45	10.80

Which has more risk and volatility, IPG or OMC?

Interpublic Group of Companies has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Omnicom Group has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is IPG or OMC more profitable?

Omnicom Group has a net margin of 9.44% compared to Interpublic Group of Companies' net margin of 6.45%. Omnicom Group's return on equity of 36.39% beat Interpublic Group of Companies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Interpublic Group of Companies	6.45%	27.10%	6.10%
Omnicom Group	9.44%	36.39%	5.67%

Do analysts rate IPG or OMC?

Interpublic Group of Companies currently has a consensus price target of $33.50, suggesting a potential upside of 26.99%. Omnicom Group has a consensus price target of $105.75, suggesting a potential upside of 31.45%. Given Omnicom Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Omnicom Group is more favorable than Interpublic Group of Companies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Interpublic Group of Companies	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Omnicom Group	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44

Does the media refer more to IPG or OMC?

In the previous week, Omnicom Group had 1 more articles in the media than Interpublic Group of Companies. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Omnicom Group and 23 mentions for Interpublic Group of Companies. Interpublic Group of Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Omnicom Group's score of 0.65 indicating that Interpublic Group of Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Interpublic Group of Companies	17 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Omnicom Group	11 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in IPG or OMC?

98.4% of Interpublic Group of Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.0% of Omnicom Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Interpublic Group of Companies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Omnicom Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in IPG or OMC?

Interpublic Group of Companies received 199 more outperform votes than Omnicom Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.02% of users gave Interpublic Group of Companies an outperform vote while only 49.61% of users gave Omnicom Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Interpublic Group of Companies	Outperform Votes 580 65.02%	Underperform Votes 312 34.98%
Omnicom Group	Outperform Votes 381 49.61%	Underperform Votes 387 50.39%

Is IPG or OMC a better dividend stock?

Interpublic Group of Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Omnicom Group pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Interpublic Group of Companies pays out 72.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Omnicom Group pays out 37.6% 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. Interpublic Group of Companies has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Interpublic Group of Companies is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Omnicom Group beats Interpublic Group of Companies on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.