WPP (LON:WPP) Reaches New 1-Year Low – Should You Sell?

Posted by Scott Moore on Mar 29th, 2025

Shares of WPP plc (LON:WPP – Get Free Report) reached a new 52-week low during trading on Thursday . The company traded as low as GBX 603 ($7.80) and last traded at GBX 604.80 ($7.83), with a volume of 9014023 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 611.60 ($7.92).

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their price target on shares of WPP from GBX 1,040 ($13.46) to GBX 960 ($12.43) and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, January 7th.

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WPP Stock Performance

The company has a fifty day moving average of GBX 703.17 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 770.27. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 215.67, a quick ratio of 0.89 and a current ratio of 0.89. The company has a market cap of £6.43 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.50, a P/E/G ratio of 13.47 and a beta of 1.13.

WPP (LON:WPP – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 27th. The company reported GBX 50.30 ($0.65) earnings per share for the quarter. WPP had a return on equity of 5.92% and a net margin of 1.37%. Equities research analysts anticipate that WPP plc will post 81.6125654 EPS for the current year.

WPP Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 4th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 5th will be given a GBX 24.40 ($0.32) dividend. This is a boost from WPP’s previous dividend of $15.00. This represents a yield of 3.91%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 5th. WPP’s dividend payout ratio is 206.02%.

Insider Transactions at WPP

In other WPP news, insider Andrew Scott sold 50,492 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, March 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 634 ($8.21), for a total transaction of £320,119.28 ($414,340.25). Also, insider Joanne Wilson sold 23,371 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, March 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 640 ($8.28), for a total transaction of £149,574.40 ($193,598.76). 0.22% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

About WPP

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WPP is the creative transformation company, using the power of creativity to build better futures for our people, planet, clients and communities.

At WPP we’re reinventing creativity on an ever-broader canvas, bringing together unrivalled talent, resources and skills to provide an integrated offer of communications, experience, commerce and technology for clients.