Omnicom Gears Up To Report Q1 Earnings: What's In The Cards?

Omnicom OMC is set to report its first-quarter 2026 results on April 28, after the closing bell.

The company’s earnings missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate in one of the last four reported quarters and beat thrice, delivering a negative earnings surprise of 0.5% on average.

Q1 Expectations for OMC

The Zacks Consensus Estimate for revenues in the to-be-reported quarter is pegged at $6.09 billion, indicating an increase of 65% year over year. The top line is expected to have been positively impacted by the shared revenues from the varied breadth of OMC’s offerings.

Gains from new businesses and extended contracts with firms such as American Express, Bayer, BBVA, PNY, Clarins, Mercedes, and NatWest are expected to have boosted sales volume. Additionally, the recent acquisition of the global advertising and marketing holding company, Interpublic, which brings highly complementary assets, enables the development of new products and services and expands opportunities, is anticipated to have contributed to the top line.

Technological advancement through the launch of next-gen platforms and operating systems, such as Omni+, and its integration with Acxiom's Real ID, Flywheel's Commerce Cloud, and Omnicom's proprietary data, is likely to have benefited the company in boosting sales volume in the quarter.

The consensus estimate for earnings is pegged at $1.91 per share, indicating year-over-year growth of 12.4%.

What Our Model Says

Our proven model does not conclusively predict an earnings beat for Omnicom this time. The combination of a positive Earnings ESP and a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), 2 (Buy) or 3 (Hold) increases the odds of an earnings beat. However, that’s not the case here. You can uncover the best stocks to buy or sell before they are reported with our Earnings ESP Filter.

OMC currently has an Earnings ESP of 0.00% and carries a Zacks Rank #3. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.

Stocks to Consider

Here are a few stocks from the broader Business Services sector, which, according to our model, have the right combination of elements to beat on earnings this season.

Xylem Inc. XYL has an Earnings ESP of +0.86% and a Zacks Rank of 3. The company is scheduled to report its first-quarter 2026 results on April 28.

The Zacks Consensus Estimate for XYL’s first-quarter 2026 revenues is pegged at $2.1 billion, indicating year-over-year growth of 1.8%. For earnings, the consensus mark is pegged at $1.09 per share, implying a 5.8% increase from the year-ago quarter’s actual.

XYL beat the consensus estimate in three of the last four reported quarters, while matching once, with the average earnings surprise being 7.4%.

GFL Environmental Inc. GFL has an Earnings ESP of +20.00% and a Zacks Rank of 3. The company is scheduled to announce its first-quarter 2026 results on April 29.

The Zacks Consensus Estimate for GFL’s first-quarter 2026 revenues is pegged at $1.19 billion, indicating 9.2% year-over-year growth. The consensus estimate for earnings is pegged at 5 cents per share, implying a year-over-year increase of 183.3%.

GFL beat the consensus estimate in one of the last four reported quarters, while matching once and missing twice, delivering an average earnings surprise of 15.1%.

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