Compare Stocks: ASCL, WPP, ITV, and FOUR

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
FOUR Shift4 Payments	$36.22 +1.8%	$44.69	$34.56 ▼ $80.98	$2.86B	1.39	2.01 million shs	1.68 million shs
WPP WPP	$24.70 -2.1%	$24.84	$14.81 ▼ $27.78	$5.33B	0.95	530,878 shs	399,903 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
FOUR Shift4 Payments	-1.47%	-6.80%	-13.07%	-30.57%	-53.72%
WPP WPP	+2.20%	-0.20%	+2.10%	+52.22%	+1.67%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
FOUR Shift4 Payments	$36.22 +1.8%	$44.69	$34.56 ▼ $80.98	$2.86B	1.39	2.01 million shs	1.68 million shs
WPP WPP	$24.70 -2.1%	$24.84	$14.81 ▼ $27.78	$5.33B	0.95	530,878 shs	399,903 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
FOUR Shift4 Payments	-1.47%	-6.80%	-13.07%	-30.57%	-53.72%
WPP WPP	+2.20%	-0.20%	+2.10%	+52.22%	+1.67%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
FOUR Shift4 Payments	2.39	Hold	$59.81	65.14% Upside
WPP WPP	2.13	Hold	N/A	N/A

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest FOUR, WPP, ITV, and ASCL Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
9/24/2026	FOUR Shift4 Payments	Mizuho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Outperform	$55.00 ➝ $46.00
9/11/2026	WPP WPP	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Sell (D)
9/11/2026	FOUR Shift4 Payments	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform	$67.00
9/8/2026	WPP WPP	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy
9/8/2026	FOUR Shift4 Payments	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Hold ➝ Strong Sell
8/31/2026	FOUR Shift4 Payments	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Outperform	$63.00 ➝ $67.00
8/27/2026	FOUR Shift4 Payments	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Hold	$50.00 ➝ $49.00
8/25/2026	FOUR Shift4 Payments	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Equal Weight ➝ Overweight	$55.00 ➝ $59.00
8/24/2026	FOUR Shift4 Payments	B. Riley Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Buy	$120.00 ➝ $96.00
8/11/2026	FOUR Shift4 Payments	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Sell (D+) ➝ Sell (D)
8/10/2026	WPP WPP	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Neutral

(Data available from 10/2/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
FOUR Shift4 Payments	$4.18B	0.68	$10.26 per share	3.53	$11.51 per share	3.15
WPP WPP	$17.87B	0.30	$6.98 per share	3.54	$16.94 per share	1.46

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
FOUR Shift4 Payments	$119M	$0.60	60.36	6.90	0.50	2.20%	28.40%	4.61%	11/5/2026 (Estimated)
WPP WPP	-$283.52M	N/A	N/A	6.38	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Latest FOUR, WPP, ITV, and ASCL Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue	Details
8/6/2026	Q2 2026	FOUR Shift4 Payments	$1.26	$1.32	+$0.06	$0.08	$615.65 million	$1.30 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
FOUR Shift4 Payments	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
WPP WPP	$0.96	3.80%	-25.08%	N/A	N/A

Latest ASCL, WPP, ITV, and FOUR Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
8/6/2026	WPP WPP		$0.5052	3.9%	10/9/2026	10/9/2026	11/2/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
FOUR Shift4 Payments	2.59	1.21	1.21
WPP WPP	1.39	0.87	N/A

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
FOUR Shift4 Payments	98.87%
WPP WPP	4.34%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
FOUR Shift4 Payments	1.54%
WPP WPP	1.00%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
FOUR Shift4 Payments	6,300	78.96 million	77.74 million	Optionable
WPP WPP	98,655	215.76 million	213.60 million	Optionable

ASCL, WPP, ITV, and FOUR Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Jon Cook Steps Down as VML and WPP Creative Boss, Eric Campbell to Succeed

1 hour ago | adweek.comA

WPP (LSE:WPP) Stock Sees Modest Fair Value Lift After Analyst Target Revisions

1 hour ago | finance.yahoo.com

WPP Media elevates Sandeep Kumar to VP - Data Technology & Analytics

October 2 at 12:19 PM | exchange4media.comE

Jon Cook to step down from VML CEO role at WPP, Eric Campbell to succeed

October 2 at 12:19 PM | adgully.comA

WPP : Aide Memoire (WPPQ3 2026 Pre Close Aide Memoire)

October 2 at 12:19 PM | marketscreener.comM

Jon Cook exits WPP

October 2 at 12:19 PM | campaignlive.comC

Jon Cook plans to leave WPP after 30 years at VML—what his exit signals for himself and the holding company

October 2 at 12:19 PM | adage.comA

Jon Cook to leave WPP after three decades at VML

October 2 at 12:19 PM | thedrum.comT

‘I Feel Very Good About The Direction Of Travel’ – WPP’s Rose Herceg

October 2 at 1:47 AM | bandt.com.auB

WPP (NYSE:WPP) Shares Gap Up - Should You Buy?

October 1 at 11:59 AM | marketbeat.com

WPP plc(LSE:WPP) added to FTSE 100 Index

October 1 at 9:31 AM | marketscreener.comM

DS Group launches DCODE 2.0 in collaboration with WPP Media & MICA, integrating AI across the digital marketing ecosystem

October 1 at 9:31 AM | msn.com

WPP plc(LSE:WPP) dropped from FTSE 250 (Ex Investment Companies) Index

October 1 at 9:31 AM | marketscreener.comM

WPP, Balfour Beatty Return to FTSE 100 After Beazley, Schroders Takeovers

October 1 at 9:31 AM | marketwatch.com

WPP Media's Ritika Taneja on why the first 90 days matter for new product launches

September 30 at 7:38 AM | socialsamosa.comS

WPP Media launches commerce-first playbook for product launches in India

September 30 at 7:38 AM | afaqs.comA

WPP Media’s APAC Chief Client Officer Sindhuja Rai quits

September 30 at 7:38 AM | exchange4media.comE

Nestlé taps WPP for AI-driven content model in Greater China

September 30 at 2:37 AM | communicateonline.meC

WPP’s local advertising revenue takes $60m hit

September 29 at 9:37 PM | mumbrella.com.auM

WPP stock trades at EUR 4.50 as turnaround takes shape

September 29 at 11:37 AM | ad-hoc-news.deA

WPP stock at GBp 385.80 on September 28, 2026, down 1.96 percent

September 29 at 6:37 AM | ad-hoc-news.deA

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ASCL, WPP, ITV, and FOUR Company Descriptions

Shift4 Payments NYSE:FOUR

$36.22 +0.64 (+1.79%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$36.17 -0.05 (-0.13%)

As of 06:16 PM Eastern

Shift4 Payments, Inc. (NYSE FOUR) provides integrated payment processing and technology solutions in the United States. Its payments platform provides omni-channel card acceptance and processing solutions, including end-to-end payment processing for various payment types; merchant acquiring; proprietary omni-channel gateway; complementary software integrations; integrated and mobile point-of-sale (POS) solutions; security and risk management solutions; and reporting and analytical tools, as well as tokenization, risk management/underwriting, payment device and chargeback management, fraud prevention, and gift card solutions. The company also offers suite of technology solutions, such as Lighthouse, a cloud-based business intelligence tool that includes customer engagement, social media management, online reputation management, scheduling, and product pricing, as well as reporting and analytics; integrated POS for merchants business; and Skytab, a mobile payment solution. In addition, it provides marketplace technology that enable seamless integrations into third-party applications, which includes online delivery services, payroll, timekeeping, and other human resource services. Further, the company offers merchant management, training and education, marketing management, and incentives tracking solutions. Additionally, it provides merchant underwriting, onboarding and activation, training, risk management, and support services; and software integrations and compliance management, and partner support and services. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

WPP NYSE:WPP

$24.70 -0.52 (-2.06%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$24.60 -0.09 (-0.38%)

As of 04:15 PM Eastern

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.

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