WPP PLC ADR (WPP) financial statements

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WPP PLC ADR reported revenue of 13.6B GBP in fiscal 2025, down 1.0% a year over 9 years.

Net income was -215M GBP and the operating margin 2.8%, against 13.9% in 2016.

Free cash flow was 538M GBP, and the company returned 393M GBP in dividends and 97M GBP in net buybacks.

The diluted share count fell 17% over the period (buybacks).

Revenue and free cash flow

Fiscal years, $ billions (GBP).

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Income statement

Fiscal years, in GBP, from WPP PLC ADR's 10-K filings with the SEC.

Fiscal year	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Revenue	14.9B GBP	13.1B GBP	13.0B GBP	13.2B GBP	12.0B GBP	12.8B GBP	14.4B GBP	14.8B GBP	14.7B GBP	13.6B GBP
Cost of revenue	11.8B GBP	10.5B GBP	10.6B GBP	10.8B GBP	10.0B GBP	10.6B GBP	11.9B GBP	12.3B GBP	12.3B GBP	11.4B GBP
Gross profit	3.0B GBP	2.7B GBP	2.5B GBP	2.4B GBP	2.0B GBP	2.2B GBP	2.5B GBP	2.5B GBP	2.5B GBP	2.1B GBP
Selling, general and admin	978M GBP	1.1B GBP	1.2B GBP	1.1B GBP	4.3B GBP	975M GBP	1.2B GBP	2.0B GBP	1.1B GBP	1.8B GBP
Operating income	2.1B GBP	1.6B GBP	1.2B GBP	1.3B GBP	-2.3B GBP	1.2B GBP	1.4B GBP	531M GBP	1.3B GBP	382M GBP
Interest expense	—	270M GBP	—	359M GBP	312M GBP	284M GBP	359M GBP	389M GBP	417M GBP	352M GBP
Pre-tax income	1.9B GBP	1.9B GBP	1.0B GBP	1.2B GBP	-2.8B GBP	951M GBP	1.2B GBP	346M GBP	1.0B GBP	131M GBP
Income tax	389M GBP	83M GBP	256M GBP	287M GBP	127M GBP	230M GBP	385M GBP	149M GBP	402M GBP	303M GBP
Net income	1.4B GBP	2.0B GBP	825M GBP	844M GBP	-3.0B GBP	638M GBP	683M GBP	110M GBP	542M GBP	-215M GBP
EPS (diluted)	1.08 GBP	1.54 GBP	0.65 GBP	0.67 GBP	-2.43 GBP	0.53 GBP	0.61 GBP	0.10 GBP	0.49 GBP	-0.20 GBP
Diluted shares	1.30B	1.28B	1.26B	1.26B	1.22B	1.22B	1.12B	1.09B	1.10B	1.08B
Gross margin	20.4%	20.3%	19.1%	18.2%	16.8%	17.2%	17.6%	17.0%	16.6%	15.8%
Operating margin	13.9%	12.0%	9.5%	9.8%	-19.0%	9.6%	9.4%	3.6%	9.0%	2.8%
Net margin	9.4%	14.9%	6.3%	6.4%	-24.7%	5.0%	4.7%	0.7%	3.7%	-1.6%

Balance sheet

Fiscal years, in GBP, from WPP PLC ADR's 10-K filings with the SEC.

Fiscal year	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Cash and short-term investments	1.9B GBP	2.0B GBP	2.2B GBP	11.3B GBP	12.9B GBP	3.9B GBP	2.5B GBP	2.2B GBP	2.6B GBP	2.7B GBP
Receivables	12.4B GBP	12.5B GBP	13.1B GBP	11.8B GBP	11.0B GBP	11.4B GBP	9.0B GBP	8.5B GBP	7.7B GBP	7.3B GBP
Inventory	400M GBP	424M GBP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total current assets	15.4B GBP	24.6B GBP	24.4B GBP	23.8B GBP	24.0B GBP	15.3B GBP	15.1B GBP	13.9B GBP	13.7B GBP	13.2B GBP
Property, plant and equipment	969M GBP	980M GBP	1.1B GBP	876M GBP	791M GBP	896M GBP	1.0B GBP	828M GBP	909M GBP	724M GBP
Goodwill	13.2B GBP	12.9B GBP	13.1B GBP	10.1B GBP	7.4B GBP	7.6B GBP	8.5B GBP	8.4B GBP	7.6B GBP	6.9B GBP
Total current liabilities	16.8B GBP	25.0B GBP	25.0B GBP	24.1B GBP	23.2B GBP	16.5B GBP	17.7B GBP	16.3B GBP	15.5B GBP	14.8B GBP
Long-term debt	5.6B GBP	6.3B GBP	5.6B GBP	4.0B GBP	5.0B GBP	4.2B GBP	3.8B GBP	3.8B GBP	3.7B GBP	4.1B GBP
Shareholders' equity	9.3B GBP	9.5B GBP	9.4B GBP	7.9B GBP	4.7B GBP	3.6B GBP	3.7B GBP	3.4B GBP	3.5B GBP	2.5B GBP
Net debt	4.1B GBP	4.5B GBP	4.0B GBP	-7.0B GBP	-7.9B GBP	559M GBP	2.0B GBP	2.5B GBP	1.7B GBP	2.2B GBP

Cash flow

Fiscal years, in GBP, from WPP PLC ADR's 10-K filings with the SEC.

Fiscal year	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Operating cash flow	1.8B GBP	1.4B GBP	1.7B GBP	1.9B GBP	2.1B GBP	2.0B GBP	701M GBP	1.2B GBP	1.4B GBP	724M GBP
Capital spending	285M GBP	326M GBP	375M GBP	394M GBP	273M GBP	293M GBP	224M GBP	217M GBP	236M GBP	186M GBP
Free cash flow	1.5B GBP	1.1B GBP	1.3B GBP	1.5B GBP	1.8B GBP	1.7B GBP	477M GBP	1.0B GBP	1.2B GBP	538M GBP
Stock-based compensation	106M GBP	105M GBP	85M GBP	71M GBP	74M GBP	100M GBP	122M GBP	140M GBP	109M GBP	73M GBP
Dividends paid	706M GBP	839M GBP	854M GBP	847M GBP	205M GBP	429M GBP	435M GBP	524M GBP	492M GBP	393M GBP
Share buybacks (net)	-427M GBP	-504M GBP	-207M GBP	-44M GBP	-290M GBP	-818M GBP	-862M GBP	-54M GBP	-82M GBP	-97M GBP
Net borrowing	—	—	—	-1.7B GBP	-283M GBP	-397M GBP	-221M GBP	-49M GBP	-27M GBP	456M GBP
Free cash flow margin	10.0%	8.2%	10.1%	11.0%	14.8%	13.6%	3.3%	6.9%	8.0%	4.0%
Dividends per share	0.54 GBP	0.66 GBP	0.68 GBP	0.67 GBP	0.17 GBP	0.35 GBP	0.39 GBP	0.48 GBP	0.45 GBP	0.37 GBP

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Questions

What was WPP PLC ADR's revenue in 2025?

13.6B GBP in fiscal 2025, from its 10-K filing.

How much free cash flow does WPP PLC ADR generate?

538M GBP in fiscal 2025 (operating cash flow minus capital spending).

From WPP PLC ADR's annual reports filed with the SEC (XBRL data), standardised by Investingly. Information only, not investment advice.