Omnicom Group Inc. The WTO on Monday announced the acquisition of Berlin advertising agency Antoni for an undisclosed sum. The transaction, which is subject to customary closing conditions, is expected to close in the first quarter of 2022.

Founded in 2015 exclusively for Mercedes-Benz, Antoni has now extended its services to brands such as bett1.de, Vodafone, Kärcher and Katjes. Currently employing over 170 professionals, Antoni is considered one of the most creative and innovative advertising agencies in Europe.

antoni was founded in 2015 by Tonio Kröger, Managing Director and CEO, and André Kemper, Managing Director and Chief Creative Officer. Both will retain their current roles after the acquisition.

Acquisition will support Omnicom-Mercedes partnership

The acquisition aims to place antoni in a pivotal role in Omnicom’s partnership with Mercedes-Benz to develop Team X, a bespoke, data-driven global agency solution with expertise across the full communications business and marketing from Mercedes.

Recently, Mercedes-Benz merged its communications and marketing departments and consolidated its global marketing communications reach with Omnicom’s Team X. The new agency will start operations from January 2022 and will have cross-divisional responsibility for Mercedes-Benz business units. in more than 40 markets worldwide.

Over the past year, Omnicom shares have gained 42.5%, underperforming the 56.1% growth of the industry it belongs to, but outperforming the 33.1% growth of the composite Zacks S&P 500.

Omnicom Group Inc. Award

Omnicom Group Inc. Awards | Omnicom Group Inc. Submission

Zacks Ranking and Stocks to Consider

Omnicom currently wears a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold).

Some higher-ranked stocks in the broader Zacks business services sector are ManpowerGroup MAN, Cross Country Health Care CCRN and Genpact G, each wearing a Zacks No. 2 rank (purchase). You can see the full list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.

The expected long-term earnings per share growth rate (three to five years) for ManpowerGroup, Cross Country Healthcare and Genpact is set at 24.2%, 9.9% and 14.7%, respectively.

The infrastructure stock boom will sweep America

A massive push to rebuild America’s crumbling infrastructure will soon be underway. It is bipartisan, urgent and inevitable. Billions will be spent. Fortunes will be made.

The only question is “Are you going to get into good stocks early when their growth potential is greatest?”

Zacks released a special report to help you do just that, and today it’s free. Discover 7 special companies looking to make the most of building and repairing roads, bridges and buildings, as well as transporting goods and transforming energy on a scale almost unimaginable.

Download FREE: How to Leverage Trillions of Dollars in Infrastructure Spending >>

Click to get this free report

ManpowerGroup Inc. (MAN): Free Inventory Analysis Report

Omnicom Group Inc. (OMC): Free Stock Analysis Report

Genpact Limited (G): Free Stock Analysis Report

Cross Country Healthcare, Inc. (CCRN): Free Stock Analysis Report

To read this article on Zacks.com, click here.

Zacks Investment Research

The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.