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Leader of the Pack Without question, the best performing ad stock of 1997 was Omnicom. After adjusting for a recent 2-for-1 stock split, the shares came within 3.5 points of doubling. It is highly likely that entrepreneurs who sold their companies to Omnicom in 1996 and earlier may have made more money from the stock’s price appreciation in the past 12 months than they did by being acquired. Omnicom also takes the honors for Q4 performance: It was only one of three stocks in the industry to rise.
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