WPP — WPP plc

US Communications Advertising equity
26.37 +0.38% today
USD · as of 2026-08-21

Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21

499 daily closes shown
52w low 15.11 · high 27.55

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Performance

1 day+0.38%
1 week-2.01%
1 month+45.45%
3 months+41.93%
6 months+39.97%
Year to date+15.10%
1 year-0.57%
3 years-44.32%
5 years-61.94%

Technicals

RSI 1476.8
vs 50-day avg+29.26%
vs 200-day avg+36.62%
Volatility 1y55.5%
Max drawdown 1y-44.63%
Avg volume 30d504.4K
Daily bars held2,674
History from2016-01-04

Dividends

Yield (trailing 12m)5.49%
Paid last 12m1.4469
Payments in 12m3
Paying since2018-06-14

Measured signals that fired on WPP

datesignal measured base rate
2026-08-07Breakout to a 52-week high
price
-1.00% over 21 days · t = -8.58 · n = 24,386
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-08-07Fair value gap, bullish
structure
-0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-27Equal highs taken out
structure
-0.70% over 21 days · t = -8.28 · n = 68,636
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-05-29Equal highs taken out
structure
-0.70% over 21 days · t = -8.28 · n = 68,636
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-05-12Fair value gap, bearish
structure
-0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-04-08Fair value gap, bullish
structure
-0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973
statistically distinguishable from its control group

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Insider transactions (Form 4)

dateinsiderwhatshares pricevalue
2026-06-15Rose Cindy H
Chief Executive Officer
Option exercise187.3K
2026-06-15Rose Cindy H
Chief Executive Officer
Shares withheld for tax88.2K
2026-05-21Agnefjall Hans Peter Henrik
Director
Open-market purchase75.0K

Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →

Largest institutional holders

managervalueshares
HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC233.3M15.0M
Mondrian Investment Partners LTD52.9M3.4M
BRANDES INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LP14.0M898.7K
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP10.4M667.9K
D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.8.5M545.6K
MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC7.2M460.4K
Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd.6.6M427.3K
BARCLAYS PLC6.5M420.0K
CITADEL ADVISORS LLC4.4M283.4K
Point72 Asset Management, L.P.4.0M259.4K

13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →

Latest SEC filings

formfiledperiod
6-K2026-08-072026-08-07on EDGAR ↗
6-K2026-08-062026-08-06on EDGAR ↗
6-K2026-08-062026-06-30on EDGAR ↗
6-K2026-08-032026-08-03on EDGAR ↗
6-K2026-07-082026-07-08on EDGAR ↗
6-K2026-07-012026-07-01on EDGAR ↗
42026-06-162026-06-15on EDGAR ↗
6-K2026-06-162026-06-16on EDGAR ↗

Short selling

Avg short volume, 90d38.1% of tape
Days observed61

This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →

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