WPP plc (WPP) stock

WPPNYSEServices-Advertising AgenciesFiscal year ends December 31Also trades as WPPGF

Financials through fiscal 2025, year ended Dec 31, 2025Last filing: 20-F on Mar 19, 2026Score 2/30

$27.79+0.20 (+0.72%)

Close on Nov 13, 2026Market cap $6.00BP/E –Yield –

WPP operating margin

Operating margin is operating income as a percentage of revenue.

For fiscal 2025 it was 2.8%, against 9.0% the year before. The highest annual figure on record is 13.9% in fiscal 2016.

Annual operating margin

Period	Period end	Value	Change (pts)
FY2025	Dec 31, 2025	2.8%	−6.2
FY2024	Dec 31, 2024	9.0%	+5.4
FY2023	Dec 31, 2023	3.6%	−5.8
FY2022	Dec 31, 2022	9.4%	−0.2
FY2021	Dec 31, 2021	9.6%	+28.6
FY2020	Dec 31, 2020	-19.0%	−28.8
FY2019	Dec 31, 2019	9.8%	+0.2
FY2018	Dec 31, 2018	9.5%	−2.5
FY2017	Dec 31, 2017	12.0%	−1.9
FY2016	Dec 31, 2016	13.9%	+0.5
FY2015	Dec 31, 2015	13.3%	–

Where these numbers come from

Parsed from the XBRL in WPP's annual and quarterly filings with the SEC
Per-share figures adjusted for the 2-for-1 split on Nov 16, 1999
Fourth quarters derived from the annual report minus nine months
Every figure in the statements links to its source filing

Against peers

Trailing twelve months. Peers are matched on business description, industry and size. Ticks are peers, the dot is WPP.

Compare: WPP vs OMC · WPP vs STGW · WPP vs KD · WPP vs CRTO · WPP vs CNXC

Revenue growth-8.1% · median 2.6%

Gross margin15.8% · median 34.1%

Operating margin2.8% · median 5.2%

Net margin-1.6% · median 1.6%

Company	Revenue	Growth
OMC	$24.76B	+54.1%
KD	$14.90B	-0.7%
WPP	£13.55B	-8.1%
CNXC	$9.97B	+2.6%
STGW	$3.11B	+7.7%
CRTO	$1.81B	-7.5%

Company

Exchange: NYSE
Industry: Services-Advertising Agencies
Fiscal year ends: December 31
Employees: 98,655
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
SEC CIK: 806968

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