A safe long term hold

OMC has an annual earnings per share of 6.08 giving it a P/E ratio under 10 (9.1). They payout 42% of their earnings through dividends(4.7% yield) and another 40% through buybacks. It’s long term annual growth is expected to grow 2.5% or 5.5% when including buybacks. Last recession their eps went down to a low of 22% of which completely recovered after 2 years. Their last eps has only been slightly affected but we shouldn’t be surprised if earnings continue to fall.

Their book value per share or margin of safety is $13.65 and their cash flow is $2.6 a share. Return on assets is 5.4%, debt to equity ratio is 2, current ratio is .92 and P/S is .82 (.75 is industry average).

OMC is in the business of advertising and marketing. This is a brief analysis and you should always look more into the details of a company before becoming an owner of them.
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