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Omnicom (OMC) Q2 Earnings Surpass Estimates, Revenues Lag

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Omnicom Group Inc. (OMC - Free Report) reported mixed second-quarter 2018 results wherein the company’s bottom line surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate but the top line missed the same.

Earnings of $1.60 per share beat the consensus mark by 6 cents and increased 14.3% year over year.

Total second-quarter 2018 revenues of $3,859.6 million missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $3,893.2 million. The figure was up 1.8% year over year. The year-over-year increase was backed by favorable foreign exchange rate impact of 2.1% and organic growth of 2%. These were, however, partially offset by a decrease in acquisition revenues, net of dispositions of 1%. Moreover, adoption of ASC 606 resulted in a 1.3% decrease in revenues.

The new tax law (Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, effective from December 2017), which reduced corporate tax rates significantly from 35% to 21%, proved beneficial for Omnicom in the reported quarter. The company enjoyed a lower income tax rate of 25.8% in the reported quarter compared with 32% in the year-ago quarter.

It seems that the revenue miss displeased investors. Consequently, the stock declined significantly in early trading.

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Let’s check out the numbers in detail.

Revenues by Segment

Advertising segment revenues of $2,067.6 million increased 2% year over year. The segment accounted for 53.6% of total revenues in the reported quarter.

CRM Consumer Experience revenues increased 0.8% year over year to $660 million. The segment contributed 17.1% to total revenues.

CRM Execution & Support revenues decreased 3.6% year over year to $498.7 million. It accounted for 12.9% of total revenues.

PR (public relations) revenues of $362.7 million improved 3.5% on a year-over-year basis. It accounted for 9.4% of total revenues.

Healthcare revenues of $270.6 million were up 12.5% year over year. It contributed 7% of total revenues.

Revenues by Regions

Across regional markets, Asia Pacific recorded a 7.2% increase in revenues to $434.3 million, Euro & Other Europe improved 17.7% to $779.1 million and the U.K. recorded a 3.7% improvement to $363.5 million.

However, revenues from the Middle East and Africa were down 7% to $70.2 million. North America revenues reduced 3.6% year over year to $2,097.4 million. Latin America declined 5% year over year to $115.1 million.

Operating Results

Operating profit in second-quarter 2018 increased 1.9% year over year to $582.3 million. Operating margin of 15.1% was flat year over year. Operating expenses of $3,277.3 million were up 1.8% from the year-ago quarter.

Earnings before interest, taxes and amortization or EBITA for the reported quarter were $609.3 million, slightly up from $600 million in the year-ago quarter. EBITA margin remained constant with the year-ago quarter figure of 15.8%.

Balance Sheet & Cash Flow

In the first half of 2018, Omnicom generated free cash flow of $858.9 million compared with $797.5 million in the prior-year period. The company had a total debt of $4,888 million at the end of the reported quarter with cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments of $1,919 million compared with a respective $4,949 million and $1,874 million in 2017.

For the twelve months ended Jun 30, return on invested capital (ROIC) and return on equity (ROE) aggregated 20.2% and 50.1%, respectively. During the period from 2008 through Jun 30, Omnicom distributed 106% of net income to shareholders through dividends and share repurchases.

Zacks Rank & Upcoming Releases

Omnicom currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell).

You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank  (Strong Buy) stocks here.

Investors interested in the  broader Business Services sector are keenly awaiting second-quarter earnings reports from key players like IQVIA Holdings Inc. (IQV - Free Report) , The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (IPG - Free Report)   and TransUnion (TRU - Free Report) . All the companies are slated to report their quarterly numbers on Jul 24.

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