RingCentral (RNG) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of WPP or RNG?

4.3% of WPP shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.6% of RingCentral shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of WPP shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.0% of RingCentral shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor WPP or RNG?

RingCentral received 599 more outperform votes than WPP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.64% of users gave RingCentral 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%
RingCentral	Outperform Votes 932 72.64%	Underperform Votes 351 27.36%

Does the media favor WPP or RNG?

In the previous week, RingCentral had 7 more articles in the media than WPP. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for RingCentral and 6 mentions for WPP. RingCentral's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat WPP's score of 0.40 indicating that RingCentral 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)	Neutral
RingCentral	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, WPP or RNG?

WPP has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RingCentral has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend WPP or RNG?

RingCentral has a consensus price target of $36.85, suggesting a potential upside of 61.96%. Given RingCentral's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe RingCentral 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
RingCentral	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.31

Is WPP or RNG more profitable?

WPP has a net margin of 0.00% compared to RingCentral's net margin of -2.43%. WPP's return on equity of 0.00% beat RingCentral's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
WPP	N/A	N/A	N/A
RingCentral	-2.43%	-12.34%	3.57%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, WPP or RNG?

WPP has higher revenue and earnings than RingCentral. RingCentral 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	0.53	$137.33M	$5.97	6.11
RingCentral	$2.40B	0.86	-$165.24M	-$0.64	-35.55

Summary

RingCentral beats WPP on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.