Omnicom (OMC) Climbs 15% on Dividend, $5-Billion Buyback

We recently published 10 Firms Outperform Wall Street With Surprising Gains. Omnicom Group Inc. (NYSE:OMC) was one of the best performers on Thursday. Omnicom Group soared by 15.36 percent on Thursday to finish at $80.94 apiece as investors gobbled up amid efforts to boost shareholder value through dividends and a $5 billion share buyback program. In an announcement during the day, Omnicom Group Inc. (NYSE:OMC) said that it would distribute $0.80 worth of dividends to all common shareholders on record as ...