WPP plc (LON:WPP - Get Free Report)'s share price fell 18.8% during mid-day trading on Wednesday . The company traded as low as GBX 426 ($5.75) and last traded at GBX 428.60 ($5.78). 16,481,008 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 92% from the average session volume of 8,598,831 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 527.60 ($7.12).
Analysts Set New Price Targets
Separately, JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their price objective on shares of WPP from GBX 590 ($7.96) to GBX 480 ($6.48) and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday.
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WPP Stock Down 2.9%
The firm has a market cap of £4.54 billion, a P/E ratio of 22.23, a P/E/G ratio of 13.47 and a beta of 1.13. The business's fifty day moving average price is GBX 554.35 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 632.21. The company has a current ratio of 0.89, a quick ratio of 0.89 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 215.67.
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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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