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WPP PLC
WPP Communication Services Advertising Agencies
WPP PLC’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $17.9 billion, down 5.14% from fiscal 2024. Insiders bought in the last twelve months.
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| Group | Line | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Trend | 2026e | 2027e | 2028e |
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| Price, $ | |||||||||||||||
| Price, $ | Low | 95.67 | 82.44 | 50.31 | 50.91 | 27.18 | 51.86 | 39.67 | 41.13 | 43.02 | 17.47 |
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| High | 121.55 | 119.12 | 103.53 | 70.80 | 70.69 | 76.59 | 83.70 | 64.07 | 57.37 | 51.74 | |||||
| People | |||||||||||||||
| People | Employees | 134,341 | 203,000 | 133,903 | 106,786 | 104,163 | 109,382 | 114,129 | 114,732 | 108,044 | 98,655 | ||||
| Revenue/emp, $m | 0.15 | 0.10 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.15 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.17 | 0.18 | |||||
| Income, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Income, $m | Revenue | 19,501 | 19,674 | 20,826 | 16,899 | 15,412 | 17,603 | 17,847 | 18,465 | 18,838 | 17,868 | ||||
| Gross margin, % | 86.16 | 20.80 | 18.84 | 18.20 | 16.79 | 17.21 | 17.59 | 16.97 | 16.63 | 15.84 | |||||
| EBT | 2,562 | 2,718 | 1,953 | 1,254 | (3,583) | 1,307 | 1,435 | 431 | 1,318 | 173 | |||||
| EBT margin, % | 13.14 | 13.82 | 9.38 | 7.42 | (23.25) | 7.43 | 8.04 | 2.33 | 6.99 | 0.97 | |||||
| Net income | 2,035 | 2,465 | 1,521 | 917 | (3,728) | 991 | 959 | 245 | 804 | (227) | |||||
| Depreciation | 616 | 630 | 971 | 937 | 4,435 | 745 | 635 | 864 | 631 | 589 | |||||
| Per share, $ | |||||||||||||||
| Per share, $ | Revenue | 76.31 | 78.00 | 83.45 | 67.59 | 63.01 | 73.71 | 81.28 | 86.12 | 87.45 | 83.03 | ||||
| Earnings | 7.43 | 9.28 | 5.63 | 3.19 | (15.24) | 3.61 | 3.85 | 0.64 | 3.21 | (1.32) | |||||
| Cash flow | 9.41 | 7.20 | 9.06 | 9.45 | 10.79 | 11.70 | 3.95 | 7.18 | 8.35 | 4.44 | |||||
| Capex | (1.47) | (1.63) | (1.96) | (1.12) | (1.37) | (1.64) | (1.19) | (1.23) | (1.28) | (1.09) | |||||
| Free cash flow | 7.94 | 5.57 | 7.10 | 8.33 | 9.41 | 10.07 | 2.76 | 5.95 | 7.08 | 3.35 | |||||
| Book value | 51.80 | 50.90 | 52.45 | 43.13 | 27.12 | 23.43 | 23.44 | 22.23 | 22.15 | 16.99 | |||||
| Shares, m | 256 | 252 | 250 | 250 | 245 | 239 | 220 | 214 | 215 | 215 | |||||
| Valuation, × | |||||||||||||||
| Valuation, × | P/E | 1,017.27 | 828.09 | 108.13 | 61.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 33.17 | 34.99 | 38.21 | 16.70 | ||||
| P/S | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||||
| P/B | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||||
| EV/Sales | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.07 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.06 | 0.08 | |||||
| EV/FCF | 1.64 | 1.68 | 1.68 | 0.52 | 0.24 | 0.30 | 2.11 | (14.19) | 1.59 | 43.84 | |||||
| Cash, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Cash, $m | Operating cash flow | 2,404 | 1,815 | 2,261 | 2,363 | 2,638 | 2,795 | 867 | 1,540 | 1,799 | 955 | ||||
| Capex | (376) | (410) | (488) | (281) | (336) | (391) | (260) | (264) | (275) | (235) | |||||
| Free cash flow | 2,028 | 1,405 | 1,773 | 2,082 | 2,303 | 2,404 | 607 | 1,276 | 1,525 | 720 | |||||
| Balance, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Balance, $m | Working capital | (1,792) | (453) | (889) | (228) | 1,118 | (1,581) | (3,228) | (2,870) | (2,371) | (2,196) | ||||
| Total debt | 8,901 | 8,860 | 8,890 | 5,757 | 17,456 | 6,578 | 6,148 | 5,873 | 5,531 | 6,509 | |||||
| Net debt | 5,598 | 5,778 | 5,361 | 1,966 | 893 | 1,239 | 3,067 | 3,114 | 2,160 | 2,957 | |||||
| Shareholders’ equity | 13,238 | 12,839 | 13,090 | 10,782 | 6,634 | 5,595 | 5,146 | 4,767 | 4,772 | 3,655 | |||||
| Returns, % | |||||||||||||||
| Returns, % | ROA | 4.18 | 5.19 | 3.20 | 1.87 | (8.81) | 2.07 | 2.28 | 0.40 | 2.11 | (0.88) | ||||
| ROIC | 9.28 | 8.26 | 6.47 | 8.11 | (24.29) | 15.45 | 12.78 | 5.24 | 15.27 | 4.76 | |||||
| ROE | 14.89 | 17.96 | 10.94 | 6.68 | (43.76) | 14.34 | 15.72 | 2.77 | 14.52 | (6.73) | |||||
Negative figures in brackets.
Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2010
Charts ten years each
WPP PLC vs peers in Advertising Agencies (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier
| Company | Market cap | P/E | Fwd P/E | Revenue growth (Q) | EPS growth (Q) | FCF growth (Q) | Gross margin (Q) | EBIT margin (Q) | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OMC Omnicom Group Inc. | $22.2B | 67.7× | 8.5× | +63.43% (above 0%: growing) | +58.33% (above 0%: growing) | −357.80% (below 0%: shrinking) | 19.78% | 14.06% | Compare |
| TTD The Trade Desk | $6.2B | 14.4× | 19.9× | +3.03% (above 0%: growing) | −22.22% (below 0%: shrinking) | +29.84% (above 0%: growing) | 74.22% | 14.21% | Compare |
| WPP WPP PLC | $5.9B | 20.3× | 7.5× | +7.31% (above 0%: growing) | −56.60% (below 0%: shrinking) | −21.98% (below 0%: shrinking) | 14.73% | 0.00% | |
| MGNI Magnite, Inc. | $3.5B | 20.0× | 21.5× | +11.24% (above 0%: growing) | +75.00% (above 0%: growing) | +6,786.00% (above 0%: growing) | 67.83% | 16.19% | Compare |
| STGW Stagwell Inc. | $2.2B | 128× | 20.8× | +11.25% (above 0%: growing) | n/m | −53.97% (below 0%: shrinking) | 34.24% | 1.47% | Compare |
| DV DoubleVerify Holdings, Inc. | $2.1B | 37.5× | 21.3× | +2.52% (above 0%: growing) | +60.00% (above 0%: growing) | +63.97% (above 0%: growing) | 83.24% | 11.88% | Compare |
| ZD Ziff Davis, Inc. | $2.0B | 3.2× | 18.8× | −2.74% (below 0%: shrinking) | +2,623.81% (above 0%: growing) | +100.30% (above 0%: growing) | 84.06% | (15.60%) | Compare |
| QNST QuinStreet, Inc. | $932.2M | 11.4× | 12.0× | +42.67% (above 0%: growing) | +450.00% (above 0%: growing) | +84.60% (above 0%: growing) | 13.32% | 5.11% | Compare |
| CRTO Criteo S.A. | $879.9M | 7.6× | 8.2× | −11.32% (below 0%: shrinking) | −42.50% (below 0%: shrinking) | −3.42% (below 0%: shrinking) | 51.92% | 3.51% | Compare |
| Median of peers | $2.2B | 17.2× | 19.4× | +7.14% | +60.00% | +46.91% | 59.88% | 8.50% |
WPP PLC (WPP) key facts
- Concern: WPP PLC’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $17.9 billion, down 5.14% from fiscal 2024.
- Concern: WPP PLC reported a net loss of $226.8 million, or a loss of $1.32 per share, for fiscal 2025.
- WPP PLC (WPP) is an Advertising Agencies company in the Communication Services sector, traded in the US as an ADR.
- As of October 16, 2026, WPP traded at $27.25, a market capitalization of $5.9 billion.
- At that price the stock trades at 20.3× trailing-twelve-month earnings; its P/E is higher than 14% of its own readings over the past ten years.
- WPP PLC pays an annual dividend of $1.01 per share, a yield of 3.69%.
- Return on equity was −6.73% and debt-to-equity 1.92.
- Its Piotroski F-score is 4 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 0.75 (distress zone) for fiscal 2025.