Stock

Omnicom Group

OMC
49
Advertising Agencies · Communication Services
Also trades as: 0KBK.L GBP 0.82 (+1.08%)
Price
$82.68
+0.12 (+0.15%)
Market Cap
$22.68B
Winston Score
49
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Oct 25, 2026 · filings through Sep 30, 2026

§How the score breaks down

Quality
Good
15/30
Growth
Mixed
8/20
Cash Flow
Strong
8/10
Stability
Good
5/10
Valuation
Good
6/10
Ownership
Weak
2/15
Dividends
Exceptional
5/5

49 of 100 counted points = Winston Score 49.

Share count falling — buybacks

−5.0% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 215.6M (2021) → 204.9M (2025)

§Winston Score History

The full picture

Omnicom Group is one of the largest advertising and marketing companies in the world. It helps businesses get their message out to customers through ads, public relations, and digital marketing campaigns. Its clients include major brands across industries like consumer goods, technology, healthcare, and finance.

Omnicom makes money by charging fees and commissions for the creative and strategic work its agencies do on behalf of clients. It operates globally, with significant revenue coming from the United States, Europe, and Asia-Pacific, and it employs roughly 70,000 people across hundreds of agency brands. Its main competitive advantage is the depth and breadth of its agency network, which gives large clients access to specialized expertise across many marketing disciplines in one place. The key risk the business faces is losing clients to in-house marketing teams or to technology platforms like Google and Meta, which allow companies to run their own ad campaigns with less outside help.

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+59.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

Reported EPS Growth

+35.8% YoY

Quarterly reporting periods ended:

30 Sept 2025: $1.76

30 Sept 2026: $2.39

Reported/statutory EPS, not adjusted or underlying earnings. One-off items can affect this figure. Provider rounding can affect the growth rate.

YoY Growth Rate

Reported EPS increased year over year

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (12%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

0.8%ownership

→ Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$3.9B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Revenue accelerating

Omnicom Group grew revenue 59% year-over-year and the growth rate is speeding up. That's the kind of momentum growth investors look for — the question is whether margins can follow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
21.2%
Thin — 21.2% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
15.4%
Healthy — 15.4% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
16.6%
Strong — 16.6% return on capital

ROIC between 15% and 25%. Every dollar invested in the business earns 15 to 25 cents back per year.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+54.1%
Fast-growing sales (+54.1% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
-63.3%
Earnings shrinking (-63.3% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
4/8 quarters
Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
436%
Turns 436% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
11.6%
Modest free cash flow (11.6%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
1.14
Elevated debt (1.14)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
7.75x
Adequate interest coverage (7.8x)

Interest coverage between 3 and 8. Profits cover interest several times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
33.1x
Pricey — P/E 33.1

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+27.4
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (33.1 → 5.7)

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
4.32%
Healthy income — 4.32% yield

Generous yield. Worth checking whether the payout is sustainable.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+14.3%
Dividend growing fast (14.3% YoY)
Payout Ratio
119%
no trend
Paying out more than the last 12 months of profit. The dividend is being funded from cash or borrowing, not this year’s earnings.

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