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Omnicom posted a 6.8 percent rise in Q2 revenues to $3.9B, and a 7.3 percent drop in operating income to $510.3M.
Organic growth rose 5.2 percent.
The PR unit recorded a sluggish performance. The Marina Maher Communications, Portland, Mercury, Porter Novelli, Ketchum, and FleishmanHillard combine inched ahead 0.9 percent on an organic basis.
That trailed the 17.6 percent surge by the experiential segment, 7.8 percent growth by advertising & media, 2.0 percent by healthcare, 1.4 percent by precision marketing, and 1.2 percent by execution & support.
The PR operation did top the 3.8 percent drop suffered by the branding & retail commerce group.
For the six-month period, OMC posted a 6.1 percent rise in revenues to 7.5B. Operating income rose 10.3 percent to $989M.
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."
