For the quarter ended March 2025, Omnicom (OMC) reported revenue of $3.69 billion, up 1.7% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $1.70, compared to $1.67 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +0.15% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $3.68 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $1.63, the EPS surprise was +4.29%.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Omnicom performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Total Organic Revenue Growth: 3.4% compared to the 3.9% average estimate based on three analysts.
- Organic Revenue Growth - Healthcare: -3.2% versus 1.3% estimated by two analysts on average.
- Organic Revenue Growth - Commerce & Branding: -10% compared to the -2.6% average estimate based on two analysts.
- Organic Revenue Growth - Experiential: -1.5% versus 5.9% estimated by two analysts on average.
- Revenue by Geography- Asia Pacific: $416.70 million compared to the $419.09 million average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of +2.2% year over year.
- Revenue by Geography- Middle East and Africa: $70.80 million versus $78.88 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -11.1% change.
- Revenue by Geography- Latin America: $96.40 million versus $98.69 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -0.1% change.
- Revenue- Commerce & Branding: $159.50 million compared to the $190.69 million average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of -20.3% year over year.
- Revenue- Execution & Support: $209.80 million compared to the $205.63 million average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of -0.8% year over year.
- Revenue- Healthcare: $305.70 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $283.83 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -5.5%.
- Revenue- Public Relations: $362.70 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $396.87 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -7.1%.
- Revenue- Experiential: $154.20 million versus $165.96 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -3.6% change.
Shares of Omnicom have returned -4.7% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -3.9% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.
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