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WPP vs. CPAY, GIB, TOST, AER, RBA, GRAB, Z, ZG, TRU, and GFL

Should you be buying WPP stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WPP include Corpay (CPAY), CGI Group (GIB), Toast (TOST), Aercap (AER), RB Global (RBA), Grab (GRAB), Zillow Group (Z), Zillow Group (ZG), TransUnion (TRU), and GFL Environmental (GFL). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

WPP vs. Its Competitors

WPP (NYSE:WPP) and Corpay (NYSE:CPAY) are both business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.

Corpay has a net margin of 25.15% compared to WPP's net margin of 0.00%. Corpay's return on equity of 41.61% beat WPP's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
WPPN/A N/A N/A
Corpay 25.15%41.61%7.41%

In the previous week, Corpay had 7 more articles in the media than WPP. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Corpay and 5 mentions for WPP. Corpay's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat WPP's score of 0.05 indicating that Corpay is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
WPP
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Corpay
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

WPP has a beta of 1, meaning that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Corpay has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
WPP$18.84B0.32$692.62M$5.974.67
Corpay$3.97B5.95$1.00B$14.2623.53

4.3% of WPP shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.8% of Corpay shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of WPP shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.0% of Corpay shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Corpay has a consensus target price of $401.07, suggesting a potential upside of 19.52%. Given Corpay's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Corpay is more favorable than WPP.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
WPP
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
Corpay
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

Summary

Corpay beats WPP on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding WPP and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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WPP vs. The Competition

MetricWPPADVERTISING/MKTG SVCS IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$6.02B$1.78B$6.60B$20.75B
Dividend Yield1.75%3.21%2.75%3.67%
P/E Ratio4.6717.4428.3127.60
Price / Sales0.324.3844.5459.14
Price / Cash3.226.0326.9822.13
Price / Book1.262.156.234.66
Net Income$692.62M$125.17M$195.71M$994.58M
7 Day Performance-4.75%4.23%0.66%-0.69%
1 Month Performance-20.96%15.95%7.06%5.41%
1 Year Performance-40.96%-35.04%19.70%9.18%

WPP Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WPP
WPP
1.9799 of 5 stars
$27.90
-0.1%
N/A-41.5%$6.02B$18.84B4.67108,044
CPAY
Corpay
3.7285 of 5 stars
$326.35
+0.6%
$401.86
+23.1%
+11.3%$23.00B$3.97B22.8911,200Positive News
Analyst Forecast
GIB
CGI Group
4.1506 of 5 stars
$101.16
+0.6%
$156.75
+55.0%
-5.9%$22.70B$15.14B18.4390,250Positive News
TOST
Toast
2.7008 of 5 stars
$44.48
+2.5%
$41.21
-7.3%
+65.3%$22.15B$5.22B193.375,700Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
AER
Aercap
2.4929 of 5 stars
$115.20
+0.6%
$121.25
+5.3%
+17.4%$21.52B$8.00B10.22740Positive News
Analyst Forecast
RBA
RB Global
3.5959 of 5 stars
$109.68
+1.4%
$115.79
+5.6%
+34.3%$20.31B$4.33B54.037,800Trending News
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
GRAB
Grab
1.4067 of 5 stars
$5.01
+0.2%
$5.71
+13.9%
+44.5%$20.18B$2.92B250.6311,267
Z
Zillow Group
3.6317 of 5 stars
$78.87
+1.1%
$83.71
+6.1%
+42.4%$19.04B$2.24B-231.975,720
ZG
Zillow Group
4.6494 of 5 stars
$76.18
+1.2%
$82.45
+8.2%
+41.0%$18.39B$2.24B-224.066,856
TRU
TransUnion
4.359 of 5 stars
$92.15
+1.2%
$110.64
+20.1%
+11.4%$17.98B$4.18B49.0113,400Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
GFL
GFL Environmental
4.2554 of 5 stars
$48.10
+1.6%
$56.29
+17.0%
+20.3%$17.64B$5.62B9.8620,000

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This page (NYSE:WPP) was last updated on 7/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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