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Nomura Securities Maintains a 'Neutral' on Omnicom Group (OMC); Results Review, First Look

February 15, 2012 10:11 AM EST
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Price: $87.57 -0.89%

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Nomura Securities maintains a 'Neutral' on Omnicom Group (NYSE: OMC) price target of $52.00.

Analyst, Michael Nathanson, said, "Omnicom reported revenue growth of 7.4% (vs 6.2% estimate) and adjusted EBITA growth of 11.2% (vs 10.8% estimate), with adjusted EPS of $0.96 – a penny above our estimates and consensus. OMC’s organic growth of 5.2% came in slightly ahead of our 4.5% estimate and above consensus expectations of 4.2%. US organic revenue growth of 5.3% came in modestly better than our 4.5% estimate. EBITA margin of 13.3% was 10bp below our estimate. We maintain our Neutral rating on OMC, as we are not overly excited about the company’s investment case relative to our Buy-rated pure-play Media names. We do not see much controversy on the company’s margins, except to point out the limited operating leverage experienced by OMC over the last business cycle."

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Shares of Omnicom Group closed at $48.00 yesterday.


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