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$52.37 +0.89 (+1.73%)
(As of 11/22/2024 ET)

WPP vs. TCOM, IQV, RDDT, CPAY, GIB, GRAB, KSPI, TOST, AER, and TRU

Should you be buying WPP stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WPP include Trip.com Group (TCOM), IQVIA (IQV), Reddit (RDDT), Corpay (CPAY), CGI (GIB), Grab (GRAB), Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz (KSPI), Toast (TOST), AerCap (AER), and TransUnion (TRU). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

WPP vs.

Trip.com Group (NASDAQ:TCOM) and WPP (NYSE:WPP) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.

WPP received 235 more outperform votes than Trip.com Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.40% of users gave Trip.com Group an outperform vote while only 55.06% of users gave WPP an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Trip.com GroupOutperform Votes
97
56.40%
Underperform Votes
75
43.60%
WPPOutperform Votes
332
55.06%
Underperform Votes
271
44.94%

In the previous week, Trip.com Group had 43 more articles in the media than WPP. MarketBeat recorded 47 mentions for Trip.com Group and 4 mentions for WPP. Trip.com Group's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat WPP's score of 0.00 indicating that Trip.com Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Trip.com Group
19 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
WPP
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Trip.com Group presently has a consensus price target of $74.18, indicating a potential upside of 16.56%. Given Trip.com Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Trip.com Group is more favorable than WPP.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Trip.com Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.09
WPP
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

Trip.com Group has a net margin of 31.86% compared to WPP's net margin of 0.00%. Trip.com Group's return on equity of 12.40% beat WPP's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Trip.com Group31.86% 12.40% 6.83%
WPP N/A N/A N/A

Trip.com Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than WPP.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Trip.com Group$6.27B6.54$1.40B$3.3419.05
WPP$18.46B0.64$137.33MN/AN/A

35.4% of Trip.com Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.3% of WPP shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.0% of Trip.com Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of WPP shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Trip.com Group has a beta of 0.39, meaning that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WPP has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Trip.com Group beats WPP on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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WPP vs. The Competition

MetricWPPAdvertising agencies IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$11.89B$2.01B$6.90B$20.17B
Dividend Yield3.77%3.95%2.92%3.50%
P/E RatioN/A597.9645.8144.36
Price / Sales0.6465.16539.2817.73
Price / Cash5.189.9126.5321.28
Price / Book2.362.925.094.71
Net Income$137.33M$121.30M$123.61M$986.85M
7 Day Performance1.79%1.23%6.63%3.73%
1 Month Performance4.36%0.00%13.78%3.70%
1 Year Performance18.70%6.43%34.34%27.73%

WPP Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WPP
WPP
0.5117 of 5 stars
$52.37
+1.7%
N/A+18.7%$11.89B$18.46B0.00114,732
TCOM
Trip.com Group
4.6347 of 5 stars
$65.24
+0.7%
$74.18
+13.7%
+82.2%$42.02B$6.27B19.6136,249Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
IQV
IQVIA
4.9802 of 5 stars
$197.57
+1.6%
$256.50
+29.8%
-3.7%$35.86B$14.98B25.5187,000Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
RDDT
Reddit
1.2977 of 5 stars
$157.47
+15.6%
$91.67
-41.8%
N/A$27.65B$804.03M0.002,013Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
News Coverage
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
CPAY
Corpay
4.1552 of 5 stars
$375.01
+1.6%
$363.93
-3.0%
N/A$26.14B$3.76B26.3410,500Insider Trade
Positive News
GIB
CGI
3.5379 of 5 stars
$111.96
+1.9%
$137.00
+22.4%
+10.0%$25.52B$10.79B20.4291,500Positive News
GRAB
Grab
2.0126 of 5 stars
$5.67
+0.2%
$5.47
-3.5%
+62.0%$22.24B$2.36B-283.469,490Analyst Downgrade
Gap Down
KSPI
Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz
4.0304 of 5 stars
$103.83
-2.2%
$156.40
+50.6%
N/A$20.71B$4.19B0.008,772
TOST
Toast
3.0409 of 5 stars
$42.36
-0.3%
$33.86
-20.1%
+204.7%$19.95B$3.87B-331.625,500Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
High Trading Volume
AER
AerCap
3.9227 of 5 stars
$97.55
+2.4%
$112.00
+14.8%
+45.9%$19.31B$7.58B7.75740Analyst Forecast
Positive News
TRU
TransUnion
4.6531 of 5 stars
$98.80
+2.1%
$106.38
+7.7%
+67.4%$19.26B$3.83B86.0813,200Analyst Forecast

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This page (NYSE:WPP) was last updated on 11/23/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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