WPP (LON:WPP) Reaches New 52-Week Low – Here’s What Happened

Posted by Hanz Christensen on Feb 27th, 2025

WPP plc (LON:WPP – Get Free Report) shares reached a new 52-week low during mid-day trading on Thursday . The stock traded as low as GBX 626 ($7.94) and last traded at GBX 626.20 ($7.94), with a volume of 41415238 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 770.20 ($9.77).

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their target price on WPP from GBX 1,040 ($13.19) to GBX 960 ($12.18) and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, January 7th.

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WPP Trading Down 15.1 %

The company’s 50 day simple moving average is GBX 775.33 and its 200 day simple moving average is GBX 783.46. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 215.67, a current ratio of 0.89 and a quick ratio of 0.89. The firm has a market cap of £7.05 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.55, a P/E/G ratio of 13.47 and a beta of 1.13.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, insider Joanne Wilson sold 8,794 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 860 ($10.91), for a total value of £75,628.40 ($95,914.27). 0.22% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

About WPP

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WPP is the creative transformation company, using the power of creativity to build better futures for our people, planet, clients and communities.

At WPP we’re reinventing creativity on an ever-broader canvas, bringing together unrivalled talent, resources and skills to provide an integrated offer of communications, experience, commerce and technology for clients.