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.

27.94 0.46 −1.62%
Market cap
$6.0B
P/E
20.8×
Fwd P/E
26.8×
Dividend yield
3.60%
F-score
4/9
Altman Z
0.75
Beneish M
−2.80
Dividend safety
16/100

WPP PLC (WPP) Debt to equity

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WPP PLC's debt to equity at the end of the quarter to 30 June 2026 was 1.9×, up 0.1× from fiscal 2025 (1.8×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.5× (fiscal 2019) to 2.6× (fiscal 2020); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. That is above the Advertising Agencies industry median of 0.0× and above the Communication Services sector median of 0.1×.

Debt to equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
FY2025 1.8× 53.63%
FY2024 1.2× (5.90%)
FY2023 1.2× 3.10%
FY2022 1.2× 1.62%
FY2021 1.2× (55.32%)
FY2020 2.6× 392.77%
FY2019 0.5× (21.37%)
FY2018 0.7× (1.59%)
FY2017 0.7× 2.63%
FY2016 0.7× (3.64%)

Quarterly newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
Jun 2026 1.9× 7.66%
Dec 2025 1.8× 26.93%
Jun 2025 1.4× 21.03%
Dec 2024 1.2× (16.57%)
19 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.5× High 2.6×
Ten-year median 1.2×
Current reading's percentile 91

Debt to equity against peers

Company Debt to equity
LFTO Liftoff Mobile, Inc compare −255×
TTD The Trade Desk compare 0.0×
DV DoubleVerify Holdings, Inc. compare 0.0×
QNST QuinStreet, Inc. compare 0.2×
MGNI Magnite, Inc. compare 0.4×
ZD Ziff Davis, Inc. compare 0.4×
OMC Omnicom Group Inc. compare 1.0×
WPP WPP PLC 1.9×
STGW Stagwell Inc. compare 2.0×
Advertising Agencies industry median 0.0×
Communication Services sector median 0.1×
Market median 0.1×

What Debt to equity is

Debt to Equity Ratio shows how much a company relies on borrowed money compared with the money its shareholders have in the business.

(Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt) ÷ Shareholders Equity (Total)

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