In today’s recent session, 0.81 million shares of the WPP Plc. ADR (NYSE:WPP) have been traded, and its beta is 1.02. Most recently the company’s share price was $29.92, and it changed around -$5.9 or -16.47% from the last close, which brings the market valuation of the company to $6.46B. WPP at last check was trading at a discount to its 52-week high of $57.37, offering almost -91.74% off that amount. The share price’s 52-week low was $31.52, which indicates that the recent value has fallen by an impressive -5.35% since then. We note from WPP Plc. ADR’s average daily trading volume that its 10-day average is 0.34 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 324.77K.
WPP Plc. ADR stock received a consensus recommendation rating of Underweight, based on a mean score of 3.31. If we narrow it down even further, the data shows that 0 out of 2 analysts rate the stock as a Sell; another 1 rate it as Overweight. Among the rest, 0 recommended WPP as a Hold, whereas 0 deemed it a Buy, and 1 rated it as Underweight.
WPP Plc. ADR (NYSE:WPP) trade information
Instantly WPP has been showing red trend so far today with a performance of -16.47% on intraday trading today. The performance over the last five days has remained in the red territory. The rise to weekly highs of 36.66 on recent trading dayincreased the stock’s daily price by 18.39%. The company’s shares are currently down -37.30% year-to-date, but still down -16.61% over the last five days. On the other hand, WPP Plc. ADR (NYSE:WPP) is -20.80% down in the 30-day period. We can see from the shorts that 0.95 million shares have been sold at a short interest cover period of 3.13 day(s).
Looking at the company’s year-over-year earnings, the past five years showed a negative earnings growth rate of -7.69%. WPP Plc. ADR earnings are expected to increase by -5.35% in 2025, but the outlook is negative -0.08% per year for the next five years.
WPP Dividends
WPP Plc. ADR’s next quarterly earnings report is expected to be released on 2007-Feb-23. The annual dividend yield of the stock is 8.79 percent and its annual dividend per share was 2.63. It is important to note, however, that the 8.79% dividend yield ratio should be regarded as a guide only, as many other factors should be taken into consideration before making any investment decision. The average dividend yield for the past five years averaged 3.94 per year.
WPP Plc. ADR (NYSE:WPP)’s Major holders
Upon looking at major shareholders, 10.96% of them are in the hands of institutional investors. The stock currently has a share float of 10.96%. WPP Plc. ADR stock is held by 225.0 institutions, with HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC being the largest institutional investor. By 2024-06-30, it held 0.3369% of the shares, which is about 3.62 million shares worth $165.78 million.
MONDRIAN INVESTMENT PARTNERS LTD, with 0.2701% or 2.9 million shares worth $132.85 million as of 2024-06-30, holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares.
VANGUARD WINDSOR FUNDS-Vanguard Windsor II Fund and AMERICAN BEACON FUNDS-American Beacon Large Cap Value Fund were the top two Mutual Funds as of Apr 30, 2025 . The former held 4.36 shares worth $130.5 million, making up 2.02% of all outstanding shares. On the other hand, AMERICAN BEACON FUNDS-American Beacon Large Cap Value Fund held roughly 334.65 shares worth around $10.01 million, which represents about 0.16% of the total shares outstanding.
