Omnicom Group Inc. (OMC): Today's Featured Media Laggard

Omnicom Group (OMC) pushed the Media industry lower today making it today's featured Media laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day down 0.8%. By the end of trading, Omnicom Group fell 44 cents (-0.9%) to $50.18 on average volume. Throughout the day, 1.9 million shares of Omnicom Group exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.8 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $50.10-$50.72 after having opened the day at $50.40 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $50.62. Other company's within the Media industry that declined today were: RealD (RLD), down 23%, LodgeNet Interactive Corporation (LNET), down 15.5%, VisionChina Media (VISN), down 13.3%, and Dex One (DEXO), down 8%.

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Omnicom Group Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides advertising, marketing, and corporate communications services in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Australia. Omnicom Group has a market cap of $13.39 billion and is part of the services sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 14.5, below the average media industry P/E ratio of 14.7 and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 13.5% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are six analysts that rate Omnicom Group a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 10 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Omnicom Group as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its growth in earnings per share, revenue growth, notable return on equity, good cash flow from operations and solid stock price performance. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had generally poor debt management on most measures that we evaluated.

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On the positive front, Inuvo (INUV), up 16.7%, LIN TV Corporation (TVL), up 9.8%, Crown Media Holdings (CRWN), up 5.4%, and Emmis Communications (EMMS), up 3.7%, were all gainers within the media industry with DIRECTV (DTV) being today's featured media industry leader.

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