WPP (LON:WPP) Issues Earnings Results

Posted by Stanley Muller on Feb 26th, 2026

WPP (LON:WPP – Get Free Report) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday. The company reported GBX (20) EPS for the quarter, Digital Look Earnings reports. WPP had a return on equity of 5.92% and a net margin of 1.37%.

WPP Stock Performance

WPP traded down GBX 3.62 during trading on Thursday, reaching GBX 268.78. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 16,663,412 shares, compared to its average volume of 27,532,410. The company has a market capitalization of £2.90 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 7.77, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 13.47 and a beta of 1.13. The company’s fifty day moving average price is GBX 306.15 and its 200-day moving average price is GBX 332.41. WPP has a 52-week low of GBX 245.40 and a 52-week high of GBX 669. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 215.67, a quick ratio of 0.89 and a current ratio of 0.89.

Key WPP News

Here are the key news stories impacting WPP this week:

Positive Sentiment: Two senior insiders bought stock (Philip Jansen: 50,000 shares at GBX 255; Cindy Rose: 50,000 shares at GBX 269), signalling management confidence in the turnaround plan and underlying business. MarketBeat: Insider Trades
Positive Sentiment: WPP won Estée Lauder’s $987m global media account — a material new client win that supports revenue visibility in media services. WPP Media Wins Estée Lauder Account
Positive Sentiment: Expanded global partnership with Adobe to scale AI-driven marketing and content workflows, which could improve product offering and margin expansion over time. WPP & Adobe Partnership
Neutral Sentiment: Internal promotions and hires (senior leadership moves in WPP Media) and a formal strategy review are underway — steady operational changes but not immediate market movers on their own. WPP Media Promotions
Negative Sentiment: WPP unveiled a sweeping restructure to consolidate agencies and target c.£500m of annual cost savings — the scale and disruption of the plan spooked investors and drove an immediate share decline. FT: £500mn Cost Cuts
Negative Sentiment: Coverage notes the stock plunge and market concern about execution risk, one-off restructuring charges and staff disruption following the turnaround announcement. Yahoo: Shares Plunge on Plan
Negative Sentiment: Quarterly results showed GBX (20) EPS with weak net margin (1.37%) and modest ROE — current earnings data reinforce near-term profit weakness and justify part of the sell‑off. MarketBeat: Earnings
Negative Sentiment: Report of allegedly releasing confidential client data while defending an ex‑employee suit adds a reputational/legal risk tail that could concern clients and investors. MSN: Data/Legal Issue

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, insider Cindy Rose purchased 50,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, February 26th. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 269 per share, for a total transaction of £134,500. Also, insider Philip Jansen acquired 50,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, February 26th. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 255 per share, for a total transaction of £127,500. Corporate insiders own 2.02% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

WPP has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Citigroup reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and issued a GBX 365 target price on shares of WPP in a report on Monday, January 12th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their target price on shares of WPP from GBX 420 to GBX 360 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Friday, October 31st. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Hold rating, According to MarketBeat, WPP currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of GBX 362.50.

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