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The Interpublic Group of Companies Inc, ticker IPG, a large-cap advertising holding company in the communication services business sector. It is the third of five communication services candidates vying to be the second selected for my Viking folio. This is not my first report on IPG. I have discussed IPG previously and maybe even selected it for one of my previous, portfolios.

Interpublic Group is among the world’s largest advertising holding companies based on annual revenue.

It provides traditional advertising services along with digital and other services such as public relations through various acquisitions.

IPG has made these services available in over 100 countries. The company generates more than 75% of its revenue from developed regions such as the United States and Europe.

The company was formerly known as McCann-Erickson Incorporated and changed its name to The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. in January 1961.

The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Three key data points gauge The Interpublic Group of Companies Inc:

(1) Price

(2) Dividends

(3) Returns

Those three basic keys best tell whether any company has made, is making, and will make money.

IPG Price

Interpublic’s price per share was $26.17 at Monday’s market close. In the past year, IPG’s share price fell by $11.21 or about 30%.

If Interpublic’s stock trades in the range of $20.00 to $35.00 this next year, its recent $26.17 share price might reach $30.00 by next year. My upside increase estimate of $3.83 is $3.55 under the average price upside forecast by 11 analysts tracking the stock for brokerage houses.

IPG Dividends

Interpublic’s most recently declared quarterly dividend of $0.29 per share makes an annual dividend of $1.16 and casts a yield of 4.43%.

IPG Returns

Adding the $1.16 annual Interpublic dividend to my one-year price upside estimate of $3.83 shows a $4.99 potential gross gain per share.

At today’s $26.17 closing price, a little under $1000 would buy 38 shares.

A $10 broker fee (if charged), paid half at purchase and half at sale, might cost us $0.26 per share.

Subtract that maybe $0.26 brokerage cost from my estimated $4.99 gross gain per share results in a net gain of $4.73 X 38 shares = $179.74 for a 17.9% net gain including a 4.43% annual yield.

In a year our $1K investment in shares of The Interpublic Group of Companies could generate $44.30 in cash dividends. Of course, a single share of IPG stock at today's $26.17 price is just under half the annual dividend income from our $1000.00 investment.

So, by my dogcatcher ideal, this is good time to buy IPG shares based on their dividends for the year 2022. The dividend from $1K invested is $18.13  over yesterday’s single share price. Consider yourself alerted. Now is the time.   

All of the estimates above are speculation based on the past history of The Interpublic Group of Companies. Only time and money invested in this stock will determine its market value.

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