WPP plc (WPP)
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Key Info
| Market Cap | 12.96B |
| Revenue (ttm) | 17.41B |
| Net Income (ttm) | 944.61M |
| Shares Out | 1.33B |
| EPS (ttm) | 9.89 |
| PE Ratio | 5.35 |
| Forward PE | n/a |
| Dividend | $1.30 |
| Dividend Yield | 2.46% |
Stock Quote
| Trading Day | December 4 |
| Last Price | $52.88 |
| Previous Close | $51.66 |
| Change ($) | 1.22 |
| Change (%) | 2.35% |
| Day's Open | 52.98 |
| Day's Range | 52.61 - 53.19 |
| Day's Volume | 84,683 |
| 52-Week Range | 27.32 - 69.20 |
WPP Stock News
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--WPP (NYSE: WPP) and Anzu, an adtech startup specializing in integrating advertising into video games, today announced a partnership aimed at bringing commonly accept...
NEW YORK & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--WPP (NYSE: WPP) today announces the launch of VMLY&R COMMERCE, a new end-to-end “Creative Commerce Company” combining the talent and scale of two thriving g...
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Advertising giant WPP is merging its storied creative agency Grey Global Group with its digital advertising shop AKQA to form AKQA Group, with the Grey brand phasing out over time, per The Wal...
LONDON & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--WPP's AKQA and Grey are uniting to form a new network model, AKQA Group. Grey is renowned for creative storytelling and global brand-building at scale, whil...
'Total transformation' throughout 2020 as e-commerce targets expand for clients: WPP CEO
WPP CEO Mark Read discusses the company's Q3 performance along with its expansive outlook on future client digitization ahead.
NEW YORK & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--WPP (NYSE: WPP) today reported its 2020 Third Quarter Trading Update. £ million ∆ reported1 ∆ LFL2 Third Quarter Revenue 2,969 -9.8% -5.5% Revenue les...
DEERFIELD, Ill. & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Walgreens Boots Alliance (Nasdaq: WBA) has selected WPP (NYSE: WPP) as its global marketing and communications agency. WPP will work with WBA to impl...
NEW YORK, Oct. 27, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ogilvy announced today that Kate Cronin has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of Ogilvy Health. Effective immediately, Kate will be responsible...
NEW YORK & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--WPP (NYSE: WPP) today announces the appointment of Dr. Ya-Qin Zhang to its Board as a Non-Executive Director with effect from 1 January 2021. A world-renown...
NEW YORK & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--WPP (NYSE: WPP) today announces the appointment of Tom Ilube CBE to its Board as an independent Non-Executive Director with immediate effect. Tom is a techn...
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WPP: Undervalued And Prepared For A Digital Future
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Martin Sorrell, the founder of the world's largest advertising and PR group, said the Facebook advertising boycott only had a "little impact."
NEW YORK & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Zespri International Limited has selected an interdisciplinary team of WPP (NYSE: WPP) agencies as its global Agency of Record (AOR) to deliver its brand pr...
MILAN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Whirlpool EMEA has selected WPP (NYSE: WPP) as its strategic communications partner across 29 EMEA countries, effective from January 2021. WPP will support Whirlpool MD...
WPP plc (WPP) CEO Mark Read on Q2 2020 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
NEW YORK & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--WPP (NYSE: WPP) today reported its 2020 Interim Results. Key figures – continuing operations £ million H1 2020 ∆ reported1 ∆ LFL2 H1 20193 Revenue 5,583 -12...
NEW YORK, July 28, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ogilvy Health today announced industry-renowned creative lead Renata Florio has joined the agency as chief creative officer (CCO), where she will ...
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NEW YORK & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has today named WPP (NYSE:WPP) as holding company of the decade. Cannes Lions is the world’s leading e...
NEW YORK & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--WPP (NYSE:WPP) has been named a Leader among Adobe Implementation Service Providers by Forrester Research, Inc., out of a field of the 12 most significant s...
Coronavirus pandemic accelerating digitalization, WPP CEO says
WPP CEO Mark Read discusses the virtualization of the Cannes Lions festival and how markets are adjusting to the Covid-19 pandemic.
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ecolab, a global leader in sanitization and disinfection services for leading multinational companies in the food, healthcare, hospitality and industrial sectors, ha...
Ad spending will drop a formidable 13% this year, but that's less than the 16% plunge recorded in 2009. TV is taking a hard hit, especially local.
Though advertising has taken a whalloping in recent months as a result of the pandemic, a new forecast says the impact on U.S. ad spending won't be quite as dire as they were during the financ...
NEW YORK, May 19, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ogilvy Health, one of Ogilvy’s three global practices ( www.ogilvy.com ), today announced Nelson Figueiredo, the agency’s VP, Director of Technolog...
But though there appeared to be some green shoots from the tech giants in the realm of advertising, companies warned impacts will be felt in the second quarter and, in some areas, beyond.
The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing the world's biggest advertising company WPP to accelerate its strategy of bringing its multiple agencies together to produce work more quickly for clients bat...
WPP , the world's biggest advertising company, said net sales fell 3.3% in the first quarter, with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic dragging it down by 7.9% in March alone, prompting it to ...
As the impact of the pandemic hits businesses and their ad spend, advertising holding companies are preparing for lessened demand and some are telling their employees to expect more staff cuts...
WPP Can't Rule Out Job Cuts Amid Virus Pandemic, CEO Says
Apr.08 -- WPP Chief Executive Officer Mark Read says the company will protect as many jobs as possible during the coronavirus outbreak but admits "tougher measures" like job cuts can't be rule...
COVID-19 wasn't a part of the plan, but WPP's move to solidify its business has set the company up well for the economic hit it's going to take.
WPP CEO Mark Read on how the coronavirus has affected the ad industry
Mark Read, CEO of WPP, joins "Squawk on the Street" to discuss how the coronavirus outbreak has affected the ad industry.
The world's biggest advertising company WPP has pulled its dividend and share buyback and withdrawn its 2020 guidance after the coronavirus pandemic sparked the most uncertain time in its 35-...
The world's largest advertising group pulled its dividend and share buyback and withdrew guidance for 2020 on Tuesday, after clients cancelled marketing booked with the company due to the coro...
WPP , the world's biggest advertising company, said it was pulling its dividend and share buyback, and withdrawing its guidance for 2020 after it saw an increasing number of cancelations from ...
NEW YORK, March 10, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ogilvy Health, part of Ogilvy ( www.ogilvy.com ), today announced the promotion of Ripal R. Patel from SVP, Client Financial Services to Chief Fi...
WPP plc (WPP) CEO Mark Read on Q4 2019 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
WPP shares plunged to their lowest level in nearly eight years on Thursday after a sharp slowdown in fourth-quarter trading derailed the latest recovery attempt at the world's biggest adverti...
WPP , the world's biggest advertising company, reported a sharp slowdown in its final quarter of the year on Thursday and said it did not expect any improvement in 2020, hammering its shares o...
The advertising agency continues to face challenges to its traditional business model.
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NEW YORK, Nov. 19, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ogilvy Health, part of Ogilvy (www.ogilvy.com), today announced Toby Trygg, has rejoined the Ogilvy network as Executive Creative Director, where ...
Advertising group WPP will consider making acquisitions to bolster its capabilities in faster growing segments such as technology and commerce after selling a majority stake in its research a...
About WPP
WPP plc, a creative transformation company, provides communications, experience, commerce, and technology services in North America, the United Kingdom, Western Continental Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America, Africa, Middle East, and Central and Eastern Europe. The company operates through three segments: Global Integrated Agencies, Public Relations, and Specialist Agencies. It engages in the business of planning and creation of marketing and branding campaigns; designs advertisements across all media; and provides media buying services includ... [Read more...]
| Industry Advertising Agencies | Founded 1985 |
| Employees 101,000 | |
| Stock Exchange NYSE | Ticker Symbol WPP |
Financial Performance
In 2019, WPP plc's revenue was 13.23 billion, an increase of 1.44% compared to the previous year's 13.05 billion. Earnings were 717.90 million, a decrease of -36.99%.
Analyst Forecasts
The average 12-month stock price forecast for WPP plc is 35.05, which is a decrease of -33.71% from the latest price.