Interpublic Group of Cos. (IPG): Price and Financial Metrics

IPG POWR Grades

• Quality is the dimension where IPG ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 52.33% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for IPG is in Stability, which has been heading down over the past 177 days.
• IPG's current lowest rank is in the Momentum metric (where it is better than 22.8% of US stocks).

IPG Stock Summary

• INTERPUBLIC GROUP OF COMPANIES INC's stock had its IPO on November 5, 1987, making it an older stock than 91.15% of US equities in our set.
• Of note is the ratio of INTERPUBLIC GROUP OF COMPANIES INC's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; just 6.03% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• The ratio of debt to operating expenses for INTERPUBLIC GROUP OF COMPANIES INC is higher than it is for about 92.56% of US stocks.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to IPG, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are GSL, LTC, ESBA, BRT, and SBAC.
• Visit IPG's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.interpublic.com.

IPG Valuation Summary

• IPG's price/earnings ratio is 12; this is 22.08% lower than that of the median Communication Services stock.
• Over the past 243 months, IPG's EV/EBIT ratio has gone down 55.2.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for IPG.

IPG Growth Metrics

Its year over year price growth rate is now at 9.54%.
• Its 5 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 100.52%.
• Its 5 year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at 70.18%.

Over the past 70 months, IPG's revenue has gone up $3,069,300,000.

The table below shows IPG's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2022-12-31	10,927.8	608.8	938
2022-09-30	10,874	808.2	998.7
2022-06-30	10,778.3	1,132.8	986.8
2022-03-31	10,552.2	1,691.8	1,020.5
2021-12-31	10,240.7	2,075.6	952.8
2021-09-30	9,858.6	2,130.7	707.2

IPG's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• IPG has a Quality Grade of B, ranking ahead of 82.43% of graded US stocks.
• IPG's asset turnover comes in at 0.567 -- ranking 279th of 561 Business Services stocks.
• OMC, WB, and HRTH are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with IPG.

The table below shows IPG's key quality metrics over time.