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WPP (WPP)

Market Price (9/4/2025): $26.76 | Market Cap: $-
Sector: Communication Services | Industry: Advertising

WPP (WPP)

Market Price (9/4/2025): $26.76
Market Cap: $-
Sector: Communication Services
Industry: Advertising

Investment Highlights

Low stock price volatility
Vol 12M is 37%

Weak multi-year price returns
2Y Excs Rtn is -82%, 3Y Excs Rtn is -87%

Not profitable at operating income level
is -1.7 Bil, is -26%

0	Low stock price volatility Vol 12M is 37%
1	Weak multi-year price returns 2Y Excs Rtn is -82%, 3Y Excs Rtn is -87%
2	Not profitable at operating income level Op Inc LTMOperating Income, Last Twelve Months is -1.7 Bil, Op Mgn LTMOperating Margin = Operating Income / Revenue Reflects profitability before taxes and before impact of capital structure (interest payments). is -26%

Market Valuation

	9/4/25	2024	2023	2022	2021
Share Price CYE	$26.76	$3.82	$3.53	$3.21	$11.40
Market Cap CYE ($ Bil)	0.0	0.5	0.4	0.3	1.1
Total Debt ($ Bil)	3.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Total Cash ($ Bil)	1.3	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.5
Enterprise Value ($ Bil)	0.0	0.5	0.4	0.3	1.1
Valuation Ratios
P/S TTM	0.0	2.5	1.9	1.6	6.6
P/EBIT TTM	0.0	-4.4	-3.7	-1.6	-5.4
P/E TTM	0.0	-4.2	-3.4	-1.4	-4.9
Sector Ratios
P/S TTM (Sector)	1.3	1.3	1.2	1.1	1.8
P/EBIT TTM (Sector)	11.7	11.4	10.2	7.8	10.0
P/E TTM (Sector)	17.5	17.9	15.3	12.2	13.6

	9/4/25	2024	2023
Share Price CYE	$26.76	$3.82	$3.53
Market Cap CYE ($ Bil)	0.0	0.5	0.4
Total Debt ($ Bil)	3.1	0.0	0.0
Total Cash ($ Bil)	1.3	0.1	0.1
Enterprise Value ($ Bil)	0.0	0.5	0.4
Valuation Ratios
P/S TTM	0.0	2.5	1.9
P/EBIT TTM	0.0	-4.4	-3.7
P/E TTM	0.0	-4.2	-3.4
Sector Ratios
P/S TTM (Sector)	1.3	1.3	1.2
P/EBIT TTM (Sector)	11.7	11.4	10.2
P/E TTM (Sector)	17.5	17.9	15.3

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Business Description

WPP plc, a creative transformation company, provides communications, experience, commerce, and technology services in North America, the United Kingdom, Western Continental Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America, Africa, Middle East, and Central and Eastern Europe. The company operates through three segments: Global Integrated Agencies, Public Relations, and Specialist Agencies. It engages in the business of planning and creation of marketing and branding campaigns; designs advertisements across all media; and provides media buying services including strategy and business development, media investment, and data, technology and content. Show more

Price Returns Compared

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	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	Total [1]
Returns
WPP Return	-17%	43%	-32%	2%	14%	-9%	-9%
Peers Return	39%	20%	-33%	84%	144%	-6%	371%
S&P 500 Return	16%	27%	-19%	24%	23%	10%	100%

[1] Cumulative total returns since the beginning of 2020
[2] Peers: DV, APP, TTD, OMC, IPG.
[3] 2025 data is for the year up to 9/3/2025 (YTD)

Better Bets than WPP (WPP)

	WPP	Better Performance than WPP
Metric	Value	Industry (Advertising)
Rev Chg LTM	10.1%	APP (48.2%), TTD (23.2%), DV (16.5%), IAS (14.4%)
Rev Chg 3Y Avg	12.0%	APP (23.7%), TTD (24.5%), CYGIY (14.4%), CYAGF (14.4%), DNTUY (12.5%)
Op Mgn LTM	-25.8%	APP (55.6%), TTD (17.7%), OMC (13.9%), IPG (14.0%), CYGIY (4.4%)

	WPP	Better Performance than WPP
Metric	Value	Sector (Communication Services)
Rev Chg LTM	10.1%	GOOGL (13.1%), META (19.4%), TCEHY (15.5%), TCTZF (15.5%), NFLX (14.8%)
Rev Chg 3Y Avg	12.0%	META (13.0%), TCEHY (12.4%), TCTZF (12.4%), DTEGF (17.4%), DTEGY (17.4%)
Op Mgn LTM	-25.8%	GOOGL (32.7%), META (42.9%), TCEHY (29.3%), TCTZF (29.3%), NFLX (29.5%)

	WPP	Better Performance than WPP
Metric	Value	All Other Sectors
Rev Chg LTM	10.1%	NVDA (71.6%), MSFT (14.9%), AMZN (10.9%), AVGO (33.9%), TSM (39.5%)
Rev Chg 3Y Avg	12.0%	NVDA (92.0%), MSFT (12.5%), AVGO (24.1%), TSM (22.5%), BRK-B (16.6%)
Op Mgn LTM	-25.8%	NVDA (58.1%), MSFT (45.6%), AAPL (31.9%), AMZN (11.4%), AVGO (37.5%)

Recent Active Movers

1 Day Top Gainers

#	Ticker	Company	1D Rtn	YTD Rtn
1	XELA	Exela Technologies	212.4%	-95.5%
2	TKCM	Token Communities	82.8%	-64.7%
3	ANGGF	Angang Steel	61.2%	25.0%
4	BATMF	British American Tobacco Malaysia	43.4%	59.2%
5	KYSEF	Kyushu Electric Power	32.1%	32.1%
6	STTK	Shattuck Labs	26.7%	5.8%
7	KTHAF	Krung Thai Bank	24.0%	24.0%
8	SFOSF	Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical	23.7%	61.7%
9	INDOY	Indorama Ventures	20.9%	-5.5%
10	M	Macy's	20.7%	-1.0%

1 Day Top Losers

#	Ticker	Company	1D Rtn	YTD Rtn
1	PTLKF	PT Lippo Karawaci	-95.2%	-94.7%
2	MGAWF	Megaworld	-71.0%	-71.0%
3	PTTMF	PT Timah	-62.8%	-83.1%
4	PTJSF	PT Jasa Marga	-50.9%	-50.9%
5	UNLRF	PT Unilever Indonesia	-41.3%	-17.6%
6	DLNDY	D&L Industries	-37.5%	-30.7%
7	SUCEF	Sumitomo Osaka Cement	-37.4%	-37.4%
8	PTKFF	PT Kalbe Farma	-34.7%	-32.1%
9	SMTGF	SMA Solar Technology	-30.1%	28.4%
10	PMDKF	PT Mitra Adiperkasa	-28.6%	-48.9%

1 Week Top Gainers

#	Ticker	Company	1W Rtn	YTD Rtn
1	EAF	GrafTech International	804.0%	-47.2%
2	RLMD	Relmada Therapeutics	122.3%	182.7%
3	XELA	Exela Technologies	109.6%	-95.5%
4	PSNYW	Polestar Automotive UK	96.2%	141.5%
5	TKCM	Token Communities	82.8%	-64.7%
6	PHJMF	PT Hanjaya Mandala Sampoerna	66.7%	34.8%
7	ANGGF	Angang Steel	61.2%	25.0%
8	DTNOF	DNO	49.5%	141.9%
9	BW	Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises	48.5%	54.9%
10	MDB	MongoDB	46.0%	34.4%

1 Week Top Losers

#	Ticker	Company	1W Rtn	YTD Rtn
1	COSG	Grand Gallery	-100.0%	�
2	PTLKF	PT Lippo Karawaci	-95.2%	-94.7%
3	NXTT	Next Technology	-74.5%	-89.4%
4	SCGY	Scientific Energy	-72.7%	-26.9%
5	MGAWF	Megaworld	-71.0%	-71.0%
6	TTOO	T2 Biosystems	-67.7%	-99.0%
7	PTTMF	PT Timah	-62.8%	-83.1%
8	PIGEF	Pigeon	-62.4%	-62.4%
9	NEGG	Newegg Commerce	-53.8%	290.6%
10	PTJSF	PT Jasa Marga	-50.9%	-50.9%

1 Month Top Gainers

#	Ticker	Company	1M Rtn	YTD Rtn
1	MMEX	MMEX Resources	∞%	-50.0%
2	TAWNF	Thai Airways International	3674.5%	3400.0%
3	NOKPF	Nok Airlines	2400.0%	81.8%
4	AYRWF	Ayr Wellness	509.5%	-94.6%
5	XELA	Exela Technologies	379.0%	-95.5%
6	SRNE	Sorrento Therapeutics	233.3%	900.0%
7	PGEN	Precigen	169.9%	324.1%
8	TLS	Telos	154.7%	89.2%
9	SATS	EchoStar	142.7%	179.1%
10	RLMD	Relmada Therapeutics	139.0%	182.7%

1 Month Top Losers

#	Ticker	Company	1M Rtn	YTD Rtn
1	COSG	Grand Gallery	-100.0%	�
2	PTLKF	PT Lippo Karawaci	-95.2%	-94.7%
3	TTOO	T2 Biosystems	-94.8%	-99.0%
4	NXTT	Next Technology	-86.5%	-89.4%
5	OTRK	Ontrak	-78.2%	-96.6%
6	SCGY	Scientific Energy	-72.7%	-26.9%
7	PPCB	Propanc Biopharma	-72.1%	-79.1%
8	MGAWF	Megaworld	-71.0%	-71.0%
9	PTTMF	PT Timah	-62.8%	-83.1%
10	PIGEF	Pigeon	-62.4%	-62.4%

Recent Active Movers

1 Day Top Gainers

#	Ticker	Company	1D Rtn	YTD Rtn
1	XELA	Exela Technologies	212.4%	-95.5%
2	TKCM	Token Communities	82.8%	-64.7%
3	ANGGF	Angang Steel	61.2%	25.0%
4	BATMF	British American Tobacco Malaysia	43.4%	59.2%
5	KYSEF	Kyushu Electric Power	32.1%	32.1%
6	STTK	Shattuck Labs	26.7%	5.8%
7	KTHAF	Krung Thai Bank	24.0%	24.0%
8	SFOSF	Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical	23.7%	61.7%
9	INDOY	Indorama Ventures	20.9%	-5.5%
10	M	Macy's	20.7%	-1.0%

1 Day Top Losers

#	Ticker	Company	1D Rtn	YTD Rtn
1	PTLKF	PT Lippo Karawaci	-95.2%	-94.7%
2	MGAWF	Megaworld	-71.0%	-71.0%
3	PTTMF	PT Timah	-62.8%	-83.1%
4	PTJSF	PT Jasa Marga	-50.9%	-50.9%
5	UNLRF	PT Unilever Indonesia	-41.3%	-17.6%
6	DLNDY	D&L Industries	-37.5%	-30.7%
7	SUCEF	Sumitomo Osaka Cement	-37.4%	-37.4%
8	PTKFF	PT Kalbe Farma	-34.7%	-32.1%
9	SMTGF	SMA Solar Technology	-30.1%	28.4%
10	PMDKF	PT Mitra Adiperkasa	-28.6%	-48.9%

1 Week Top Gainers

#	Ticker	Company	1W Rtn	YTD Rtn
1	EAF	GrafTech International	804.0%	-47.2%
2	RLMD	Relmada Therapeutics	122.3%	182.7%
3	XELA	Exela Technologies	109.6%	-95.5%
4	PSNYW	Polestar Automotive UK	96.2%	141.5%
5	TKCM	Token Communities	82.8%	-64.7%
6	PHJMF	PT Hanjaya Mandala Sampoerna	66.7%	34.8%
7	ANGGF	Angang Steel	61.2%	25.0%
8	DTNOF	DNO	49.5%	141.9%
9	BW	Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises	48.5%	54.9%
10	MDB	MongoDB	46.0%	34.4%

1 Week Top Losers

#	Ticker	Company	1W Rtn	YTD Rtn
1	COSG	Grand Gallery	-100.0%	�
2	PTLKF	PT Lippo Karawaci	-95.2%	-94.7%
3	NXTT	Next Technology	-74.5%	-89.4%
4	SCGY	Scientific Energy	-72.7%	-26.9%
5	MGAWF	Megaworld	-71.0%	-71.0%
6	TTOO	T2 Biosystems	-67.7%	-99.0%
7	PTTMF	PT Timah	-62.8%	-83.1%
8	PIGEF	Pigeon	-62.4%	-62.4%
9	NEGG	Newegg Commerce	-53.8%	290.6%
10	PTJSF	PT Jasa Marga	-50.9%	-50.9%

Peer Comparisons for WPP

Financials

	WPP	DV	APP	TTD	OMC	IPG	Median
Name	WPP	DoubleVe.	AppLovin	Trade De.	Omnicom	Interpub.
Mkt Price	26.55	15.97	487.35	53.77	77.53	26.46	40.16
Mkt Cap	-	2.6	165.0	26.4	15.1	9.7	15.1
Rev LTM	6,605	714	5,314	2,679	15,911	10,345	5,959
Op Inc LTM	-1,705	85	2,953	475	2,211	1,450	963
FCF LTM	-	150	2,852	746	1,767	840	840
FCF 3Y Avg	-	116	1,691	586	1,306	790	790
CFO LTM	-	179	2,856	929	1,917	959	959
CFO 3Y Avg	-	145	1,701	702	1,415	948	948

Growth & Margins

	WPP	DV	APP	TTD	OMC	IPG	Median
Name	WPP	DoubleVe.	AppLovin	Trade De.	Omnicom	Interpub.
Rev Chg LTM	10.1%	16.5%	48.2%	23.2%	5.2%	-5.2%	13.3%
Rev Chg 3Y Avg	12.0%	21.9%	23.7%	24.5%	3.7%	-1.3%	16.9%
Rev Chg Q	14.3%	21.3%	77.0%	18.7%	4.2%	-6.4%	16.5%
QoQ Delta Rev Chg LTM	3.3%	4.9%	11.5%	4.3%	1.0%	-1.6%	3.8%
Op Mgn LTM	-25.8%	11.9%	55.6%	17.7%	13.9%	14.0%	14.0%
Op Mgn 3Y Avg	-27.2%	12.8%	32.0%	13.4%	14.3%	13.5%	13.5%
QoQ Delta Op Mgn LTM	-1.4%	-0.2%	5.6%	0.1%	-0.6%	0.6%	-0.1%
CFO/Rev LTM	-	25.1%	53.7%	34.7%	12.0%	9.3%	25.1%
CFO/Rev 3Y Avg	-	23.5%	40.7%	32.0%	9.3%	8.9%	23.5%
FCF/Rev LTM	-	21.0%	53.7%	27.8%	11.1%	8.1%	21.0%
FCF/Rev 3Y Avg	-	18.6%	40.5%	26.8%	8.5%	7.4%	18.6%

Valuation

	WPP	DV	APP	TTD	OMC	IPG	Median
Name	WPP	DoubleVe.	AppLovin	Trade De.	Omnicom	Interpub.
Mkt Cap	-	2.6	165.0	26.4	15.1	9.7	15.1
P/S	-	3.6	31.1	9.8	0.9	0.9	3.6
P/EBIT	-	27.9	59.8	55.5	6.6	10.5	27.9
P/E	-	49.3	67.9	63.2	11.0	22.0	49.3
P/CFO	-	14.5	57.8	28.4	7.9	10.2	14.5
Total Yield	-	2.0%	1.5%	1.6%	12.8%	9.6%	2.0%
Dividend Yield	-	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	3.6%	5.1%	0.0%
FCF Yield 3Y Avg	-	3.7%	5.5%	1.5%	8.2%	7.3%	5.5%
D/E	-	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.4	0.0
Net D/E	-	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.3	0.3	0.0

Returns

	WPP	DV	APP	TTD	OMC	IPG	Median
Name	WPP	DoubleVe.	AppLovin	Trade De.	Omnicom	Interpub.
1M Rtn	-0.3%	3.4%	23.4%	-40.1%	8.6%	9.2%	6.0%
3M Rtn	-32.1%	8.4%	17.0%	-29.3%	10.9%	16.7%	9.7%
6M Rtn	-30.3%	8.1%	53.3%	-19.2%	-3.1%	0.0%	-1.5%
12M Rtn	-39.4%	-17.6%	453.0%	-46.7%	-18.6%	-13.0%	-18.1%
3Y Rtn	-25.8%	-38.4%	1,923.0%	-12.2%	30.5%	10.1%	-1.0%
1M Excs Rtn	-2.2%	1.5%	21.5%	-42.0%	6.7%	7.3%	4.1%
3M Excs Rtn	-41.0%	4.3%	14.3%	-35.7%	2.5%	8.2%	3.4%
6M Excs Rtn	-41.2%	0.8%	37.3%	-32.1%	-13.1%	-9.9%	-11.5%
12M Excs Rtn	-56.3%	-34.6%	416.7%	-63.4%	-33.4%	-28.6%	-34.0%
3Y Excs Rtn	-87.0%	-97.7%	1,733.7%	-74.1%	-32.6%	-52.7%	-63.4%

Financials

Annual
Quarterly

$ Mil \| FY: 12/31	LTM	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
Period End		12/31/2024	12/31/2023	12/31/2022	12/31/2021	12/31/2020	12/31/2019
Filing Date		3/28/2025	3/21/2024	3/24/2023	4/6/2022	4/29/2021	5/1/2020
Key Financials
Total Revenue	6,186	14,741	14,845	14,429	12,801	12,003	13,234
Ebitda	-1,552	1,942	1,910	2,032	1,776	-1,848	2,260
Operating Income	-1,771	1,325	531	1,358	1,229	-2,278	1,296
Net Income	466	542	110	683	638	-2,965	844
EPS	1.97	2.52	0.52	3.11	2.67	-12.12	3.38
Growth Rates
Total Revenue Growth	4.1%	-0.7%	2.9%	12.7%	6.7%	-9.3%	1.4%
EBITDA Growth	9.6%	1.7%	-6.0%	14.4%	196.1%	-181.8%	22.7%
Operating Income Growth	-0.0%	149.5%	-60.9%	10.5%	153.9%	-275.8%	4.1%
Net Income Growth	6.4%	392.7%	-83.9%	7.1%	121.5%	-451.3%	2.4%
Margins
EBITDA Margin	-25.1%	13.2%	12.9%	14.1%	13.9%	-15.4%	17.1%
Operating Income Margin	-28.6%	9.0%	3.6%	9.4%	9.6%	-19.0%	9.8%
Net Income Margin	7.5%	3.7%	0.7%	4.7%	5.0%	-24.7%	6.4%
Cash & Debt
Total Cash	2,040	2,638	2,218	2,492	3,883	12,899	11,306
Total Debt	3,326	6,348	6,875	7,181	6,826	15,751	15,095
Net Debt / (Cash)	1,286	3,710	4,657	4,690	2,943	2,852	3,789
Cash Flows
Net Cash from Operations	-	1,408	1,238	701	2,029	2,051	1,850
Free Cash from Operations	-	1,172	1,021	477	1,736	1,778	1,456
Returns to Shareholders
Dividends	0	425	423	365	315	122	750
Share Repurchases	-0	82	54	862	818	290	44

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Segment Financials

Revenue by Segment

$ Mil	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
Global Integrated Agencies	12,532	12,133	10,888	10,266	10,205
Public Relations	1,262	1,233	964	893	956
Specialist Agencies	1,051	1,063	950	844	2,072
Total	14,845	14,429	12,801	12,003	13,234

	1M	2M	3M	6M	1Y	3Y
Beta	-0.09	-0.39	0.01	0.66	0.71	0.85
Up Beta	-0.34	-0.52	-0.07	0.81	0.73	0.84
Down Beta	0.08	-0.56	0.56	0.61	0.80	0.83
Up Capture	-18%	-151%	-109%	6%	19%	41%
Bmk +ve Days	10	22	35	71	142	415
Stock +ve Days	8	16	26	58	120	382
Down Capture	15%	160%	155%	87%	96%	100%
Bmk -ve Days	11	19	27	54	106	334
Stock -ve Days	13	24	35	66	127	365

Short Interest

Short Interest: As Of Date	8152025
Short Interest: Shares Quantity	1,458,393
Short Interest: % Change Since 7312025	5.0%
Average Daily Volume	532,595
Days-to-Cover Short Interest	2.74

SEC Filings

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Report Date	Filing
12312024	20-F 12/31/2024
6302024	6-K 6/30/2024
12312023	Annual 12/31/2023
6302022	6-K 6/30/2022
12312021	20-F 12/31/2021
6302021	6-K 6/30/2021
12312020	20-F 12/31/2020
6302020	6-K 6/30/2020
6302019	6-K 6/30/2019
12312018	20-F 12/31/2018
6302018	6-K 6/30/2018
12312017	20-F 12/31/2017
6302017	6-K 6/30/2017
6302016	6-K 6/30/2016
12312015	20-F 12/31/2015
6302015	6-K 6/30/2015

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WPP (WPP)

Market Price (9/4/2025): $26.76 | Market Cap: $-Sector: Communication Services | Industry: Advertising

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Market Price (9/4/2025): $26.76Market Cap: $-Sector: Communication ServicesIndustry: Advertising

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Market Price (9/4/2025): $26.76 | Market Cap: $-
Sector: Communication Services | Industry: Advertising

Market Price (9/4/2025): $26.76
Market Cap: $-
Sector: Communication Services
Industry: Advertising