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$52.03 -0.26 (-0.50%)
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WPP vs. TCOM, WCN, IQV, RDDT, GIB, CPAY, KSPI, GRAB, TRU, and AER

Should you be buying WPP stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WPP include Trip.com Group (TCOM), Waste Connections (WCN), IQVIA (IQV), Reddit (RDDT), CGI (GIB), Corpay (CPAY), Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz (KSPI), Grab (GRAB), TransUnion (TRU), and AerCap (AER). 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 better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Trip.com Group$48.74B0.96$1.40B$3.3421.66
WPP$14.85B0.76$137.33M$5.888.85

In the previous week, Trip.com Group had 4 more articles in the media than WPP. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Trip.com Group and 1 mentions for WPP. Trip.com Group's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat WPP's score of 0.65 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
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
WPP
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Trip.com Group has a beta of 0.38, suggesting that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WPP has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Trip.com Group currently has a consensus price target of $74.18, indicating a potential upside of 2.56%. Given Trip.com Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly 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)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

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%

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 12.04% beat WPP's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Trip.com Group31.86% 12.04% 6.70%
WPP N/A N/A N/A

Summary

Trip.com Group beats WPP on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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 agencies IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$11.23B$2.30B$7.23B$19.11B
Dividend Yield3.70%4.29%2.31%3.66%
P/E Ratio8.85546.5428.2840.95
Price / Sales0.7636.97423.7217.54
Price / Cash5.629.8731.4321.28
Price / Book2.352.645.885.29
Net Income$137.33M$138.32M$126.23M$989.88M
7 Day Performance-6.40%-3.26%4.45%-3.55%
1 Month Performance-0.65%-2.22%7.37%-5.09%
1 Year Performance8.01%-7.11%16.23%11.13%

WPP Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WPP
WPP
2.6424 of 5 stars
$52.03
-0.5%
N/A+8.6%$11.23B$14.85B8.85114,732
TCOM
Trip.com Group
4.1371 of 5 stars
$72.49
-0.1%
$74.18
+2.3%
+110.6%$46.69B$48.74B21.7236,249
WCN
Waste Connections
4.5274 of 5 stars
$178.80
-0.6%
$199.88
+11.8%
+18.3%$46.14B$8.69B49.4422,539
IQV
IQVIA
4.9058 of 5 stars
$197.61
-0.7%
$256.19
+29.6%
-14.0%$35.87B$14.98B26.1287,000Analyst Forecast
RDDT
Reddit
1.0493 of 5 stars
$179.18
+3.8%
$124.42
-30.6%
N/A$31.46B$1.12B0.002,013Analyst Forecast
GIB
CGI
3.6951 of 5 stars
$110.61
-1.8%
$137.00
+23.9%
+2.3%$25.21B$14.52B20.9391,500Positive News
CPAY
Corpay
3.4372 of 5 stars
$360.83
+1.1%
$369.29
+2.3%
N/A$25.15B$3.88B25.5910,500Positive News
KSPI
Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz
3.9309 of 5 stars
$105.00
-0.9%
$147.20
+40.2%
N/A$20.95B$2.36T0.008,772News Coverage
GRAB
Grab
2.0092 of 5 stars
$5.17
+0.8%
$5.53
+6.9%
+52.2%$20.82B$2.69B-256.509,490
TRU
TransUnion
4.8145 of 5 stars
$99.25
+0.8%
$107.06
+7.9%
+39.8%$19.34B$4.10B86.2013,200Positive News
AER
AerCap
3.3459 of 5 stars
$97.28
+1.7%
$112.00
+15.1%
+27.3%$19.25B$7.58B7.58740Positive News

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This page (NYSE:WPP) was last updated on 12/23/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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