Can Buying Interpublic Group Of Cos., Inc. (NYSE: IPG) Still Be Worthwhile?

Interpublic Group Of Cos., Inc. (NYSE:IPG) does about 4.21M shares in volume on a normal day but saw 4100630 shares change hands in Monday trading. The company now has a market cap of 11.52B USD. Its current market price is $30.42, marking a decrease of -0.10% compared to the previous close of $30.45. The 52 week high reached by this stock is $40.95 whilst the lowest price level in 52 weeks is $27.20.

Interpublic Group Of Cos., Inc. (IPG) has a 20-day trading average at $31.95 and the current price is -25.71% off the 52-week high compared with 11.84% distance from its 52-week low. The 50-day simple moving average of the closing price is $32.12 and its 200-day simple moving average is $31.99. If we look at the stock’s price movements over the week, volatility stands at 1.98%, which decreases to 1.84% over 1 month. It is also key to look at other market indicators of price movement for the stock, where we see that the relative strength index (RSI) is at 33.85 to suggest the stock is neutral.

The consensus objective for the share price is $35.51, suggesting that the stock has a potential upside of 14.33% over the period.

The company shares received a number of brokerage firm price updates over the past month, with the latest being on January 11, 2024 when UBS initiated the stock to “Neutral” and issued a price target of $36. Wells Fargo downgraded the stock to “Equal Weight” from Overweight on July 24, 2023 at a price target of $43-$33. BofA Securities upgraded its price target at $38-$40.

Interpublic Group Of Cos., Inc. (IPG) stock is down -3.34% over the week and -6.86% over the past month. Its price is -6.80% year-to-date and -19.88% over the past year.

To reach the target analysts have set, the stock logically needs to grow 14.33 percent from here.

The company has a return on investment of 13.60% and return on equity of 28.94%. The price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 10.67 while the forward price to earnings ratio is 9.93. The beta has a value of 1.13. Price to book ratio is 2.92 and price to sales ratio is 1.06.