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) Operating margin

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WPP PLC's operating margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2023 was 0.00%. Over the past ten years it has ranged from −19.0% (fiscal 2020) to 14.3% (fiscal 2016); the current reading is higher than 18% of that period. That is in line with the Advertising Agencies industry median of 0.00% and below the Communication Services sector median of 0.94%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 2.82% (6.17)
FY2024 8.99% 5.41
FY2023 3.58% (5.83)
FY2022 9.41% (0.19)
FY2021 9.60% 28.58
FY2020 −19.0% (28.77)
FY2019 9.79% 0.62
FY2018 9.17% (3.33)
FY2017 12.5% (1.84)
FY2016 14.3% 1.00

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Jun 2023 0.00% 0.00
Dec 2022 0.00% 0.00
Jun 2022 0.00% 0.00
Dec 2021 0.00% 0.00
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Against its own ten years

Low −19.0% High 14.3%
Ten-year median 9.41%
Current reading's percentile 18

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
TTD The Trade Desk compare 19.6%
MGNI Magnite, Inc. compare 18.5%
DV DoubleVerify Holdings, Inc. compare 13.3%
ZD Ziff Davis, Inc. compare 8.53%
OMC Omnicom Group Inc. compare 6.39%
STGW Stagwell Inc. compare 4.04%
QNST QuinStreet, Inc. compare 2.74%
WPP WPP PLC 0.00%
LFTO Liftoff Mobile, Inc compare —
Advertising Agencies industry median 0.00%
Communication Services sector median 0.94%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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