WPP plc

LSE:WPP Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£4.3b

WPP Ownership

Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?

Recent Insider Transactions

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: Insufficient data to determine if insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of WPP?
Owner TypeNumber of SharesOwnership Percentage
Individual Insiders2,181,8280.202%
General Public369,102,37634.2%
Institutions707,518,15465.6%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 53.49% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
8.14%
BlackRock, Inc.
87,787,189UK£353.0m-8.95%0.01%
5.29%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
57,031,661UK£229.3m3%no data
5.05%
Mondrian Investment Partners Limited
54,452,920UK£219.0m-14.6%1.84%
5.03%
Silchester International Investors LLP
54,288,349UK£218.3m0%1.09%
4.94%
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
53,289,286UK£214.3m-4.29%0.02%
4.46%
Harris Associates L.P.
48,165,671UK£193.7m0%0.32%
3.13%
Hotchkis and Wiley Capital Management, LLC
33,762,790UK£135.8m0.11%0.53%
2.38%
Fidelity International Ltd
25,712,531UK£103.4m0%0.05%
1.91%
Schroder Investment Management Limited
20,618,176UK£82.9m13%0.06%
1.55%
Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC
16,718,868UK£67.2m-15.9%0.02%
1.14%
Allianz Asset Management GmbH
12,348,670UK£49.7m-0.48%0.06%
1.11%
Norges Bank Investment Management
11,935,497UK£48.0m0%no data
1.07%
Artemis Investment Management LLP
11,593,610UK£46.6m-2.19%0.19%
1.04%
Geode Capital Management, LLC
11,270,638UK£45.3m-1.3%no data
0.95%
FMR LLC
10,240,431UK£41.2m-39.5%no data
0.94%
Invesco Ltd.
10,146,741UK£40.8m54.6%0.01%
0.78%
Jupiter Fund Management Plc
8,443,509UK£34.0m0%0.12%
0.72%
Hartford Funds Management Company, LLC
7,729,566UK£31.1m8.07%0.13%
0.65%
Janus Henderson Group plc
6,966,668UK£28.0m0%0.01%
0.61%
Brandes Investment Partners, LP
6,587,037UK£26.5m9.67%0.19%
0.56%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP
6,007,714UK£24.2m10.9%no data
0.52%
UBS Asset Management AG
5,646,962UK£22.7m0.96%no data
0.51%
BNY Asset Management
5,491,616UK£22.1m-4.05%no data
0.5%
State Street Global Advisors, Inc.
5,446,115UK£21.9m12.5%no data
0.49%
Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association-College Retirement Equities Fund
5,327,887UK£21.4m8.1%0.01%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/08/06 10:30
End of Day Share Price 2025/08/06 00:00
Earnings2024/12/31
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

WPP plc is covered by 47 analysts. 11 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Hélène CoumesAlphaValue
JULIEN ROCHBarclays
Sarah SimonBerenberg