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WPP (LON:WPP) Hits New 1-Year Low on Analyst Downgrade

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WPP plc (LON:WPP - Get Free Report)'s stock price hit a new 52-week low during trading on Friday after JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their price target on the stock from GBX 590 to GBX 480. JPMorgan Chase & Co. currently has a neutral rating on the stock. WPP traded as low as GBX 423.70 ($5.76) and last traded at GBX 424.90 ($5.77), with a volume of 16505572 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at GBX 433.40 ($5.89).

WPP Trading Down 2.0%

The company's 50 day moving average price is GBX 557.73 and its 200 day moving average price is GBX 635.04. The company has a market cap of £4.58 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.45, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 13.47 and a beta of 1.13. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 215.67, a quick ratio of 0.89 and a current ratio of 0.89.

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WPP is the creative transformation company, using the power of creativity to build better futures for our people, planet, clients and communities. At WPP we're reinventing creativity on an ever-broader canvas, bringing together unrivalled talent, resources and skills to provide an integrated offer of communications, experience, commerce and technology for clients.

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