Projected Income Statement: WPP plc

Forecast Balance Sheet: WPP plc

Fiscal Period: December 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027
Net Debt 1 696 901 2,479 2,504 1,690 2,912 2,819 2,540
Change - 29.45% 175.14% 1.01% -32.51% 72.31% -3.19% -9.9%
Announcement Date 3/11/21 2/24/22 2/23/23 2/22/24 2/27/25 - - -
1GBP in Million
Estimates

Cash Flow Forecast: WPP plc

Fiscal Period: December 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027
CAPEX 1 218.3 263.2 208.4 177.2 189 303.1 301.6 305.8
Change - 20.57% -20.82% -14.97% 6.66% 60.35% -0.49% 1.41%
Free Cash Flow (FCF) 1 1,836 1,740 492.5 1,061 1,219 421.8 826 853.8
Change - -5.27% -71.69% 115.43% 14.89% -65.4% 95.83% 3.37%
Announcement Date 3/11/21 2/24/22 2/23/23 2/22/24 2/27/25 - - -
1GBP in Million
Estimates

Forecast Financial Ratios: WPP plc

Fiscal Period: December 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027

Profitability

        
EBITDA Margin (%) 18.57% 19.46% 19.21% 18.83% 18.91% 16.23% 16.53% 16.6%
EBIT Margin (%) 13.02% 15.19% 15.39% 15.06% 15.38% 13.12% 13.16% 13.19%
EBT Margin (%) -28.59% 9.14% 9.83% 2.92% 9.08% 7.73% 7.31% 8.34%
Net margin (%) -30.46% 6.13% 5.79% 0.93% 4.77% 4.43% 4.14% 4.66%
FCF margin (%) 18.81% 16.73% 4.17% 8.95% 10.73% 4.16% 8.46% 8.63%
FCF / Net Income (%) -61.76% 272.81% 72.14% 961.05% 224.91% 93.93% 204.39% 184.94%

Profitability

        
ROA 1.95% 2.98% 3.88% 3.7% 3.72% 1.93% 1.94% 2.05%
ROE 11.5% 22.87% 30.15% 29.08% 28.29% 17.93% 15.98% 15.28%

Financial Health

        
Leverage (Debt/EBITDA) 0.38x 0.45x 1.09x 1.12x 0.79x 1.77x 1.75x 1.55x
Debt / Free cash flow 0.38x 0.52x 5.03x 2.36x 1.39x 6.9x 3.41x 2.97x

Capital Intensity

        
CAPEX / Current Assets (%) 2.24% 2.53% 1.77% 1.49% 1.66% 2.99% 3.09% 3.09%
CAPEX / EBITDA (%) 12.04% 13.01% 9.19% 7.94% 8.8% 18.41% 18.69% 18.61%
CAPEX / FCF (%) 11.89% 15.13% 42.31% 16.7% 15.5% 71.85% 36.51% 35.82%

Items per share

        
Cash flow per share 1 1.68 1.673 0.6278 1.132 1.284 0.6876 0.6917 0.7958
Change - -0.44% -62.47% 80.28% 13.4% -46.42% 0.59% 15.05%
Dividend per Share 1 0.24 0.312 0.394 0.394 0.394 0.2346 0.2134 0.2409
Change - 30% 26.28% 0% 0% -40.46% -9.03% 12.87%
Book Value Per Share 1 3.96 2.953 3.225 3.141 3.227 3.363 3.665 3.982
Change - -25.42% 9.19% -2.61% 2.74% 4.22% 8.98% 8.67%
EPS 1 -2.427 0.525 0.612 0.101 0.494 0.4166 0.3966 0.4624
Change - 121.63% 16.57% -83.5% 389.11% -15.68% -4.8% 16.6%
Nbr of stocks (in thousands) 1,216,111 1,148,624 1,065,133 1,069,034 1,072,999 1,072,999 1,072,999 1,072,999
Announcement Date 3/11/21 2/24/22 2/23/23 2/22/24 2/27/25 - - -
1GBP
Estimates
2025 *2026 *
P/E ratio 7.73x 8.12x
PBR 0.96x 0.88x
EV / Sales 0.63x 0.64x
Yield 7.28% 6.63%
More valuation ratios * Estimated data

EPS & Dividend

Y-o-Y evolution of P/E

Year-on-year evolution of the Yield

Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
A
More Ratings
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
HOLD
Number of Analysts
12
Last Close Price
3.221GBP
Average target price
3.667GBP
Spread / Average Target
+13.84%
Consensus

Quarterly revenue - Rate of surprise