WPP (WPP) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, WPP or IQV?

WPP has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IQVIA has a beta of 1.46, indicating that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor WPP or IQV?

In the previous week, IQVIA had 36 more articles in the media than WPP. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for IQVIA and 6 mentions for WPP. IQVIA's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat WPP's score of 0.50 indicating that IQVIA 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)	Positive
IQVIA	20 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	8 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in WPP or IQV?

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

Is WPP or IQV more profitable?

IQVIA has a net margin of 8.91% compared to WPP's net margin of 0.00%. IQVIA's return on equity of 28.81% beat WPP's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
WPP	N/A	N/A	N/A
IQVIA	8.91%	28.81%	7.02%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in WPP or IQV?

IQVIA received 350 more outperform votes than WPP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.30% of users gave IQVIA 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%
IQVIA	Outperform Votes 683 68.30%	Underperform Votes 317 31.70%

Do analysts prefer WPP or IQV?

IQVIA has a consensus target price of $241.50, indicating a potential upside of 61.93%. Given IQVIA's stronger consensus rating and 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)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
IQVIA	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	16 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.82

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, WPP or IQV?

IQVIA has higher revenue and earnings than WPP. WPP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IQVIA, 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	6.10
IQVIA	$15.41B	1.71	$1.37B	$7.50	19.88

Summary

IQVIA beats WPP on 18 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.