WPP plc, a creative transformation company, provides communications, experience, commerce, and technology services in North America, the United Kingdom, Western Continental Europe, the Asia Pacific, Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, and Central and Eastern Europe. The company operates through three segments: Global Integrated Agencies, Public Relations, and Specialist Agencies. It engages in the planning and creation of marketing and branding campaigns; design and production of advertisements across all media; and provision of media buying services, including strategy and business development, media investment, data and technology, and content. The company also advises to clients who are seeking to communicate with a range of stakeholders from consumers to governments and the business and financial communities. WPP plc was founded in 1985 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.
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| Date | Price Target | Rating | Analyst |
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| 6/25/2025 | Equal Weight → Underweight | Barclays | |
| 3/26/2025 | Neutral | Goldman | |
| 2/28/2025 | Overweight → Equal Weight | Barclays | |
| 1/24/2025 | Hold → Buy | Kepler | |
| 1/11/2024 | Buy → Sell | UBS | |
| 12/13/2023 | Overweight → Neutral | JP Morgan | |
| 11/6/2023 | Equal-Weight | Morgan Stanley | |
| 9/29/2023 | Buy → Neutral | Goldman | |
| 9/20/2023 | Outperform → Neutral | Exane BNP Paribas | |
| 8/8/2023 | Buy → Hold | Deutsche Bank |
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Brand's fresh, joyful new look designed to appeal to all Americans, conveying affordable access to high-quality eye care DULUTH, Ga., Aug. 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- America's Best, a retail brand of National Vision Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:EYE), is excited to announce today a monumental visual brand transformation that promises to continue redefining accessible eye care across the nation. In collaboration with creative powerhouse VML, America's Best has embraced a bold renewal – unveiling a new logo, a new brand platform and a complete brand identity overhaul that will captivate consumers across all media touchpoints. Experience the full interactive Multichannel News Release here: https://www.
PHILADELPHIA, July 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Strategic media healthcare agency CMI Media Group, a WPP company (NYSE:WPP), is proud to announce that Daymond John will keynote this year's Agility Philadelphia: Hype to Hope to Health. John is an entrepreneur and investor, CEO of clothing brand FUBU, NY Times bestselling author, and star of ABC's Shark Tank. He is also founder of the award-winning Black Entrepreneurs Day initiative, which focused on the power of diverse-owned businesses. Also joining Agility Philadelphia is Mick Ebeling, founder of Not Impossible Labs. Mick is a trailblazer in using technology to solve some of the world's most pressing humanitarian challenges. His breakthr
LONDON, July 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Strategic media healthcare agency CMI Media Group, a WPP company (NYSE:WPP), is proud to announce the inaugural European event, Agility Berlin: Transformative Thinking, Rx Precision in Healthcare Marketing, featuring Martin Strobel as keynote. Strobel is an Olympic medalist athlete who competed for HBW Balingen-Weilstetten, and the Germany national team, where he won the European Men's Handball Championship. He won a bronze medal in the 2016 Summer Olympics and a gold medal in the 2016 European Championship. As a professional speaker and mindset mentor, he utilizes his experiences as an athlete to inspire audiences with a focus on communication, tr
PHILADELPHIA, June 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Strategic media healthcare agency CMI Media Group, a WPP company (NYSE:WPP), announced it has appointed Andy Shaughnessy as SVP, Data Analytics on the agency's Customer Insights & Analytics team, responsible for leading and growing a talented team of data management experts, along with driving the agency's vision to provide actionable analytics to clients across multiple online and offline channels. With 15 years of proven pharma analytics experience, including omnichannel strategy and advanced/digital analytics, Andy brings a diverse range of skills to this role ensuring efficiency, speed, and value to the development of new data deliverab
"Sightwalks," the innovative tactile signage system created by Grey Peru, is transforming sidewalks for UNACEM/Sol Cemento NEW YORK, June 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Grey, a leading global ad agency, is proud to announce that it has been named an honoree of Fast Company's 2025 World Changing Ideas Awards, alongside its client UNACEM. This annual recognition honors transformative efforts that tackle the world's most pressing issues, from fresh sustainability initiatives and cutting-edge AI developments to ambitious pursuits of social equity that are helping mold the world. "Sightwalks" stood out for its impact, sustainability, design, creativity, scalability, and ability to improve society.
There is a critical need for trustworthy, hyper-personalized information earlier in the diagnosis and treatment journey to empower patients to participate in their careThe partnership will initially focus on endometriosis and hematology; high-need therapeutic areas where patients are actively seeking information Connecting tailored information with relevant, motivated audiences will reinvent the way DTC advertising interacts and engages with consumersNEW YORK, May 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Ubie, an AI-driven and medically vetted healthcare prediction platform that guides patients to the care they need, and CMI Media Group, a WPP (NYSE:WPP), healthcare media agency, announced a partnership aim
PHILADELPHIA, April 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Strategic media healthcare agency CMI Media Group, a WPP company (NYSE:WPP), today announces that their Empower™ SaaS-operating system's automated media orchestration (AMO) application has achieved the milestone of over 200 campaigns in market, representing $1 Billion in incremental revenue for more than 25 CMI clients. With AMO, CMI Media Group has built an application that solves the problem of orchestrating paid media at scale, connecting to and working in concert with client mar tech stacks that support owned media, web personal
PHILADELPHIA, April 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- CMI Media Group, WPP's healthcare specialty agency (NYSE:WPP) and Compas will be working with Microsoft Advertising to support healthcare brands to help accelerate their growth and enable them to reach their audience across the Microsoft ecosystem and beyond. Current clients of CMI Media Group can discuss the benefits with their account leads. Future clients can reach out to CMI Media Group via [email protected]. In 2024, Microsoft Advertising named CMI Media Group as its Performance Partner of the Year. This latest evolution
Agency to Lead Creative Brand Transformation for Brands Including America's Best and Eyeglass World National Vision Holdings, Inc., a leading optical retail company behind brands like America's Best and Eyeglass World, has appointed VML as its agency of record (AOR) following a competitive review. VML will play a key role in leading National Vision's brand evolution, redefining National Vision's communication and brand platforms with a focus on creative, CRM, social strategy, brand identity and design, and experiential. The new partnership will support National Vision's continued transformation for long term success by driving connection with new and current audiences, while reinforcing it
Strategic progress driving stronger margin and improved cash conversion, despite top line pressures WPP (NYSE:WPP) today reported its 2024 Preliminary Results. Key figures (£m) 2024 +/(-) % reported1 +/(-) % LFL2 2023 Revenue 14,741 (0.7) 2.3 14,845 Revenue less pass-through costs 11,359 (4.2) (1.0) 11,860 Reported: Operating profit 1,325 149.5 531 Operating profit margin3 9.0% 3.6% Profit before ta
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Strategic progress driving stronger margin and improved cash conversion, despite top line pressures WPP (NYSE:WPP) today reported its 2024 Preliminary Results. Key figures (£m) 2024 +/(-) % reported1 +/(-) % LFL2 2023 Revenue 14,741 (0.7) 2.3 14,845 Revenue less pass-through costs 11,359 (4.2) (1.0) 11,860 Reported: Operating profit 1,325 149.5 531 Operating profit margin3 9.0% 3.6% Profit before ta
Innovating to Lead WPP (NYSE:WPP) is today announcing the next phase of its strategy to capture the opportunities offered by AI, maximise the potential of creative transformation and deliver faster growth, higher margins and improved cash generation. Four strategic pillars support these goals: 1. Lead through AI, data and technology Capitalise on WPP's lead in artificial intelligence built on: the acquisition of Satalia in 2021; organic investment in AI, client technology and data; and deep partnerships with Adobe, Google, IBM, Microsoft, Nvidia and OpenAI Drive improved returns to clients through a set of AI-enabled services and tools, delivered by WPP Open, our common technolo
Following the launch of the survey's first theme, 'My Global Citizenship,' ASDA'A BCW unveils findings under two new themes, 'My Politics' and 'My Livelihood' Findings highlight stark divide in the perceptions of youth in the GCC states compared with their counterparts in North Africa and Levant Two-thirds of Arab youth in North Africa and Levant say their voice does not matter to their country's leadership, a significant drop from 2022Rising cost of living and unemployment continue to be the biggest concerns for Arab youthDUBAI, UAE, July 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Nearly two-thirds of Arab youth outside the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries lack confidence in their government's abilit
WPP (NYSE:WPP) today announces the acquisition of amp, one of the world's leading sonic branding companies. amp's expertise will strengthen WPP's offer in experiential branding and its ability to create high-quality, differentiated, and ownable sound experiences for clients. The acquisition comes as sound continues to grow as a vital branding element, with 75% of GenZ consumers saying that music helps them to feel more connected to brands1. amp will join WPP brand and design consultancy, Landor & Fitch, adding to the agency's expertise in delivering immersive brand identities that transform customer and employee experiences and set brands apart in a competitive marketplace. Founded in
WPP (NYSE:WPP) today announced the acquisition of Obviously, a technology-led social influencer marketing agency based in New York, with operations in San Francisco and Paris. Founded by Mae Karwowski and Maxime Domain in 2014, Obviously's proprietary next-generation tech platform increases campaign efficiency and enables the company to service large-scale complex campaigns for enterprise clients, including Google, Ford, Ulta Beauty and Amazon. Obviously offers a full stack of end-to-end services, including marketing strategy, influencer identification, content creation, campaign management, and robust reporting and analysis. Its team of nearly 100 people will join VMLY&R's network, accele
WPP (NYSE:WPP) today announces the acquisition of Goat, one of the world's leading influencer marketing agencies. Goat specialises in data-led end-to-end influencer marketing campaigns grounded in performance and measurement and was founded by Arron Shepherd, Nick Cooke, and Harry Hugo in 2015. Goat drives authentic brand engagement while integrating targeted paid media to reach the right audience and achieve industry-leading results. The company's 150+ staff across three global offices have helped to grow some of the biggest brands in the world, including Dell, Beiersdorf, Meta, Tesco, Uber, EA, Natura and Augustinus Bader, delivering best-in-class social and influencer campaigns. Since i
Frankfurt-based 3K will join WPP's Hill+Knowlton Strategies, advancing the company's growth in the global healthcare sector WPP (NYSE:WPP) announces today that it has acquired 3K Agentur für Kommunikation (3K), one of the leading healthcare specialist PR agencies in Germany. 3K will become part of the Hill+Knowlton Strategies (H+K) global network, strengthening its healthcare presence in Europe and expanding its operations in Germany. Founded 25 years ago, 3K is known for its expertise in healthcare, biopharmaceuticals, and related sciences, working with some of the world's most notable global pharmaceutical companies, consumer health brands, and local biotech start-ups. The addition of
Strong performance driven by growth across all key WPP agencies. Headline fully diluted EPS growth of over 25%. Expect LFL top-line growth of 3-5% and further progress on operating margin to around 15% in 2023 WPP (NYSE:WPP) today reported its 2022 Preliminary Results. Key figures £ million 2022 +/(-)% = reported1 +/(-)% LFL2 2021 Revenue 14,429 12.7 6.7 12,801 Revenue less pass-through costs 11,799 13.5 6.9 10,397 Reported: Operating profit 1,358 10.5 - 1,229 Profit before tax 1,160 22.0 - 951 Diluted EPS (p) 61.2
WPP (NYSE:WPP) today announces the acquisition of Fēnom Digital, one of the fastest growing digital transformation agencies in North America. Founded by Dylan Runne three years ago in New York, Fēnom Digital specializes in delivering enterprise commerce, order management systems, supply chain, marketing, and customer experience solutions to retailers and brands across North America. The company calls upon over 190 highly skilled technologists to deliver solutions that drive more than $5 billion of digital sales for clients annually, including Basset Furniture, Casper, Crocs, David Yurman, GNC, PacSun and Snipes. In 2022, Fēnom Digital achieved Salesforce Crest Partner status and won Sales
WPP (NYSE:WPP) today announces that it is acquiring Diff, a leading commerce agency based in Montreal, Canada. Diff is an award-winning developer of tailor-made commerce solutions with specialized capabilities that address the rapidly growing Shopify commerce ecosystem. Founded in 2011 by Benjamin Crudo, the 115-strong company will join the Wunderman Thompson global network, complementing its world-class commerce and marketing services teams in North America. With direct-to-consumer commerce sales in the United States forecast to grow to almost $213 billion by 2023, more brands are adopting D2C models as part of a multichannel approach. Diff specializes in growth strategy, front-end desig
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PHILADELPHIA, June 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Strategic media healthcare agency CMI Media Group, a WPP company (NYSE:WPP), announced it has appointed Andy Shaughnessy as SVP, Data Analytics on the agency's Customer Insights & Analytics team, responsible for leading and growing a talented team of data management experts, along with driving the agency's vision to provide actionable analytics to clients across multiple online and offline channels. With 15 years of proven pharma analytics experience, including omnichannel strategy and advanced/digital analytics, Andy brings a diverse range of skills to this role ensuring efficiency, speed, and value to the development of new data deliverab
Listen to the "Louder Than Cancer" playlist featuring commentary from artists like Melissa Etheridge, Imagine Dragons, H.E.R., and Blake Shelton exclusively on Amazon Music here Amazon Music and WPP (NYSE:WPP) today unveil "Louder Than Cancer," a groundbreaking initiative uniting top global artists to harness the power of music in recognition of World Cancer Day with creative leadership from WPP's Grey Health, talent marketing agency FIMI Group, and the Amazon Ads Brand Innovation Lab. The campaign builds upon the impactful "The Most Beautiful Sound," campaign, which captured the sound of cancer cells being destroyed for the first time ever, offering an inspiring symbol of hope and progre
Sequential improvement in LFL growth in Q2. Strong progress against January 2024 strategic objectives and significant value unlocked from sale of majority stake in FGS Global. Full year LFL guidance now -1% to 0% reflecting macro pressures and weakness in China WPP (NYSE:WPP) today reported its 2024 Interim Results. Key figures (£m) H1 2024 +/(-) % reported1 +/(-) % LFL2 H1 2023 Revenue 7,227 0.1 2.6 7,221 Revenue less pass-through costs 5,599 (3.6) (1.0) 5,811 Reported:
WPP (NYSE:WPP) today announces the appointment of Philip Jansen to its Board as a Non-Executive Director and Chair-designate. He will join the Board on 16 September 2024 and will succeed Roberto Quarta as Non-Executive Chair of WPP from 1 January 2025. Philip was Chief Executive of BT Group from 2019 to February 2024. Before that he was CEO of Worldpay, the technology-led global payments services group. Previous roles include CEO and then Chairman of Brakes Group, and a variety of senior positions in Sodexo Group. Philip began his career at Procter & Gamble, going on to hold marketing director roles at Dunlop Slazenger and Telewest before moving into general management first at Telewest a
Third quarter performance impacted by the continuation of second quarter trends. Launching the world's largest creative agency, VML, to enhance our offer to clients and simplify WPP. Now expect 2023 LFL growth of around 0.5-1.0% with margin of 14.8-15.0% at 2022 rates. WPP (NYSE:WPP) today reported its 2023 Third Quarter Trading Update. £m % reported1 % LFL2 Third Quarter Revenue 3,508 (1.8) 2.3 Revenue less pass-through costs 2,837 (5.0) (0.6) Year to date
Creative Entrepreneur and Growth Strategist appointed UK Leader for Grey Group LONDON, Sept. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Grey London has appointed Conrad Persons as its new President. Conrad will report to Grey Global CEO, Laura Maness. Laura Maness said: "Conrad is an entrepreneurial, thoughtful, collaborative, compassionate leader and true team builder with an extraordinary ability to leverage the power of creativity to unlock new sources of growth. Whether it's strategically identifying new audiences, creating new products and brand experiences, or designing business models th
Resilient performance with second quarter impacted by lower revenues in the US from technology clients and delays in spend on technology projects. Now expect 2023 LFL growth of 1.5-3.0%. Margin guidance remains at around 15% at 2022 rates WPP (NYSE:WPP) today reported its 2023 Interim Results. Key figures £m H1 2023 +/(-) % reported1 +/(-) % LFL2 H1 2022 Revenue 7,221 6.9 3.5 6,755 Revenue less pass-through costs 5,811 5.5 2.0 5,509 Reported: Operating profit 306 (43.2) - 539
Positive start to the year; reaffirmed guidance for 3-5% LFL growth in 2023 with an operating margin of around 15% WPP (NYSE:WPP) today reported its 2023 First Quarter Trading Update. £ million % reported1 % LFL2 First Quarter Revenue 3,460 11.9 4.9 Revenue less pass-through costs 2,829 9.9 2.9 Q1 revenue +11.9%; LFL revenue +4.9% Q1 LFL revenue less pass-through costs +2.9%, demonstrating continued momentum $1.5 billion net new business won, including from Adobe, Ford, Maruti Suzuki, Mondelēz and Swissport WPP topped all th
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Global CEO, Laura Maness makes latest high-profile addition to Grey leadership team NEW YORK, March 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Grey Group announces the latest addition to its global leadership team: Gabriel Schmitt joins as Global Chief Creative Officer. He will report to Global CEO Laura Maness. Among the most successful creative leaders in our industry and recently recognized by Adweek50, Gabriel joins Grey Group from FCB NY, where he was Co-Chief Creative Officer. There, he led the agency's creative resurgence on the heels of campaigns including "Whopper Detour," "Michel