WPP (WPP)
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market vs.
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FINANCIAL BRIEF: For the fiscal year ended 31 December 2012, WPP PLC revenues increased 4% to L10.37B. Net income decreased 2% to L822.7M. Revenues reflect an increase in demand for the Company's products and services due to favorable market conditions. Net income was offset by Operating costs increase of 81% to L1.26B (expense), Staff cost increase of 4% to L6.06B (expense), Restructuring Costs increase from L0K to L93.4M (expense). more »
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market vs.
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BROKER CONSENSUS & FORECAST TREND
| Recommendation: | Strong Sell | Sell | Hold | Buy | Strong Buy |
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| No. of Analysts: | 1 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 9 |
WPP plc is engaged the provision of communications services on a national, multinational and global basis. Its segments include: Advertising and Media Investment Management; where it operates advertising networks Ogilvy & Mather Advertising, JWT, Y&R, Grey, bates and the United Network, as well as Media Investment Management companies, such as MediaCom, MEC, Mindshare, Maxus and tenthavenue; Consumer Insight, where its operations are conducted through Kantar; Public Relations & Public Affairs, where it operates through companies, such as Burson-Marsteller, Cohn & Wolfe, Hill & Knowlton and Ogilvy Public Relations, and Branding & Identity, Healthcare and Specialist Communications. where its operations are conducted by B to D Group, ghg, Wunderman, Sudler & Hennessey, OgilvyOne Worldwide, Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide, G2, OgilvyAction, 24/7 Media and other companies. Effective March 4, 2013, it acquired john st. In May 2013, it announced that Y&R Advertising opened Y&R Yangon.
Directors: Martin Sorrell (CEO) 68, Paul Richardson (Fin. Dir.) 54, Bessie Lee (Corp. Exec.) , Mark Read (Exec. Dir.) 44, Marie Capes (Secy.) ,
No. of Employees: 113,761 No. of Shareholders: n/a
| Last Annual | December 31st, 2012 |
| Last Interim | December 31st, 2012 |
| Shares in Issue | 1,264,712,862 |
| Free Float | 1.27bn (100.2%) |
| Sector | Consumer Cyclicals |
| Industry | Media & Publishing |
| Index | FTSE Eurofirst 100 , FTSEUROFIRST 300 , E300 ex EURO COR, FTSE 350 Act , FTSE Lower Yield , FT350 Media , FTSE 100 , FTSE 100 Eod Gbp , |
| Exchange |
London Stock Exchange (Full) |
| Eligible for | an ISA? a SIPP? |
| Address | , LONDON, W1J 5RJ, United Kingdom |
| Web | http://www.wpp.com |
| Phone | +44 20 74082204 |
| Contact | Fran Butera (Director, Investor Relations) |
| Registrar | Computershare Investor Services PLC (Bristol) |
| Auditors | Deloitte LLP |
| Tue 9:00am | WPP takes stake in mobile content platform Muzy |
| Mon 2:00pm | Series A funding for YouTube multichannel network |
| Thu 8:46am | AGM result - statement of poll |
| 12th Jun | AGM Trading Update |
| 6th Jun | TWITTER & WPP ANNOUNCE GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP |
| 6th Jun | WPP agrees to acquire a 49% stake in Heureka Grp |
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