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WPP (LON:WPP) Shares Down 18.8% - Should You Sell?

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WPP plc (LON:WPP - Get Free Report) shares traded down 18.8% during mid-day trading on Wednesday . The stock traded as low as GBX 426 ($5.79) and last traded at GBX 428.60 ($5.82). 16,481,002 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 ($7.17).

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased 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 research note on Thursday.

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WPP Price Performance

The firm has a market cap of £4.71 billion, a PE ratio of 23.07, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 13.47 and a beta of 1.13. The stock's fifty day moving average price is GBX 560.67 and its 200-day moving average price is GBX 637.76. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 215.67, a current ratio of 0.89 and a quick ratio of 0.89.

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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