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WPP PLC WPP

11 fiscal years on record · GBP · FY2025 reported · SEC filings only
£13.6B
▼ 8.1% YoY
£-215.0M
▼ 139.7% YoY
£633.0M
▼ 48.1% YoY

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In brief

What this company does

WPP provides integrated solutions to a diverse customer base. WPP is organised in three reportable segments: Global Integrated Agencies, Public Relations and Specialist Agencies. The company's head office, with its principal executive office in London, develops the Company's strategy, coordinates the provision of services to cross-company clients, and performs cross-company functions such as new business, talent, finance, legal and compliance, and investor relations, among others. The company's top 100 clients account for half of its revenue less pass-through costs, and beyond that it serves around 1,600 smaller, typically local or regional businesses.

Written from the business description in WPP plc's annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 19 March 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.

Growth

GBP 13.6B
Revenue, FY2025 · full 11-year series below
Revenue £B Net income £B
FY2025 · Revenue 13.6 · Net income -0.2
10B20B-2B-3B
20152018202120242025
Compound annual growth
−2.1%
+2.5%
+1.0%
−1.8%
+26.1%
−2.8%
−51.7%
−19.7%
−16.1%
3 yrs
5 yrs
10 yrs
15 yrs

Revenue compounded at +2.5% a year over the five years to FY2025.

Compound annual rates per period — left blank where that exact year isn't on file, the series crosses a loss, or (per-share rows) a split falls inside the window.

Profitability

−1 cents
lost on every revenue dollar
Operating margin Net margin
FY2025 · Operating 2.8% · Net -1.3%
5%10%15%-10%-20%
201520202025
ROE
FY2025 · ROE -7.1%
10%20%-20%-40%
201520202025
Three returns, three denominators.
Return on capital employedNot available: we don't have total assets or current liabilities for this period.
Gross margin15.8%
Operating margin2.8%
Net margin-1.3%
EBITDA·

Each GBP of equity lost 7 cents this year.

Cash & shareholders

GBP 97.0M
returned in FY2025 · dividends + net buybacks
Free cash flow £B
FY2025 · FCF 0.6
1B2B
201520202025
Net buybacks £M Dividends £M
FY2025 · Dividends · · Net buybacks 97.0
400M800M
201520172019202120232025
Dividends paid·
Net buybacksGBP 97.0M
Share of profit-45.1%
Consecutive raises·

GBP 97.0M in buybacks went back to shareholders in a year without profit.

EquityGBP 2.5B
CashGBP 2.7B
Gross debtGBP 4.9B
Net debtGBP 2.2B
Current ratio0.89×

Net debt stands at 88% of equity.

The 11-year record

11 fiscal years
Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · GBP
row low → row highnegative—not applicable◌not available in our data
WPP, 11-year financial record
Metric 20252024202320222021202020192018201720162015
Revenue £B13.614.714.814.412.812.013.213.013.114.912.2
Operating income £B0.41.30.51.41.2−2.31.31.21.62.11.6
EBITDA £B◌◌1.01.81.7−1.71.81.51.82.31.9
Income tax £B0.30.40.10.40.20.10.30.30.10.40.2
Net income £B−0.20.50.10.70.6−3.00.80.82.01.41.2
Free cash flow £B0.61.21.10.51.81.81.51.41.11.51.1
EPS, diluted £−0.200.490.100.610.53−2.430.670.651.541.080.88
Dividend / sh £0.320.390.390.340.270.100.600.600.600.480.42
Payout % — not applicable: no dividend———————————
ROE %−7.115.83.118.715.3−46.89.88.720.916.214.5
Shares out B◌◌◌◌0.00◌◌◌◌◌◌

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Provenance

Company facts, as filed

How we verify · 0 failures in 33 reconciliationsAUDITED

Reconciled in 11 of the 11 fiscal years we could check. Eight checks were skipped: EPS is not tagged before 2015. Eight checks were skipped: revenue is not tagged before 2015.

EPS recomputationBalance-sheet identityGross profitBalance-sheet liquidityCurrency consistency0 failures
ActivityServices-Advertising Agencies
Listed onNYSE
Incorporated innot stated in the filings
Fiscal year endsDecember 31
Data on record since2015

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