WPP (WPP) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

WPP plc, a creative transformation company, provides communications, experience, commerce, and technology services in North America, the United Kingdom, Western Continental Europe, the Asia Pacific, Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, and Central and Eastern Europe. The company operates through three segments: Global Integrated Agencies, Public Relations, and Specialist Agencies. It offers marketing strategy, creative ideation, production, commerce, influencer marketing, social media management, and technology implementation services; media strategy, planning, buying and activation, commerce media, data analytics, and consulting services; and media management, public affairs, reputation, risk and crisis management, social media management, and strategic advisory services. The company also provides brand consulting, brand identity, product and service design, and corporate and brand publication services. WPP plc was founded in 1985 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 849.40 to 859.80
• 50-Day Range: 753.80 to 893.60
• 52-Week Range: 678.80 to 903
• Volume: 4.58 million shs
• Average Volume: 4.26 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £9.20 billion
• P/E Ratio: 4,482.11
• Dividend Yield: 4.58%
• Price Target: GBX 996.67
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

WPP Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

WPP scored higher than 31% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

WPP has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.80, and is based on 4 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

WPP has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of WPP is 4,480.00, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 135.59.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of WPP is 4,480.00, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Communication Services sector average P/E ratio of about 319.77.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

WPP has a PEG Ratio of 13.47. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

WPP has a P/B Ratio of 2.62. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for WPP.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

WPP is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 5.03%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

WPP does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of WPP is 20,526.32%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for WPP.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.43

News Sentiment

WPP has a news sentiment score of 0.43. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.57 average news sentiment score of Communication Services companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for WPP this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 1 people have searched for WPP on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

3 people have added WPP to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 200% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, WPP insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought GBX 0 in company stock and sold £75,628.40 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 0.22% of the stock of WPP is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

65.25% of the stock of WPP is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

WPP Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have WPP shares performed this year?

WPP's stock was trading at GBX 753 on January 1st, 2024. Since then, WPP stock has increased by 13.0% and is now trading at GBX 851.20.
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How do I buy shares of WPP?

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What other stocks do shareholders of WPP own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that WPP investors own include GSK (GSK), Vodafone Group Public (VOD), Barclays (BARC), Glencore (GLEN), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), Meta Platforms (META) and Aviva (AV).

Company Calendar

• Ex-Dividend for 11/1 Dividend: 10/10/2024
• Dividend Payable: 11/01/2024
• Today: 12/18/2024

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Communication Services
• Industry: Advertising Agencies
• Sub-Industry: Business Services
• Current Symbol: LON:WPP
• CUSIP: N/A
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.wpp.com
• Phone: 44 20 7408 2204
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 115,500
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: GBX 996.67
• High Stock Price Target: GBX 1,040
• Low Stock Price Target: GBX 950
• Potential Upside/Downside: +17.1%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.80
• Research Coverage: 5 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): GBX 0.19
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 4,480.00
• Forward P/E Ratio: 10.43
• P/E Growth: 13.47
• Net Income: £203.40 million
• Net Margins: 1.37%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 7.33%
• Return on Assets: 1.53%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 190.55
• Current Ratio: 0.89
• Quick Ratio: 0.89

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £14.85 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.62
• Cash Flow: GBX 161.32 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 5.28
• Book Value: GBX 325 per share
• Price / Book: 2.62

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 1,080,000,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £9.19 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.13