WPP Group(WPP)

Sector:

Media

Index:

FTSE 100

Market Cap

£6,301m

Change Today

Price Up15.00p

Share Price

537.50p

WPP Group Overview

WPP is one of the world's largest communications services groups, specialising in advertising, and public relations. The group has 62,000 people working in 1,400 offices in 103 countries. Major clients include American Express, AT&T, Colgate-Palmolive, GlaxoSmithKline and Nestlé.

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Income & Efficiency

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 2.5% 3.1%
Div Cover 3.6 3.4
Op Mrgn 13.0% 13.8%
ROCE 108.3%  

Valuation

Latest F'cast
P/E 11.2 10.4
PEG 1.1 1.4
Pr/Revenue 1.0 0.9
Pr/Book 1.5  

Growth

Latest F'cast
Revenue 4.7% 9.6%
PBT 5.5% 30.2%
EPS 10.6% 7.6%
DPS 20.0% 13.8%

WPP Group Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-03 a18,621.30 a349.90 29.80p 18.4 1.1 +17% 6.48p 1.2%
31-Dec-04 19,598.00 434.40 28.90p 19.8 n/a -3% 7.78p 1.4%
31-Dec-05 5,373.70 592.00 29.70p 21.2 7.1 +3% 9.34p 1.5%
31-Dec-06 5,907.80 682.00 43.30p 15.9 0.3 +46% 11.21p 1.6%
31-Dec-07 6,185.90 719.40 47.90p 13.5 1.2 +11% 13.45p 2.1%

a. Based on UK GAAP presentation of accounts - includes discontinued activities

WPP Group Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-08 6,781.85 936.78 51.54p 10.4 1.4 +8% 15.31p 3.1%
31-Dec-09 6,984.70 975.02 54.40p 9.9 1.8 +6% 16.97p 3.5%

Covering analysts: ABN AMRO, Bernstein Research, Blue Oar Securities, Charles Stanley & Co, Citigroup Investment Research, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank Research, Goldman Sachs, IIR Group, ING Wholesale Banking, Jefferies, Landsbanki Kepler, Lehman Bros, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Natixis Securities, Numis Securities, Oddo Securities, Oriel Securities, Panmure Gordon, Société Générale, Standard & Poors

WPP Group Company Announcements

Extension of the WPP Offer 29-Aug-2008 17:57 RNS
Extension of the WPP Offer 29-Aug-2008 17:33 RNS
Total Voting Rights 29-Aug-2008 17:01 RNS

WPP Group ShareCast News

London close: Footsie rebounds after shaky start 27-Aug-2008 ShareCast
London afternoon: London bounces back 27-Aug-2008 ShareCast
London midday: Oils and miners limit Footsie's l... 27-Aug-2008 ShareCast

WPP Group Top Newspaper Links

Charter joins Henderson in tax exodus to Ireland 29-Aug-2008 The Independent
TNS's biggest shareholder rejects WPP's hostile ... 28-Aug-2008 Times
Hold out for more, TNS tells investors 28-Aug-2008 Telegraph

Latest WPP Group Director Deals

No deals were found in the last 28 days.

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Note 2: RiskGrade figures are provided by RiskMetrics.

Note 3: Above ratios are on a 'per annum' basis, adjusted for corporate actions and based on the fundamentals of the primary listed security.

Note 4: Under IFRS, all figures are based on 'Continuing' operations unless otherwise stated.

Note 5: In the case of dual listed securities, broker recommendations and forecasts relate to the primary listing.

Note 6: Forecast figures based on normalised accounts.

 

WPP Group Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 537.50p Price Up
Change Today +15.00p
52 Week High 716.00p
52 Week Low 425.75p
Volume 12,102,975
Shares Issued 1,172.31m
Market Cap £6,301m
Beta 1.05
RiskGrade 168

WPP Group Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
79.62% below the market average79.62% below the market average79.62% below the market average79.62% below the market average79.62% below the market average
90.62% below the sector average90.62% below the sector average90.62% below the sector average90.62% below the sector average90.62% below the sector average
Price Trend
9.22% above the market average9.22% above the market average9.22% above the market average9.22% above the market average9.22% above the market average
49.64% above the sector average49.64% above the sector average49.64% above the sector average49.64% above the sector average49.64% above the sector average
Income
24.35% below the market average24.35% below the market average24.35% below the market average24.35% below the market average24.35% below the market average
48.28% below the sector average48.28% below the sector average48.28% below the sector average48.28% below the sector average48.28% below the sector average
Growth
55.81% below the market average55.81% below the market average55.81% below the market average55.81% below the market average55.81% below the market average
40% below the sector average40% below the sector average40% below the sector average40% below the sector average40% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 6
Buy 3
Neutral 4
Sell 1
Strong Sell 2
Total 16
buy
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WPP Group Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Interim Final
Ex-Div 08-Oct-08 04-Jun-08
Paid 10-Nov-08 07-Jul-08
Amount 5.19p 9.13p

Trades for 29-Aug-2008

Time Volume / Share Price
16:36 8,731 @ 536.11p
16:53 1,271,100 @ 537.50p
16:48 2,600 @ 523.50p
16:47 1,271,100 @ 537.50p
16:35 25,000 @ 537.50p

WPP Group Key Personnel

CEO Sir Martin Sorrell
Finance Director Paul Richardson

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