WPP Ownership | Who Owns WPP?

WPP Ownership Summary

WPP is owned by 0.61% institutional investors, 0.08% insiders, and 99.32% retail investors. Hotchkis & wiley capital management is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 0.49% of WPP shares. Vanguard Windsor™ II Inv is the top mutual fund, with 1.36% of its assets in WPP shares.

WPP Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	WPP	0.61%	0.08%	99.32%
Sector	Communication Services Stocks	31.68%	14.81%	53.51%
Industry	Advertising Stocks	32.52%	12.08%	55.40%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Hotchkis & wiley capital management	5.28M	0.49%	$271.61M
Mondrian investment partners	2.87M	0.27%	$136.07M
Invesco	1.62M	0.15%	$83.47M
Fmr	1.59M	0.15%	$81.96M
Goldman sachs group	1.26M	0.12%	$64.77M
Morgan stanley	818.42K	0.08%	$37.47M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	715.61K	0.07%	$36.78M
Blackrock	634.63K	0.06%	$29.05M
Brandes investment partners, lp	598.40K	0.06%	$30.76M
Dimensional fund advisors lp	485.00K	0.05%	$24.93M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Mondrian investment partners	2.87M	2.25%	$136.07M
Hotchkis & wiley capital management	5.28M	0.90%	$271.61M
Gilman hill asset management	81.21K	0.73%	$4.17M
Mork capital management	19.20K	0.65%	$986.88K
Hudson portfolio management	8.88K	0.45%	$456.69K
Brandes investment partners, lp	598.40K	0.34%	$30.76M
Inlet private wealth	21.30K	0.29%	$1.09M
Ceera investments	16.06K	0.28%	$825.48K
Bard financial services	34.30K	0.21%	$1.76M
Balanced rock investment advisor	5.11K	0.21%	$262.65K

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Fmr	1.59M	0.00%	307.34K
Bank of america corp /de/	369.12K	0.00%	257.59K
Invesco	1.62M	0.02%	172.21K
Raymond james financial	169.72K	0.00%	169.72K
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	715.61K	0.00%	87.56K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Manufacturers life insurance company, the	209.72K	0.01%	-489.21K
Royal bank of canada	380.52K	0.00%	-413.25K
Macquarie group	285.81K	0.01%	-331.00K
Pacer advisors	-	-	-185.39K
Price t rowe associates inc /md/	-	-	-138.91K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Raymond james financial	169.72K	0.00%	169.72K	$8.72M
Hsbc	25.00K	0.00%	25.00K	$1.29M
Mork capital management	19.20K	0.65%	19.20K	$986.88K
Stonex group	18.60K	0.06%	18.60K	$956.00K
Graham capital management	16.97K	0.01%	16.97K	$872.10K

Sold Out

Holder	Change
West branch capital	-1.00
Kayne anderson rudnick investment management	-6.00
Lynx investment advisory	-15.00
Psi advisors	-17.00
Redmont wealth advisors	-17.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Dec 31, 2024	126	-33.68%	6,507,444	-66.51%	-	19.07%	69	-28.87%	31	-48.33%
Sep 30, 2024	186	-0.53%	19,418,210	8.11%	1	65.63%	96	-9.43%	59	43.90%
Jun 30, 2024	186	0.54%	17,961,321	29.52%	1	100.13%	105	17.98%	41	-31.67%
Mar 31, 2024	185	-3.65%	13,867,469	12.02%	1	4.07%	89	-16.82%	60	11.11%
Dec 31, 2023	192	12.28%	12,379,501	29.83%	5	29.90%	107	38.96%	54	-6.90%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard Windsor™ II Inv	2.93M	1.36%	-
Mondrian Int Eq Delivered Strategy	1.03M	0.48%	-
American Beacon Large Cap Value R5	261.25K	0.12%	28.30K
BlackRock Large Cap Focus Value	242.32K	0.11%	-
BlackRock Mid Cap Value	194.69K	0.09%	26.88K
BlackRock Large Cap Value (SMA)	181.47K	0.08%	-
Fidelity Select Communication Services	158.80K	0.07%	-
Manulife Fundamental Dividend L	145.69K	0.07%	-
DFA International Core Equity I	143.41K	0.07%	-
Hotchkis & Wiley Value Opps Instl	141.80K	0.07%	30.20K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Feb 03, 2014	JAMISON CYNTHIA T	See Explanation of Responses	Buy	$10.04K
May 03, 2013	Smith Jeffrey C	-	Buy	$618.87K
May 02, 2013	Smith Jeffrey C	-	Buy	$242.75K
May 02, 2013	Smith Jeffrey C	-	Buy	$607.76K
May 06, 2013	Smith Jeffrey C	-	Buy	$496.05K

WPP Ownership FAQ

Who Owns WPP?

WPP shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 0.61%, followed by 0.08% insiders and 99.31% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in WPP's industry, Advertising Stocks , is 32.52%, which WPP falls below.

Who owns the most shares of WPP?

WPP’s largest shareholders are Hotchkis & wiley capital management (5.28M shares, 0.49%), Mondrian investment partners (2.87M shares, 0.27%), and Invesco (1.62M shares, 0.15%). Together, they hold 0.91% of WPP’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own WPP?

Yes, BlackRock owns 0.06% of WPP, totaling 634.64K shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.00% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 29.05M$. In the last quarter, BlackRock increased its holdings by 74.58K shares, a 13.32% change.

Who is WPP’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Mondrian investment partners is WPP’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 2.25% of its assets in 2.87M WPP shares, valued at 136.07M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of WPP shares?

Vanguard Windsor™ II Inv is the top mutual fund holder of WPP shares, with 1.36% of its total shares outstanding invested in 2.93M WPP shares.

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