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WPP (LSE:WPP) Price-to-Owner-Earnings : 9.38 (As of May. 02, 2024)


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What is WPP Price-to-Owner-Earnings?

As of today (2024-05-02), WPP's share price is £8.07. WPP's Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was £0.86. It's Price-to-Owner-Earnings for today is 9.38.


The historical rank and industry rank for WPP's Price-to-Owner-Earnings or its related term are showing as below:

LSE:WPP' s Price-to-Owner-Earnings Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.09   Med: 10.56   Max: 25.21
Current: 9.37

During the past 13 years, the highest Price-to-Owner-Earnings of WPP was 25.21. The lowest was 3.09. And the median was 10.56.


LSE:WPP's Price-to-Owner-Earnings is ranked better than
62.94% of 429 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 11.98 vs LSE:WPP: 9.37

As of today (2024-05-02), WPP's share price is £8.07. WPP's Earnings per Share (Diluted) for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was £0.10. Therefore, WPP's PE Ratio for today is 79.90.

As of today (2024-05-02), WPP's share price is £8.07. WPP's EPS without NRI for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was £0.94. Therefore, WPP's PE Ratio without NRI for today is 8.60.

During the past 13 years, WPP's highest PE Ratio without NRI was 20.67. The lowest was 6.27. And the median was 13.23.


WPP Price-to-Owner-Earnings Historical Data

The historical data trend for WPP's Price-to-Owner-Earnings can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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WPP Price-to-Owner-Earnings Chart

WPP Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Price-to-Owner-Earnings
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.81 - 7.49 20.00 8.75

WPP Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Price-to-Owner-Earnings Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.49 - 20.00 - 8.75

Competitive Comparison of WPP's Price-to-Owner-Earnings

For the Advertising Agencies subindustry, WPP's Price-to-Owner-Earnings, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Owner-Earnings data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


WPP's Price-to-Owner-Earnings Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, WPP's Price-to-Owner-Earnings distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where WPP's Price-to-Owner-Earnings falls into.



WPP Price-to-Owner-Earnings Calculation

In 1986 Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Letter, Warren Buffett defined owner earnings as follows:

"These represent (a) reported earnings plus (b) depreciation, depletion, amortization, and certain other non-cash charges...less (c) the average annual amount of capitalized expenditures for plant and equipment, etc. that the business requires to fully maintain its long-term competitive position and its unit volume. (If the business requires additional working capital to maintain its competitive position and unit volume, the increment also should be included in (c))...Our owner-earnings equation does not yield the deceptively precise figures provided by GAAP, since (c) must be a guess - and one sometimes very difficult to make. Despite this problem, we consider the owner earnings figure, not the GAAP figure, to be the relevant item for valuation purposes - both for investors in buying stocks and for managers in buying entire businesses...All of this points up the absurdity of the 'cash flow' numbers that are often set forth in Wall Street reports. These numbers routinely include (a) plus (b) - but do not subtract (c)."

WPP's Price-to-Owner-Earnings for today is calculated as

Price-to-Owner-Earnings=Share Price/Owner Earnings per Share (TTM)
=8.07/0.86
=9.38

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


WPP  (LSE:WPP) Price-to-Owner-Earnings Explanation

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WPP (LSE:WPP) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
18 Upper Ground, Sea Containers, London, GBR, SE1 9GL
Headquartered in the United Kingdom, WPP is the world's largest ad holding company, based on annual revenues. WPP's services, which include traditional and digital advertising, public relations, and consulting, are provided worldwide, with over 70% of its revenue coming from more developed regions such as North America, the U.K., and Western Europe.

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