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INTERPUBLIC GROUP OF COMPANIES, INC.

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Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY24FY23FY22FY21FY20FY19
Revenue$9.19B$9.40B$9.45B$9.11B$8.06B$8.63B
Operating income$1.20B$1.48B$1.38B$1.44B$588.4M$1.09B
Net income$689.5M$1.10B$938.0M$952.8M$351.1M$656.0M
Total assets$18.33B$19.27B$18.81B$19.91B$18.04B$17.75B
Total liabilities$14.42B$15.22B$15.10B$16.30B$15.01B$14.76B
Equity$3.80B$3.94B$3.61B$3.53B$2.90B$2.78B
EPS (diluted)$1.83$2.85$2.37$2.39$0.89$1.68
Shares out.378.7M386.5M385.1M390.7M387.8M384.9M

Reported figures from the company's SEC filings (XBRL). Blank where a line item isn't cleanly tagged — never estimated.

Key ratios

from filings · FY2024
Operating margin
13.1%
Net margin
7.5%
Return on equity
18.2%
Return on assets
3.8%
Return on capital (ROCE)
14.0%
Liabilities / assets
78.7%
Debt / equity
3.80×
Book value / share
$10.03
Revenue growth (YoY)
−2.3%
Net income growth (YoY)
−37.2%

Computed from the company's own SEC figures — no market price, so these are facts, not a valuation. Book value per share is reported equity ÷ shares; it is not the stock price.

Financial health

forensic scores · FY2024
Altman Z″ (distress)
1.81grey zone
Accruals / assets
2.0%clean
Beneish M-Score
-2.77normal
Piotroski F-Score
7/9strong

Altman Z″is a textbook bankruptcy-distress score from book values only (>2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · <1.1 distress). Accruals = (net income − operating cash flow) ÷ assets; persistently high accruals are an earnings-quality red flag. Beneish M-Scoreis an eight-ratio screen comparing this year with last (M > −1.78 = elevated manipulation-risk screen, not proof). Piotroski F-Scorecounts how many of nine fundamental-health checks pass (shown as passed / applicable; we use operating margin and total liabilities as documented proxies where the exact input isn't XBRL-tagged). Computed from SEC filings — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Quality score

EDS Score
57
/ 100
Profitability 100Growth 0Catalyst 33Earnings quality 100Financial strength 50

Our own multi-factor score from free SEC data — profitability, growth, financial strength, earnings quality, and event/ownership catalysts. No market price and no licensed model: each axis is the share of source-backed checks it passes. Descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Signs

3 warning4 good
  • Revenue declined year-over-year
  • High leverage (liabilities > 70% of assets)
  • Altman Z″ in the grey zone
  • Operating margin is positive
  • Strong return on equity (>15%)
  • Positive operating cash flow
  • Clean earnings (low accruals)

Derived from the company's own SEC figures (fundamentals, forensic scores, filing discipline) — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

5%+ owners

SEC Schedule 13D / 13G · last 3 yrs

Holders who disclosed a 5%+ stake. 13D signals intent to influence or control; 13G is a passive holding. Latest filing per holder — open it for the exact stake.

Short interest

FINRA · bi-monthly
SettlementShares shortDays to coverΔ vs prior
Nov 14, 202522.3M4.2-7.1%
Oct 31, 202524.0M3.5-10.4%
Oct 15, 202526.8M3.8-3.7%
Sep 30, 202527.8M3.8+26.6%
Sep 15, 202522.0M4.7-1.9%

Shares sold short as reported to FINRA. Days-to-cover = short shares ÷ average daily volume — higher means more potential squeeze pressure.

Material events

SEC Form 8-K · most recent

Events the company reported on Form 8-K, labelled by the SEC item code it filed under — its own classification, not our interpretation.

Recent SEC filings

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