AdStar (OTCMKTS:ADST) & Omnicom Group (NYSE:OMC) Head-To-Head Contrast

AdStar (OTCMKTS:ADST) and Omnicom Group (NYSE:OMC) are both business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares AdStar and Omnicom Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
AdStar	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Omnicom Group	$17.27 billion	1.52	-$54.50 million	$0.49	172.37

AdStar has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Omnicom Group.

Profitability

This table compares AdStar and Omnicom Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AdStar	N/A	N/A	N/A
Omnicom Group	-0.32%	25.65%	5.08%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for AdStar and Omnicom Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AdStar	0	0	0	0	0.00
Omnicom Group	1	3	4	0	2.38

Omnicom Group has a consensus price target of $95.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.48%. Given Omnicom Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Omnicom Group is more favorable than AdStar.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

92.0% of Omnicom Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.6% of AdStar shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Omnicom Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Omnicom Group beats AdStar on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About AdStar

AdStar, Inc. engages in the provision of advertising technology services to publishers. It focuses on its application service provider. The company was founded by Leslie Bernhard and Eli Rousso in 1986 and is headquartered in Marina del Rey, CA.

About Omnicom Group

Omnicom Group Inc., together with its subsidiaries, offers advertising, marketing, and corporate communications services. It provides a range of services in the areas of advertising and media, precision marketing, commerce and branding, experiential, execution and support, public relations, and healthcare. The company's services include advertising, branding, content marketing, corporate social responsibility consulting, crisis communications, custom publishing, data analytics, database management, digital/direct marketing and post-production, digital transformation consulting, entertainment marketing, experiential marketing, field marketing, sales support, financial/corporate business-to-business advertising, graphic arts/digital imaging, healthcare marketing and communications, and instore design services. Its services also comprise interactive marketing, investor relations, marketing research, media planning and buying, retail media planning and buying, merchandising and point of sale, mobile marketing, multi-cultural marketing, non-profit marketing, organizational communications, package design, product placement, promotional marketing, public affairs, public relations, retail marketing, retail media and e-commerce, search engine marketing, shopper marketing, social media marketing, and sports and event marketing services. It operates in the North and Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), and the Asia Pacific. The company was incorporated in 1944 and is based in New York, New York.