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WPP Plc. ADR (NYSE: WPP) closed the day trading at $29.34 down -18.09% from the previous closing price of $35.82. In other words, the price has decreased by -$18.09 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.48 million shares were traded. WPP stock price reached its highest trading level at $30.3908 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $29.12.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of WPP, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 1.92 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 4.02. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.88 and its Current Ratio is at 0.88. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.83 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.59.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, WPP now has a Market Capitalization of 7752889856 and an Enterprise Value of 41737871360. As of this moment, WPP’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 9.16, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 5.62. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.34 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.45. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.831 whereas that against EBITDA is 26.483.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for WPP is 1.02, which has changed by -0.37931037 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.12153554 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, WPP has reached a high of $57.37, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $31.52. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -22.49%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -34.76%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, WPP traded about 324.77K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, WPP traded about 529860 shares per day. A total of 215.75M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 215.75M. Insiders hold about 0.00% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 8.94% stake in the company. Shares short for WPP as of 1749772800 were 954452 with a Short Ratio of 2.94, compared to 1747267200 on 540188. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 954452 and a Short% of Float of 0.49.
Dividends & Splits
WPP’s forward annual dividend rate is 2.63, up from 0.394 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.010999441The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 3.94. The current Payout Ratio is 81.17% for WPP, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-06-06 with an ex-dividend date of 1749168000. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 1999-11-16 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
