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WPP plc

WPP·NYSE·Trade & Services·CIK 0000806968

WPP plc is a global advertising and marketing services company. As of December 31, 2025, the company's business operations were organized into three reportable segments: Global Integrated Agencies, Public Relations, and Specialist Agencies. The Global Integrated Agencies segment was the largest, generating 88% of the company's revenues in 2025. The remaining 12% of revenues came from the Public Relations and Specialist Agencies segments. WPP operates in more than 100 countries and employs approximately 98,655 people. The company's ordinary shares are listed on the London Stock Exchange, and its American Depositary Shares (ADRs) are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). As of December 31, 2025, WPP had a market capitalization of 3,684 million. The company's executive office is located in London, United Kingdom, and its registered office is in St Helier, Jersey. WPP was incorporated in Jersey on October 25, 2012, and became the parent company of the WPP Group on January 2, 2013. In April 2025, WPP acquired 100% of Cognitive Logic Inc. ("InfoSum"), a data collaboration platform. In May 2025, WPP Media replaced GroupM as the name of WPP's global media company, with agencies like Mindshare, Wavemaker, and EssenceMediacom operating as brands within WPP Media.

WPP plc (NYSE:WPP) is a publicly traded company in the Trade & Services sector. Wiseek has independently scored 19 items for WPP at importance 7 or higher on its 1–10 market-impact scale. Its most recent item scored 7 or higher is dated 2026-09-23, rated 7/10. Across its 19 most recent items scored 7 or higher, the top rating is 9/10, with 6 rated 8 or above. Recent SEC coverage for WPP spans 6-K, 4, 424B5, FWP.

Recent high-impact activity:

  • WPP CFO Joanne Wilson Departs for Diageo; Successor Search Underway
  • WPP H1 Revenue Slips 4.4%, Margin Edges Higher; Full-Year Outlook Unchanged
  • WPP H1 2026: Revenue slips 4.4% but headline margin edges up to 8.4% as Elevate28 restructuring stays on track
  • Mondrian Investment Partners Reduces Stake in WPP plc Below 5%
  • Director Peter Agnefjall Buys $1.398M in WPP Shares

Financial Snapshot

Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
£13.55B GBP
Net Income
-£172M GBP
Diluted EPS
-£0.20 GBP
Op. Cash Flow
£724M GBP
Free Cash Flow
£633M GBP
Gross Profit
£2.15B GBP
Operating Income
£382M GBP
Cash & Equivalents
£2.23B GBP
Total Debt
£4.11B GBP
Debt / Equity
1.48×
Net Margin
-1.3%
Source: 20-F · filed 2026-03-19 · accession 0001628280-26-019643

Short Interest & Short Volume

5.09 days to cover

FINRA reported short interest of 1,709,800 shares in WPP as of the September 15, 2026 settlement, a 3.7% increase from the prior period — about 5.1 days to cover at its recent average daily volume. On October 2, 2026, 58.1% of WPP volume reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities was marked short.

Short interest (bi-monthly positions)1,709,800 shares as of September 15, 2026
Change vs prior period▲ 3.7%
Days to cover5.09 at avg daily volume of 335,963
Daily short volume (FINRA facilities)58.1% of 106,119 shares on October 2, 2026
5-day average short volume52.4%

Daily short sale volume covers trades reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities and is not the same as short interest (bi-monthly reported positions). Source: FINRA — FINRA is the owner and source of this short interest and short sale volume data; it may not be redistributed.

Insider Transactions

WPP files as a Foreign Private Issuer (FPI). Under SEC Exchange Act Section 16(a), officers, directors, and 10% owners of FPIs are exempt from Form 4 insider-transaction reporting requirements. Comparable disclosures, when applicable, appear in the company's Form 20-F (annual) or Form 6-K (interim) filings on SEC EDGAR.

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$24.67
52-week range · as of 2026-09-23 $14.8 – $27.78
Market cap
$5.32B
Volume
399.9K (1.2× avg)
3-mo avg 330.1K
Live data · 2026-10-05 03:35 UTC · Market closed

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WPP
Sep 23, 2026, 6:08 AM EDT
Filing Type: 6-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $25.46
Real-time Price: $24.67 info
Change: -$0.790 (-3%) info
Market Cap: $5.324B info
WPP
Aug 06, 2026, 8:07 AM EDT
Filing Type: 6-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $26.34
Real-time Price: $24.67 info
Change: -$1.67 (-6%) info
Market Cap: $5.324B info
WPP
Aug 06, 2026, 6:04 AM EDT
Filing Type: 6-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $25.89
Real-time Price: $24.67 info
Change: -$1.22 (-5%) info
Market Cap: $5.324B info
WPP
May 26, 2026, 1:55 PM EDT
Filing Type: 6-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $18.53
Real-time Price: $24.67 info
Change: +$6.14 (+33%) info
Market Cap: $5.324B info
WPP
May 22, 2026, 1:22 PM EDT
Filing Type: 4
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $18.64
Real-time Price: $24.67 info
Change: +$6.03 (+32%) info
Market Cap: $5.324B info
WPP
May 12, 2026, 12:20 PM EDT
Filing Type: 6-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $17.59
Real-time Price: $24.67 info
Change: +$7.08 (+40%) info
Market Cap: $5.324B info
WPP
May 08, 2026, 1:21 PM EDT
Filing Type: 6-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $18.89
Real-time Price: $24.67 info
Change: +$5.79 (+31%) info
Market Cap: $5.324B info
WPP
Apr 10, 2026, 8:31 AM EDT
Filing Type: 6-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $17.17
Real-time Price: $24.67 info
Change: +$7.50 (+44%) info
Market Cap: $5.324B info
WPP
Apr 07, 2026, 8:31 AM EDT
Filing Type: 6-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $17.04
Real-time Price: $24.67 info
Change: +$7.63 (+45%) info
Market Cap: $5.324B info
WPP
Mar 26, 2026, 5:20 PM EDT
Filing Type: 424B5
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $15.49
Real-time Price: $24.67 info
Change: +$9.18 (+59%) info
Market Cap: $5.324B info
WPP
Mar 25, 2026, 5:29 PM EDT
Filing Type: FWP
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $15.50
Real-time Price: $24.67 info
Change: +$9.17 (+59%) info
Market Cap: $5.324B info
WPP
Mar 24, 2026, 1:12 PM EDT
Filing Type: 6-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $15.12
Real-time Price: $24.67 info
Change: +$9.55 (+63%) info
Market Cap: $5.324B info
WPP
Mar 23, 2026, 9:56 AM EDT
Filing Type: 424B5
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $15.32
Real-time Price: $24.67 info
Change: +$9.35 (+61%) info
Market Cap: $5.324B info
WPP
Mar 19, 2026, 5:28 PM EDT
Filing Type: F-3ASR
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $15.10
Real-time Price: $24.67 info
Change: +$9.57 (+63%) info
Market Cap: $5.324B info
WPP
Mar 19, 2026, 8:26 AM EDT
Filing Type: 20-F
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $14.85
Real-time Price: $24.67 info
Change: +$9.82 (+66%) info
Market Cap: $5.324B info
WPP
Feb 26, 2026, 8:26 AM EST
Filing Type: 6-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $18.21
Real-time Price: $24.67 info
Change: +$6.46 (+35%) info
Market Cap: $5.324B info
WPP
Feb 26, 2026, 8:17 AM EST
Filing Type: 6-K
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $18.11
Real-time Price: $24.67 info
Change: +$6.56 (+36%) info
Market Cap: $5.324B info
WPP
Feb 17, 2026, 6:02 AM EST
Filing Type: 6-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $17.92
Real-time Price: $24.67 info
Change: +$6.75 (+38%) info
Market Cap: $5.324B info
WPP
Jan 20, 2026, 8:25 AM EST
Filing Type: 6-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $20.69
Real-time Price: $24.67 info
Change: +$3.98 (+19%) info
Market Cap: $5.324B info
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