Valuation
26% of the score, 32% here after data gaps
53median 13
WPP plc is valued at 16.2x its operating profit, including debt: an ordinary multiple.
25x
20x
15x
10x
6x
16.2x
Full points at 6x or less, none from 25xfull points
WPPWPP plc
$25.58-1.2% 1Y
$25.58
$14.7052 weeks$27.56
RyuScore
Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.
RyuScore 76 out of 100, Strong
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.
Strong. WPP plc scores higher than 92% of the 1,794 companies Ryufin scores.
Carried by return on new capital and capital allocation, held back by the balance sheet.
Communication Services median 55 · all companies 50
Return on capital
Taken out: its 18% is shared by the others
n/ano data
Fewer than three years of operating profit and capital on file.
Return on new capital
16% of the score, 20% here after data gaps
100median 49
For every dollar of operating profit earned over 6 years, yearly profit grew by 37 cents.
-5%
12%
37%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points
Capital allocation
14% of the score, 17% here after data gaps
94median 64
How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.
Share countDown 2.5% a year over 5 years: buybacks
945%
-3%
-2.5%
0 pointsfull points
Cycle position
12% of the score, 15% here after data gaps
100median 62
Today's operating margin of 2.8% is 0.30x its normal 9.3%: near a trough. Normal is half the 10 year median, half the last four years, so a margin that has held is not taken for a peak.
2x
1.5x
1x
0.7x
0.3x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
10 years agonow 2.8%
Balance sheet
8% of the score, 10% here after data gaps
17median 50
What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.
Net debt to EBITDA3.1x a year of EBITDA
344.5x
0.5x
3.1x
0 pointsfull points
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 1x
01.5x
12x
1.1x
0 pointsfull points
Earnings quality
6% of the score, 7% here after data gaps
100median 90
Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.
Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 7.71x profit over 3 years
1000.7x
1x
1.3x
7.7x
0 pointsfull points
How the RyuScore works
Each criterion earns 0 to 100 points on the scale drawn under it, and the RyuScore is their average weighted 26, 18, 16, 14, 12, 8 and 6. Scales bend in the company's favour between their ends, so an ordinary figure is never already near zero. For WPP, return on capital could not be measured from the filings, so it is taken out and the remaining weights scale up.
Built from the company's annual and quarterly filings with the SEC and today's share price. Banks, insurers and property trusts are not scored: their debt is their raw material, so these yardsticks mean something else there. Figures as of 2025-12-31, latest annual report FY2025.