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

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

WPP vs.

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

WPP has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IQVIA has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.

IQVIA has lower revenue, but higher earnings than WPP.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
WPP$18.46B0.53$137.33MN/AN/A
IQVIA$14.98B2.49$1.36B$7.6226.95

In the previous week, IQVIA had 19 more articles in the media than WPP. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for IQVIA and 2 mentions for WPP. IQVIA's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat WPP's score of 0.30 indicating that IQVIA is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
WPP
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
IQVIA
13 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

IQVIA has a consensus price target of $255.71, indicating a potential upside of 24.51%. Given IQVIA's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe IQVIA is more favorable than WPP.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
WPP
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
4.00
IQVIA
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.90

IQVIA has a net margin of 9.17% compared to WPP's net margin of 0.00%. IQVIA's return on equity of 28.17% beat WPP's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
WPPN/A N/A N/A
IQVIA 9.17%28.17%6.89%

IQVIA received 341 more outperform votes than WPP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.26% of users gave IQVIA an outperform vote while only 55.06% of users gave WPP an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
WPPOutperform Votes
332
55.06%
Underperform Votes
271
44.94%
IQVIAOutperform Votes
673
68.26%
Underperform Votes
313
31.74%

4.3% of WPP shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.6% of IQVIA shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of WPP shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of IQVIA shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

IQVIA beats WPP on 14 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$9.75B$2.15B$7.44B$19.97B
Dividend Yield4.31%4.34%2.23%3.61%
P/E RatioN/A555.1628.6341.72
Price / Sales0.5341.68107.0617.36
Price / Cash4.539.3330.5920.20
Price / Book2.042.686.175.73
Net Income$137.33M$134.04M$137.45M$1.01B
7 Day Performance1.60%2.39%1.59%1.51%
1 Month Performance-13.62%3.07%5.52%5.44%
1 Year Performance-2.52%-6.77%23.04%18.48%

WPP Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WPP
WPP
1.2646 of 5 stars
$45.17
-1.0%
N/A-0.9%$9.75B$18.46B0.00114,732
IQV
IQVIA
4.7658 of 5 stars
$197.25
-0.2%
$255.82
+29.7%
-4.7%$35.80B$14.98B25.8987,000Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
RDDT
Reddit
1.4356 of 5 stars
$175.57
+0.4%
$148.25
-15.6%
N/A$30.83B$1.12B0.002,013Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
News Coverage
CPAY
Corpay
4.1802 of 5 stars
$370.91
+0.2%
$381.43
+2.8%
N/A$25.86B$3.76B26.4610,500Positive News
GIB
CGI
3.7518 of 5 stars
$108.42
-0.3%
$147.25
+35.8%
+1.9%$24.71B$10.79B20.1590,000Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
AER
AerCap
3.2252 of 5 stars
$95.93
+0.1%
$112.00
+16.8%
+26.2%$18.99B$7.58B7.60740
TRU
TransUnion
4.8608 of 5 stars
$95.26
+0.5%
$108.19
+13.6%
+39.7%$18.57B$4.10B82.8313,200
KSPI
Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz
3.641 of 5 stars
$92.87
+1.1%
$147.20
+58.5%
-0.5%$18.53B$4.19B0.008,772Short Interest ↑
Z
Zillow Group
1.9981 of 5 stars
$77.86
+1.8%
$72.83
-6.5%
+43.6%$18.18B$1.95B-136.605,720News Coverage
GRAB
Grab
2.0793 of 5 stars
$4.50
+1.1%
$5.55
+23.2%
+53.7%$18.12B$2.36B-225.009,490Options Volume
TOST
Toast
2.3922 of 5 stars
$37.76
+2.4%
$35.27
-6.6%
+123.0%$17.78B$3.87B-290.465,500Positive News

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This page (NYSE:WPP) was last updated on 1/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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