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| John Wren |
Omnicom CEO John Wren reported today that Q2 PR revenues slipped 3.7 percent to $349.3M and 3.6 percent to $683.4M for the first-half.
The FleishmanHillard, Ketchum, Portland, CLS Strategies, Cone, Mercury, Marina Maher Communications and Porter Novelli group dipped 1.3 percent and 0.9 percent, respectively, on an organic basis.
Wren blames negative effects of foreign exchange rates and more divestiture than acquisition activity for the 3.6 percent slippage in Q2 revenue to $3.7B.
Net income moved ahead 1.8 percent to $370.7M during the quarter.
Geographically, Omnicom 2Q revenues dropped 13.4 percent to $674.9M in Continental Europe and 0.7 percent to $361M in the UK.
US revenues were up 0.7 percent to $2B.
Public Policy Holding Company grew 27.5 percent to $50.1M during Q1, powered by the accelerating contribution from recent acquisitions and a 5.1 percent hike in organic revenues across its three operating segments.
Institutional Shareholder Services advises investors to vote "no" on a compensation package for WPP chief Cindy Rose at the May 8 annual meeting.
FTI Consulting chalked up a 9.5 percent rise in Q1 revenues to $983.3M, powered by gains in its PR, corporate finance and technology segments.
Stagwell reports 4 percent growth in Q1 net revenues to $585M and a record $141M in net new business wins.
WPP reported a 6.7 percent drop to $3.1B in Q1 like-like revenues less pass-through costs. CEO Cindy Rose says 'it will take time to outpace historical losses."
