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WPP (LON:WPP) Shares Down 15.8% - Here's Why

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WPP plc (LON:WPP - Get Free Report) shares were down 15.8% during trading on Wednesday . The stock traded as low as GBX 426 ($5.79) and last traded at GBX 444 ($6.03). Approximately 122,111,563 shares traded hands during trading, an increase of 1,198% from the average daily volume of 9,405,171 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 527.60 ($7.17).

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their target price on shares of WPP from GBX 590 ($8.02) to GBX 480 ($6.52) and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a report on Thursday.

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WPP Price Performance

The company's fifty day moving average is GBX 557.73 and its 200 day moving average is GBX 635.04. The firm has a market cap of £4.54 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.23, a PEG ratio of 13.47 and a beta of 1.13. The company has a quick ratio of 0.89, a current ratio of 0.89 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 215.67.

About WPP

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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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