WPP (WPP) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

WPP plc is a global marketing and communications company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It provides advertising, branding, public relations, media investment, customer experience, commerce, data, and technology services to businesses and organizations around the world.

WPP operates through a portfolio of agencies and specialist businesses, including Ogilvy, VML, Burson, and WPP Media. Its services support clients across areas such as creative development, digital marketing, media planning and buying, public affairs, brand strategy, customer relationship management, and marketing technology.

The company traces its origins to Wire and Plastic Products, a British manufacturer acquired by Martin Sorrell in 1985. Following a series of acquisitions and expansions, the business developed into a global communications group and adopted the WPP name. WPP serves clients across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa.

WPP is led by Chief Executive Officer Cindy Rose, who succeeded Mark Read in 2025. Its American depositary shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol WPP.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $24.97 to $25.66
• 50-Day Range: $18.15 to $27.57
• 52-Week Range: $14.81 to $27.78
• Volume: 367,384 shs
• Average Volume: 537,364 shs
• Market Capitalization: $5.45 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 3.84%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Hold

WPP Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

WPP scored higher than 33% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 162nd out of 246 stocks in the communication services sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

WPP has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.13, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 3 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and 2 sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

WPP has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 2.10%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for WPP are expected to grow by 2.10% in the coming year, from $3.81 to $3.89 per share.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

WPP has a P/B Ratio of 1.49. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.77% of the float of WPP has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

WPP has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 5.27.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in WPP has recently decreased by 4.54%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Leadership

WPP is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 3.74%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

WPP does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, WPP will have a dividend payout ratio of 24.94% next year. This indicates that WPP will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.24

News Sentiment

WPP has a news sentiment score of 0.24. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.49 average news sentiment score of Communication Services companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 9 news articles for WPP this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 2 people have searched for WPP on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -82% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

2 people have added WPP to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.1 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, WPP insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

1.00% of the stock of WPP is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

4.34% of the stock of WPP is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/23/2017
• Record date for 7/6 Dividend: 6/05/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 7/6 Dividend: 6/05/2026
• Dividend Payable: 7/06/2026
• Today: 9/24/2026
• Record date for 11/2 Dividend: 10/09/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 11/2 Dividend: 10/09/2026
• Dividend Payable: 11/02/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Communication Services
• Industry: Media
• Sub-Industry: Advertising
• Current Symbol: NYSE:WPP
• CIK: 806968
• Web: www.wpp.com
• Phone: 442072824600
• Fax: 44-20-7493-6819
• Employees: 98,655
• Year Founded: 1971

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): N/A
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: N/A
• Net Margins: N/A
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: N/A
• Return on Assets: N/A

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.39
• Current Ratio: 0.87
• Quick Ratio: 0.89

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $13.26 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.41
• Cash Flow: $6.87 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 3.68
• Book Value: $16.94 per share
• Price / Book: 1.49

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 215,760,000
• Free Float: 213,602,000
• Market Cap: $5.45 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.92