WPPWPP plc
+3.4% today · +68.5% over a year
No score: too little data.
Trend: among the best of its peers; Stability, Dividend safety: among the weakest. Dividend yield 3.57%.
WPP plc (WPP) belongs to the Communication services sector and is listed on NYSE; country: Ireland. Over the past 12 months the price changed by +68.5%, with an annualised volatility of 52% and a largest fall of 36%. Hard red flags in our rules-based screen: Yield trap.
Smart Score
How it is scored →Not scored: not enough data for a fair comparison.
Factor scores
Percentiles within the peer group (100 = the best of its peers); dividend safety in points.
Main drivers
- Volatility (1 y)weighs on the score · better than 12% of peers
- 12-month trend (ex last month)supports the score · better than 85% of peers
- Max drawdown (3 y)weighs on the score · better than 5% of peers
Red flags and notes
- Serious warning. Yield at least twice the peer median while the payout is not covered or debt is high. More in the glossary → Yield at least twice the peer median while the payout is not covered or debt is high.
- Caution. Dividend Safety below 40 points. More in the glossary → Dividend Safety below 40 points.
- Caution. Net debt above 4× EBITDA or interest cover below 2×. More in the glossary → Net debt above 4× EBITDA or interest cover below 2×.
- Unverified dividend A high yield reported by a single source only, not yet cross-checked.
A high yield is not a high return: payouts can come from your own capital and can be cut.
Our rules see a meaningful risk that this dividend is cut.
Price chart
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Key metrics
Profitability and debt
- Return on equity
- −7.1%
- Return on invested capital
- 5.0%
- Gross margin
- 15.8%
- Net debt / EBITDA
- 4.28
Dividends
- Dividend yield
- 3.57%
- 5-year dividend growth (per year)
- −11.3%
- Years without a lower dividend
- 0
Returns and risk
- 1 day
- +3.4%
- 1 month
- +17.4%
- 1 year
- +68.5%
- Volatility, 1 yr
- 51.8%
- Max drawdown, 1 yr
- −36.2%
- Beta
- 0.96
Ratios from SEC filings and end-of-day prices; returns are price changes without dividends.
Similar companies
Same sector, closest in price swings over the past year.
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|---|---|---|---|
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News and filings
- WPP plc: 6-K — Report of a foreign private issuer
A filing (SEC EDGAR) or an exchange notice (Moscow Exchange): the issuer's or the exchange's own statement.SEC EDGAR · Filing · 2 Nov 2026
- WPP plc: 6-K — Report of a foreign private issuer
A filing (SEC EDGAR) or an exchange notice (Moscow Exchange): the issuer's or the exchange's own statement.SEC EDGAR · Filing · 2 Nov 2026
- WPP plc: 6-K — Report of a foreign private issuer
A filing (SEC EDGAR) or an exchange notice (Moscow Exchange): the issuer's or the exchange's own statement.SEC EDGAR · Filing · 29 Oct 2026
- WPP plc: 6-K — Report of a foreign private issuer
A filing (SEC EDGAR) or an exchange notice (Moscow Exchange): the issuer's or the exchange's own statement.SEC EDGAR · Filing · 2 Oct 2026
- WPP plc: 6-K — Report of a foreign private issuer
A filing (SEC EDGAR) or an exchange notice (Moscow Exchange): the issuer's or the exchange's own statement.SEC EDGAR · Filing · 1 Oct 2026
- WPP plc: 6-K — Report of a foreign private issuer
A filing (SEC EDGAR) or an exchange notice (Moscow Exchange): the issuer's or the exchange's own statement.SEC EDGAR · Filing · 1 Oct 2026
- WPP plc: 6-K — Report of a foreign private issuer
A filing (SEC EDGAR) or an exchange notice (Moscow Exchange): the issuer's or the exchange's own statement.SEC EDGAR · Filing · 23 Sep 2026
- WPP plc: 6-K — Report of a foreign private issuer
A filing (SEC EDGAR) or an exchange notice (Moscow Exchange): the issuer's or the exchange's own statement.SEC EDGAR · Filing · 2 Sep 2026
- WPP plc: 6-K — Report of a foreign private issuer
A filing (SEC EDGAR) or an exchange notice (Moscow Exchange): the issuer's or the exchange's own statement.SEC EDGAR · Filing · 1 Sep 2026
- WPP plc: 6-K — Report of a foreign private issuer
A filing (SEC EDGAR) or an exchange notice (Moscow Exchange): the issuer's or the exchange's own statement.SEC EDGAR · Filing · 7 Aug 2026
What the marks mean
- FactA filing (SEC EDGAR) or an exchange notice (Moscow Exchange): the issuer's or the exchange's own statement.
- Media reportA headline from a named media outlet. We link to it and do not check it.
- RumourUnconfirmed: the headline itself hedges (“reportedly”, “sources say”, “in talks”), names no publisher, or comes from a news aggregator or an automated republisher.
Source: Filings: U.S. SEC EDGAR. The tone is scored automatically from the headline and can be wrong.
Score changes in the last 12 months
Every published rating and change, logged when it was published (EU Market Abuse Regulation).
Show the log: 1 entry
| Date | Event | Balanced | Growth · Income | Warnings | Price at publication |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First rating | —/10 | — · — | Available with Invest Pro |
Ratings are rules-based descriptions, valid until the next scoring run (about 06:20 and 21:50 UTC) and the same for every visitor.
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