Communication Services
Live Price
Offline$17.97
-2.50% today
1Y Change
-47.18%
Window
Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 15, 2026
Coverage: 246 bars · Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 15, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
WPP plc (WPP) is a Communication Services stock with a market cap of $2.87B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $17.97 and down 47.2% across the available one-year price window (Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 15, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -8.1%, EPS growth of -140.0%, a dividend yield of 12.0%. What stands out right now is revenue -8.1%, EPS -140.0%, free cash flow -46.0% with operating margin 9.0% and ROIC -15.5%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 12.0%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at price/sales 0.2. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines WPP price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Communication Services peers on this page.
Benchmark Comparison
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WPP
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
WPP Max Drawdown
-58.45%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
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Financial profile
Profitability, balance sheet stamina, and cash efficiency drawn from the latest filings.
FY Revenue
$12.8B
-11.3% YoY
FY Net Income
$637.7M
-6.6% YoY
Free Cash Flow
$1.7B
+263.5% YoY
Revenue Growth
-8.1%
EPS Growth
-140.0%
Gross Margin
15.8%
Net Margin
-1.6%
Income statement
GBP
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 13.6B | 14.7B | 14.8B | 14.4B | 12.8B |
| Gross Profit | 2.1B | 2.5B | 2.5B | 2.5B | 2.2B |
| Operating Income | 382M | 1.3B | 531M | 1.4B | 1.2B |
| EBITDA | 628M | 1.9B | 1.9B | 2.0B | 1.8B |
| Net Income | -215M | 542M | 110M | 683M | 638M |
| EPS (Diluted) | — | — | — | — | — |
Balance sheet
GBP
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | 2.7B | 2.6B | 2.2B | 2.5B | 3.9B |
| Total Assets | 24.1B | 25.5B | 26.6B | 28.8B | 27.9B |
| Total Liabilities | 21.3B | 21.8B | 22.8B | 24.7B | 23.8B |
| Shareholder Equity | 2.5B | 3.5B | 3.4B | 3.7B | 3.6B |
| Total Debt | 6.8B | 6.3B | 6.9B | 7.2B | 6.8B |
| Net Debt | 4.1B | 3.7B | 4.7B | 4.7B | 2.9B |
Cash flow positioning
Latest Full Year
Operating Cash Flow
2.0B
+189.5% YoY
Capital Expenditures
293M
-31.3% YoY
Free Cash Flow
1.7B
+263.5% YoY
Key ratios
Gross Margin
15.8%
Operating Margin
9.0%
Net Margin
-1.6%
ROE
-7.5%
Debt / Equity
3.35x
Next Step
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