WPP (WPP)

Sector:

Media

Index:

FTSE 100

598.00p
   
  • Change Today:
    -5.80p
  • 52 Week High: 893.60
  • 52 Week Low: 594.57
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 1,078.80m
  • Volume: 1,653,924
  • Market Cap: £6,451m
  • RiskGrade: 162

WPP Overview

WPP is one of the world's largest communications services groups, specialising in advertising, and public relations. The group has 62,000 people working in 1,400 offices in 103 countries. Major clients include American Express, AT&T, Colgate-Palmolive, GlaxoSmithKline and Nestlé.

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WPP Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 5.8% 0.0%
Div Cover 1.4 2.3
Op Mrgn 9.0% 12.7%
ROCE 701.1%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 12.0 8.9
PEG 0.0 2.8
Pr/Revenue 0.4 0.7
Pr/Book 1.7  
Latest F'cast
Revenue -0.7% -17.5%
PBT 198.0% 50.0%
EPS 388.3% 72.5%
DPS n/a 10.2%

WPP Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-20 12,002.80 (2,790.60) (243.20)p n/a n/a n/a 24.00p 3.0%
31-Dec-21 12,801.10 950.80 53.40p 21.0 n/a n/a 31.20p 2.8%
31-Dec-22 14,428.70 1,159.80 62.20p 13.2 0.8 +16% 39.40p 4.8%
31-Dec-23 14,845.00 346.00 10.30p 73.1 n/a -83% n/a 0.0%
31-Dec-24 14,741.00 1,031.00 50.30p 16.4 0.0 +388% 34.90p 4.2%

a. Based on UK GAAP presentation of accounts - includes discontinued activities

WPP Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-25 12,156.70 1,546.32 86.78p 7.0 0.1 +72% 38.46p 0.0%
31-Dec-26 12,416.85 1,608.84 88.76p 6.8 3.0 +2% 39.38p 0.0%

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WPP Company Announcements

Publication of Annual Report 2024 & Notice of AGM 28-Mar-2025 12:16 RNS
Notification of Major Holdings 25-Mar-2025 10:01 RNS
Vesting of executive share award 18-Mar-2025 09:58 RNS

WPP ShareCast News

WPP in talks to sell in-flight entertainment pro... 21-Mar-2025 ShareCast
Kantar owners exploring sale of Worldpanel unit 10-Mar-2025 ShareCast
London close: Stocks mixed on corporate earnings... 27-Feb-2025 ShareCast

WPP Top Newspaper Links

Advertising giant WWP lines up industrialist Rob... 19-Dec-2014 Express & Star
WPP agrees £800m cloud deal with IBM 03-Dec-2014 Telegraph
Publicis agrees £2.3bn takeover of Sapient after... 04-Nov-2014 Guardian

Latest WPP Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
14-Mar-25 Sell Andrew Scott 634.00p 50,492 £320,119.29
14-Mar-25 Transfer From Andrew Scott 0.000p 107,214 £0.00
10-Mar-25 Sell Joanne Wilson 640.00p 23,371 £149,574.40

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Note 6: Forecast figures based on normalised accounts.

 

WPP Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 598.00p
Change Today -5.80p
% Change -0.96 %
52 Week High 893.60
52 Week Low 594.57
Volume 1,653,924
Shares Issued 1,078.80m
Market Cap £6,451m
RiskGrade 162

WPP Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
32.39% below the market average32.39% below the market average32.39% below the market average32.39% below the market average32.39% below the market average
36.59% below the sector average36.59% below the sector average36.59% below the sector average36.59% below the sector average36.59% below the sector average
Price Trend
53.81% below the market average53.81% below the market average53.81% below the market average53.81% below the market average53.81% below the market average
33.33% below the sector average33.33% below the sector average33.33% below the sector average33.33% below the sector average33.33% below the sector average
Income
68.02% above the market average68.02% above the market average68.02% above the market average68.02% above the market average68.02% above the market average
29.41% above the sector average29.41% above the sector average29.41% above the sector average29.41% above the sector average29.41% above the sector average
Growth
77.34% above the market average77.34% above the market average77.34% above the market average77.34% above the market average77.34% above the market average
63.16% above the sector average63.16% above the sector average63.16% above the sector average63.16% above the sector average63.16% above the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 3
Buy 2
Neutral 6
Sell 2
Strong Sell 2
Total 15
neutral
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WPP Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 05-Jun-25 10-Oct-24
Paid 04-Jul-25 01-Nov-24
Amount 24.40p 15.00p

Trades for 28-Mar-2025

Time Volume / Share Price
16:00 158 @ 598.00p
16:00 262 @ 598.00p
16:00 400 @ 597.80p
16:00 205 @ 597.80p
16:00 818 @ 597.80p

WPP Key Personnel

CEO Mark Read
CFO Joanne Wilson

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