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After finishing at $37.96 in the prior trading day, WPP Plc. ADR (NYSE: WPP) closed at $36.22, down -4.58%. In other words, the price has decreased by -$4.58 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.77 million shares were traded. WPP stock price reached its highest trading level at $36.325 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $34.62.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of WPP by taking a closer look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 2.36 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 4.96. 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 8111251968 and an Enterprise Value of 43043221504. As of this moment, WPP’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 11.31, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 6.55. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 6.85. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.41 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.80. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.92 whereas that against EBITDA is 27.312.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for WPP is 1.06, which has changed by -0.22424501 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.08089435 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 $37.33. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -17.61%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -24.94%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 262.62K shares per day over the past 3-months and 345230 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 215.75M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 215.59M. Insiders hold about 0.03% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 8.87% stake in the company. Shares short for WPP as of 1741910400 were 300405 with a Short Ratio of 1.14, compared to 1739491200 on 362582. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 300405 and a Short% of Float of 0.13999999999999999.
Dividends & Splits
In the trailing 12 months, WPP’s forward annual dividend rate was 0.394, compared to 2.52 this year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.010379347The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 4.11. The current Payout Ratio is 77.48% for WPP, which recently paid a dividend on 2024-10-11 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.
