Global advertising giant Omnicom Group (NYSE: OMC) will be reporting results this Tuesday afternoon. Here’s what to look for.
Omnicom Group beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 1.2% last quarter, reporting revenues of $4.02 billion, up 4.2% year on year. It was a satisfactory quarter for the company, with a narrow beat of analysts’ revenue estimates.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Omnicom Group’s revenue to grow 3.8% year on year to $4.03 billion, slowing from the 8.5% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $2.17 per share.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Omnicom Group has only missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates once over the last two years, exceeding top-line expectations by 0.9% on average.
With Omnicom Group being the first among its peers to report earnings this season, we don’t have anywhere else to look to get a hint at how this quarter will unravel for media & entertainment stocks. However, the segment has faced declining investor sentiment as Omnicom Group’s peer group is down 3.2% on average over the last month. Omnicom Group is up 3.3% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $99.67 (compared to the current share price of $77.02).
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