WPP PLC ADR (WPP)

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COMMUNICATION SERVICES • ADVERTISING AGENCIES • NYSE

$27.18

+1.61 (+6.28%)

Market Cap: $5.59B

Last updated: Oct 16, 2026 at 1:55 PM ET

Earnings

Performance (10Y)

Beat Rate

63%(5/8)

Avg Surprise

-30.90%

Streak

4 Q

Upcoming Estimates

Period ending Sep 30, 2026

EPS Consensus$N/A

Revenue Consensus

$2.4B

Range$2.4B - $2.4B

2 analysts

Period	Reported	Est.	Range	Surprise	B/M	Analysts	Revisions	YoY
Sep 30, 2026Sep 26EST	-	N/A	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jun 30, 2026Jun 26 Reported Aug 6, 2026Reported Aug 6	$N/A	N/A	-	N/A	Beat	-	-	-
Mar 31, 2026Mar 26 Reported Apr 24, 2026Reported Apr 24	$0.00	$0.00	-	N/A	Beat	-	-	-
Dec 31, 2025Dec 25 Reported Feb 26, 2026Reported Feb 26	$2.90	$2.72	-	+6.62%	Beat	-	-	+835.5%
Sep 30, 2025Sep 25 Reported Oct 30, 2025Reported Oct 30	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00 - $0.00	N/A	Beat	0	No revisions (30d)	-
Jun 30, 2025Jun 25 Reported Aug 7, 2025Reported Aug 7	$0.04	$0.00	$0.00 - $0.00	N/A	Beat	0	No revisions (30d)	-
Mar 31, 2025Mar 25 Reported Apr 25, 2025Reported Apr 25	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00 - $0.00	N/A	Beat	0	No revisions (30d)	-
Dec 31, 2024Dec 24 Reported Feb 27, 2025Reported Feb 27	$0.31	$0.00	$0.00 - $0.00	N/A	Beat	0	No revisions (30d)	-96.9%
Sep 30, 2024Sep 24 Reported Nov 8, 2024Reported Nov 8	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00 - $0.00	N/A	Beat	0	No revisions (30d)	-
Jun 30, 2024Jun 24 Reported Aug 7, 2024Reported Aug 7	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00 - $0.00	N/A	Beat	0	No revisions (30d)	-100.0%
Mar 31, 2024Mar 24 Reported Apr 25, 2024Reported Apr 25	$0.00	$0.00	-	N/A	Beat	-	-	-
Dec 31, 2023Dec 23 Reported Feb 22, 2024Reported Feb 22	$10.10	$0.00	-	N/A	Beat	1	-	-
Sep 30, 2023Sep 23 Reported Oct 26, 2023Reported Oct 26	$0.00	$0.00	-	N/A	Beat	-	-	-
Jun 30, 2023Jun 23 Reported Aug 4, 2023Reported Aug 4	$33.10	$0.00	-	N/A	Beat	-	-	-
Mar 31, 2023Mar 23 Reported Apr 27, 2023Reported Apr 27	$0.00	$0.00	-	N/A	Beat	-	-	-
Dec 31, 2022Dec 22 Reported Feb 23, 2023Reported Feb 23	$0.00	$0.00	-	N/A	Beat	-	-	-100.0%
Sep 30, 2022Sep 22 Reported Oct 26, 2022Reported Oct 26	$0.00	$0.00	-	N/A	Beat	-	-	-
Jun 30, 2022Jun 22 Reported Aug 5, 2022Reported Aug 5	$0.00	$0.00	-	N/A	Beat	-	-	-100.0%
Mar 31, 2022Mar 22 Reported Apr 27, 2022Reported Apr 27	$0.00	$0.00	-	N/A	Beat	-	-	-100.0%
Dec 31, 2021Dec 21 Reported Mar 10, 2022Reported Mar 10	$3.24	$3.24	-	+0.00%	Beat	-	-	+3.5%
Sep 30, 2021Sep 21 Reported Oct 28, 2021Reported Oct 28	$0.00	$0.00	-	N/A	Beat	-	-	+100.0%
Jun 30, 2021Jun 21 Reported Aug 5, 2021Reported Aug 5	$2.01	$1.95	-	+3.08%	Beat	-	-	+95.1%
Mar 31, 2021Mar 21 Reported Apr 28, 2021Reported Apr 28	$0.14	$0.00	-	N/A	Beat	-	-	+108.8%
Dec 31, 2020Dec 20 Reported Mar 11, 2021Reported Mar 11	$3.13	$2.75	-	+13.82%	Beat	-	-	+292.1%
Sep 30, 2020Sep 20 Reported Oct 29, 2020Reported Oct 29	$-0.19	$0.00	-	N/A	Miss	-	-	-
Jun 30, 2020Jun 20 Reported Aug 27, 2020Reported Aug 27	$1.03	$0.00	-	N/A	Beat	-	-	-
Mar 31, 2020Mar 20 Reported Apr 29, 2020Reported Apr 29	$-1.62	$0.00	-	N/A	Miss	-	-	-1294.6%
Dec 31, 2019Dec 19 Reported Feb 27, 2020Reported Feb 27	$-1.63	N/A	-	-140.02%	Miss	-	-	-153.4%
Sep 30, 2019Sep 19 Reported Oct 25, 2019Reported Oct 25	$0.00	$0.00	-	N/A	Beat	-	-	-
Jun 30, 2019Jun 19 Reported Aug 9, 2019Reported Aug 9	$0.00	N/A	-	-100.00%	Miss	-	-	-100.0%
Mar 31, 2019Mar 19 Reported Apr 26, 2019Reported Apr 26	$0.14	$0.00	-	N/A	Beat	-	-	-61.4%
Dec 31, 2018Dec 18 Reported Mar 1, 2019Reported Mar 1	$3.05	$4.40	-	-30.68%	Miss	-	-	+281.3%
Sep 30, 2018Sep 18 Reported Oct 25, 2018Reported Oct 25	$0.00	$0.00	-	N/A	Beat	-	-	-
Jun 30, 2018Jun 18 Reported Sep 4, 2018Reported Sep 4	$2.78	$2.78	-	+0.00%	Beat	-	-	+491.5%
Mar 31, 2018Mar 18 Reported Apr 30, 2018Reported Apr 30	$0.35	$0.00	-	N/A	Beat	-	-	+16.1%
Dec 31, 2017Dec 17 Reported Mar 1, 2018Reported Mar 1	$0.80	$0.00	-	N/A	Beat	-	-	+174.1%
Sep 30, 2017Sep 17 Reported Oct 31, 2017Reported Oct 31	$0.00	$0.00	-	N/A	Beat	-	-	-
Jun 30, 2017Jun 17 Reported Aug 23, 2017Reported Aug 23	$0.47	$0.00	-	N/A	Beat	-	-	-
Mar 31, 2017Mar 17 Reported Apr 27, 2017Reported Apr 27	$0.30	$0.00	-	N/A	Beat	-	-	-
Dec 31, 2016Dec 16 Reported Mar 3, 2017Reported Mar 3	$0.29	$0.00	-	N/A	Beat	0	No revisions (30d)	-

Dividends

Dividend Metrics

Forward Yield3.73%

Forward Annual Dividend$1.01

Payout Ratio32.81%

FrequencySemi-Annual

Pay MonthsJul, Nov

Growth

3Y CAGR+0.04%

5Y CAGR-6.75%

WPP dividend history and ex-dividend dates Run WPP in the free DRIP calculator

Key Metrics

Valuation
P/E Ratio	N/A	EV/EBITDA	9.01x
Price/FCF	N/A	FCF Yield	N/A
Profitability
Profit Margin	-1.81%	Operating Margin	4.09%
ROE	-6.62%	ROIC	3.30%
Financial Health
Debt/Equity	2.07x	Interest Coverage	1.14x
Current Ratio	0.87x	Quick Ratio	0.87x
Trading Statistics
Beta	0.74	Avg Volume	333.77K
52-Week High	$27.25	52-Week Low	$14.13

Technical Indicators Dashboard

Moving Averages

SMA 10$25.17

SMA 20$25.03

SMA 50$25.29

SMA 200$19.82

EMA 10$25.51

EMA 20$25.19

EMA 50$24.24

EMA 200$21.93

MACD

Line: 0.36Signal: 0.19Hist: 0.18

ADX

ADX: 10.7+DI: 32.9-DI: 18.7

Aroon & PSAR

Aroon Up100.0

Aroon Down68.0

PSAR$24.52

Bollinger Bands

Upper Band$26.41

Lower Band$23.66

%B Position1097%(Upper)

Band Width1.28

RSI (14-Day)

Neutral

65.6

Momentum Oscillators

Stoch %K80.4

Stoch %D62.7

Williams %R-0.9

ROC (10d)9.9%

Momentum2.45

CCI (20d)260.5

MFI (14d)55.8

Volatility Measures

ATR (14d)$0.93(3.4%)

StdDev (20d)0.69

Hist Vol36.9%(Moderate)

Volume Flow

VWAP$26.79

OBV2.1M

AD Line-388.7M

CMF (20d)-1.435

Volume Metrics

Avg Vol (20d)323.2K

Vol Ratio1.6x(High)

VWMA (20d)$25.06

Pivot Points

R3$26.08

R2$25.92

R1$25.74

Pivot Point$25.58

S1$25.40

S2$25.24

S3$25.06

Advanced Oscillators

TSI11.07

Ultimate Osc43.4

KST-1.54

Financial Data

Quarter	Jun 2026	Dec 2025	Jun 2025	Dec 2024	Jun 2024	Mar 2024	Dec 2023	Sep 2023	Jun 2023	Mar 2023	Dec 2022	Sep 2022
Total Revenue	$6.42B	$6.89B	$6.66B	$7.51B	$7.23B	$3.61B	$7.62B	$3.81B	$7.22B	$3.61B	$7.67B	$3.84B
Cost of Revenue	$5.61B	$5.58B	$5.83B	$6.10B	$6.19B	$3.09B	$6.17B	$3.08B	$6.16B	$3.08B	$6.18B	$3.09B
Gross Profit	$810.94M	$1.31B	$837.00M	$1.41B	$1.04B	$520.00M	$1.45B	$727.40M	$1.06B	$532.10M	$1.49B	$745.70M

Operating Expenses	$442.24M	$1.15B	$455.00M	$509.00M	$617.00M	$283.00M	$1.23B	$594.85M	$758.00M	$365.80M	$671.90M	$315.75M
R&D	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$14.50M	$14.50M
SG&A	$0	$1.15B	$455.00M	$509.00M	$617.00M	$308.50M	$1.23B	$614.95M	$758.00M	$379.05M	$671.90M	$335.95M
Operating Income	$368.70M	$161.00M	$382.00M	$902.00M	$423.00M	$211.50M	$224.90M	$107.30M	$306.00M	$153.05M	$819.50M	$406.80M

Interest Income	$0	$128.00M	$123.00M	$195.00M	$85.00M	$0	$0	$0	$101.80M	$0	$14.20M	$0
Interest Expense	$175.28M	$174.00M	$178.00M	$207.00M	$210.00M	$42.50M	$158.30M	$36.30M	$230.70M	$50.90M	$208.60M	$36.20M
Income Before Tax	$106.78M	$33.00M	$98.00M	$693.00M	$338.00M	$169.00M	$142.00M	$71.00M	$204.00M	$102.15M	$741.20M	$370.60M
Income Tax Expense	$69.51M	$275.00M	$28.00M	$310.00M	$92.00M	$46.00M	$94.10M	$47.05M	$55.00M	$27.50M	$266.90M	$133.45M

Net Income	$19.14M	$-259,000,000	$44.00M	$337.00M	$205.00M	$102.50M	$-1,600,000	$-800,000	$112.00M	$56.00M	$424.80M	$212.40M

EBITDA	$584.28M	$244.03M	$494.00M	$1.12B	$686.99M	$277.50M	$1.16B	$176.50M	$563.93M	$217.70M	$1.06B	$469.05M
EBIT	$368.70M	$33.00M	$259.00M	$892.00M	$423.00M	$211.50M	$214.60M	$107.30M	$306.00M	$153.05M	$813.60M	$406.80M

* Some calculated fields are derived from available data when not provided by source

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Government Contracts

Gov Obligations (TTM)

$85.97M

Gov Obligations / Revenue

0.6%

Obligations YoY

-35.0%

Active Awards

New Awards (TTM)

Avg Remaining Term

9.1 mo

Top agency: Department of Defense at 87.6% of trailing twelve month obligations across 5 agencies

Recent Awards

Award ID	Agency	Obligated	Start	End	Description
N0018926FZ007	Department of DefenseDepartment of the Navy	$20.00M	Nov 15, 2025	Mar 31, 2026	OPT IV SPACE CHARGES MEDIA PLACEMENT DIGITAL MEDIA FY26 Q1 - Q2.
N0018926FD011	Department of DefenseDepartment of the Navy	$16.50M	Mar 26, 2026	Jul 31, 2026	DIGITAL MEDIA AND INTERNET ADVERTISING SERVICES IN SUPPORT OF THE NAVY RECRUITING COMMAND (NRC), FY 26 Q3 - Q4
N0018926FZ139	Department of DefenseDepartment of the Navy	$12.50M	Feb 18, 2026	Jun 30, 2026	OPT IV SPACE CHARGES MEDIA PLACEMENT
N0018925FZ199	Department of DefenseDepartment of the Navy	$6.35M	Aug 21, 2025	Dec 31, 2025	OPT IV SPACE CHARGES MEDIA PLACEMENT FY 25 Q4 - FY26 Q1.
N6671526F0033	Department of DefenseDepartment of the Navy	$4.90M	Apr 28, 2026	Jun 30, 2026	OPT IV ADDITIONAL ADVERTISING SERVICES IN SUPPORT OF COMMANDER, NAVY RECRUITING COMMAND ADVERTISING AND MARKETING PROGRAM
N6671526F0015	Department of DefenseDepartment of the Navy	$4.90M	Feb 20, 2026	May 19, 2026	OPT IV BASIC ADVERTISING SERVICES IN SUPPORT OF COMMANDER, NAVY RECRUITING COMMAND NAVY MARKETING AND ADVERTISING PROGRAM
N6671526F0010	Department of DefenseDepartment of the Navy	$3.27M	Dec 20, 2025	Feb 19, 2026	OPT IV BASIC ADVERTISING SERVICES IN SUPPORT OF COMMANDER, NAVY RECRUITING COMMAND NAVY MARKETING AND ADVERTISING PROGRAM.
N6671526F0007	Department of DefenseDepartment of the Navy	$2.76M	Oct 24, 2025	Jan 24, 2026	OPT IV FIELD EVENTS MARKETING IN SUPPORT OF THE COMMANDER, NAVY RECRUITING COMMAND MARKETING AND ADVERTISING PROGRAM
N6671526F0022	Department of DefenseDepartment of the Navy	$2.23M	Jan 25, 2026	Mar 15, 2026	OPT IV FIELD EVENTS MARKETING ODES (CLIN 4005) IN SUPPORT OF THE COMMANDER, NAVY RECRUITING COMMAND MARKETING AND ADVERTISING PROGRAM
N6671526F0028	Department of DefenseDepartment of the Navy	$2.17M	Mar 16, 2026	May 19, 2026	OPT IV FIELD EVENTS MARKETING ODES (CLIN 4005) IN SUPPORT OF THE COMMANDER, NAVY RECRUITING COMMAND MARKETING AND ADVERTISING PROGRAM

Federal contract obligations are bookings recorded by the awarding agency, not recognized revenue. They can exceed 100% of revenue and can be negative when contracts are de-obligated. Source: USAspending.gov prime awards, data through Jul 31, 2026.

News

WPP expands Kyndryl alliance as leadership changes reshape WPP stock

WPP is expanding its alliance with Kyndryl and undergoing leadership changes as part of its Elevate28 strategy to improve efficiency in its marketing technology platform. This comes as the company reported a 4.4% drop...

ad-hoc-news.de•Oct 15, 2026 8:11 AM ET10/15/26•Bearish

WPP advances Tuesday, outperforms market

WPP PLC shares rose 4.17% to £3.94 on Tuesday, outperforming the broader market as the FTSE 100 Index fell 0.06%. The company's stock closed 4.41% below its 52-week high of £4.13, which was achieved on August 10th.

MarketWatch•Oct 13, 2026 8:05 AM ET10/13/26•Bullish

WPP slips Monday, underperforms market

WPP PLC shares fell 1.89% to £3.79 on Monday, underperforming the FTSE 100 Index which rose by 0.99%. The company's stock closed 8.24% below its 52-week high of £4.13, reached on August 10th.

MarketWatch•Oct 12, 2026 8:05 AM ET10/12/26•Bearish

WPP advances Friday, outperforms market

WPP PLC (WPP) saw its shares rise by 3.65% to £3.86 on Friday, outperforming the broader market as the FTSE 100 Index also increased. The company's stock closed 6.47% below its 52-week high of £4.13...

MarketWatch•Oct 9, 2026 8:05 AM ET10/9/26•Bullish

Is WPP plc (LSE:WPP) In The Spotlight As Its Shares Trade Ex-Dividend This Week?

WPP plc (LSE:WPP) traded ex-dividend this week, alongside Kingfisher and Taylor Wimpey, drawing investor attention as the advertising giant navigates industry changes driven by AI and client caution. The article...

Kalkine Media•Oct 9, 2026 3:12 AM ET10/9/26•Neutral

WPP Valuation and Fair Value

Forward P/E: 4.4x
EV/EBITDA: 9.0x
PEG: 4.2x
P/B: 1.7x

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WPP Profitability: Margins, ROIC and FCF

Gross margin: 16.0%
Operating margin: 4.1%
Net margin: -1.8%
ROIC: 3.3%
ROE: -6.6%
FCF margin: 10.0%

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Sector: Communication Services

WPP Analyst Ratings

Consensus: Sell
Analysts: 3
Strong Buy: 0
Buy: 0
Hold: 2
Sell: 0
Strong Sell: 1

WPP Bull Case vs Bear Case

Bear case

WPP has a -1.8% net profit margin.
WPP beat EPS estimates in 37.5% of its last 8 reported quarters.
WPP's quarterly revenue changed -4.4% year over year.

WPP Earnings: Beat Rate and Next Report

Beat rate: 3 of 8 quarters (37.5%)
Average surprise: 6.6%

WPP Dividend

Forward yield: 3.7%
Payout ratio: 32.8%
3Y DPS growth: 0.0%
5Y DPS growth: -6.8%
Pay months: Jul, Nov

WPP dividend history

Frequently Asked Questions About WPP

What is WPP's current dividend yield?

WPP PLC ADR (WPP) has a forward dividend yield of 3.73%.

Does WPP pay dividends?

Yes, WPP PLC ADR pays dividends with a forward dividend yield of 3.73%.

What is WPP's market cap?

WPP PLC ADR (WPP) has a market capitalization of $5.59B with a current stock price of $27.18.

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