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WPP (LON:WPP) Stock Price Down 18.8% - Here's What Happened

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WPP plc (LON:WPP - Get Free Report)'s share price traded down 18.8% during mid-day trading on Wednesday . The company traded as low as GBX 426 ($5.79) and last traded at GBX 428.60 ($5.82). 16,481,002 shares traded hands during trading, an increase of 92% from the average session volume of 8,598,831 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 527.60 ($7.17).

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

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

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WPP Stock Up 1.1%

The stock has a market capitalization of £4.67 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.89, a price-to-earnings-growth 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. The firm has a 50-day moving average of GBX 560.67 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 637.76.

WPP Company Profile

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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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