10 Year Financial Data of WPP PLC (WPPGY)

87.75 (1y: +42%)

Market Cap	22.16 B	P/E(ttm)	18.70
Enterprise Value	26.44 B	P/B	2.20

WPPGY- NAS (USA)
WPP PLC

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Annual Rates (per share)	10 yrs*	5 yrs*	12 months*
Revenue Growth (%)	9.9	4.4	2.7
EBITDA Growth (%)	9.8	7.1	2.5
Free Cash Flow Growth (%)	-1.3	-10.1	35.5
Book Value Growth (%)	6.1	0.9	1

*12-month growth rate is calculated with the per share revenue (EBITDA, FCF, earnings) of the last 12 months over the per share revenue (EBITDA, FCF, earnings) over the previous 12 months. 5-year and 10-year growth rates are calculated with least-square regression based on the 5-year and 10-year numbers.

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Per Share Data	Annuals											Semi-Annual
Fiscal Period	Dec03	Dec04	Dec05	Dec06	Dec07	Dec08	Dec09	Dec10	Dec11	Dec12	TTM	Dec10	Jun11	Dec11	Jun12	Dec12

Revenue per Share ($)	27.23	27.89	33.15	36.11	38.37	48.43	53.13	52.79	56.57	58.10	58.09	26.02	26.57	30.00	27.95	30.14
EBITDA per Share	4.12	4.30	4.94	5.67	6.14	7.30	7.10	7.66	8.89	9.17	9.17	4.37	3.47	5.42	3.65	5.52
Free Cashflow per Share	4.85	2.84	4.11	2.92	4.47	4.55	3.46	6.47	2.33	3.24	3.22	7.41	-3.36	5.70	-1.42	4.64
Earnings per Share ($)	1.38	1.90	2.25	2.66	2.89	2.85	2.67	3.48	4.89	4.76	4.68	2.32	1.37	3.44	1.64	3.04
Dividends Per Share	0.43	0.52	0.61	0.74	0.91	1.05	1.18	1.23	1.43	1.96	1.96	0.44	0.87	0.56	1.30	0.66
Book Value per Share	26.66	25.39	24.09	23.39	24.65	37.32	36.06	36.47	37.61	38.15	38.00	34.30	37.73	37.66	38.35	38.00
Month End Stock Price	49.30	54.67	54.00	67.78	64.29	29.59	48.65	61.97	52.23	72.90	72.90	61.97	62.75	52.23	60.86	72.90
Ratios	Annuals											Semi-Annual
Fiscal Period	Dec03	Dec04	Dec05	Dec06	Dec07	Dec08	Dec09	Dec10	Dec11	Dec12	Latest Q.	Dec10	Jun11	Dec11	Jun12	Dec12

Return on Equity %	5.20	7.50	9.30	11.40	11.70	7.60	7.40	9.10	12.60	12.10	16.00	13.60	6.80	18.20	8.20	16.00
Return on Assets %	1.90	2.60	2.50	3.00	2.70	1.80	2.00	2.40	3.40	3.30	4.40	3.60	1.80	5.00	2.40	4.40
Debt to Equity	0.45	0.49	0.50	0.65	0.84	0.98	0.73	0.60	0.66	0.70	0.70	0.60	0.69	0.66	0.62	0.70

Gross Margin %	94.20	94.80	95.50	95.00	94.60	93.70	91.90	91.70	92.20	91.70	91.60	91.60	92.40	92.00	91.90	91.60
Operating Margin %	10.10	11.30	12.10	12.60	13.00	11.70	8.80	10.40	11.90	12.00	14.50	12.90	9.10	14.30	9.20	14.50
Net Margin %	5.10	6.80	6.80	7.40	7.50	5.90	5.00	6.30	8.40	7.90	10.10	8.90	4.90	11.50	5.60	10.10

Days Sales Outstanding	208	205	300	280	320	400	320	349	328	321	154	166	174	154	114	154
Days Inventory	415	358	426	420	374	269	159	173	156	148	69.70	81.30	122	71.80	92.50	69.70
Inventory Turnover	0.90	1.00	0.90	0.90	1.00	1.40	2.30	2.10	2.30	2.50	2.00	1.70	1.10	1.90	1.50	2.00

Debt to Revenue	0.44	0.45	0.36	0.42	0.54	0.75	0.50	0.41	0.44	0.46	0.88	0.79	0.99	0.83	0.85	0.88
COGS to Revenue	0.06	0.05	0.04	0.05	0.05	0.06	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08
Inventory to Revenue	0.07	0.05	0.05	0.06	0.06	0.05	0.04	0.04	0.03	0.03	0.06	0.08	0.10	0.06	0.08	0.06
Interest Exp. to Revenue %	-1.74	-1.64	-2.15	-2.09	-2.39	-2.34	-2.36	-2.09	-2.00	-2.06	-2.05	-1.96	-2.14	-1.87	-2.08	-2.05

Asset Turnover	0.37	0.38	0.37	0.40	0.36	0.31	0.39	0.38	0.41	0.42	0.22	0.20	0.19	0.22	0.21	0.22
Buyback Ratio	-2.90	-2.40	-2.10	-9.70	-4.50	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Dividend Payout Ratio	0.21	0.18	0.18	0.18	0.21	0.24	0.29	0.24	0.20	0.28	0.14	0.13	0.44	0.11	0.55	0.14
Income Statement	Annuals (USD $) View: $ %											Semi-Annual
Fiscal Period	Dec03	Dec04	Dec05	Dec06	Dec07	Dec08	Dec09	Dec10	Dec11	Dec12	TTM	Dec10	Jun11	Dec11	Jun12	Dec12

Revenue	6,213	6,511	8,140	8,948	9,382	11,329	13,158	14,138	15,185	15,717	15,717	7,409	7,141	8,044	7,533	8,184
Cost of Goods Sold	359	341	365	450	509	708	1,066	1,167	1,187	1,300	1,300	620	546	641	612	689
Gross Profit	5,854	6,171	7,775	8,499	8,873	10,620	12,092	12,970	13,998	14,416	14,416	6,789	6,595	7,403	6,921	7,495

Selling, General, &Admin. Expense	5,108	5,323	6,786	7,376	7,653	7,383	8,801	9,239	9,919	12,536	--	5,172	4,834	5,085	--	--
Earnings Before DDA	939	1,004	1,212	1,405	1,501	1,708	1,758	2,051	2,387	2,481	2,481	1,244	933	1,454	984	1,498

Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization	311	270	223	282	280	381	604	577	581	601	601	285	280	301	294	307

Operating Income	628	734	989	1,123	1,220	1,327	1,154	1,474	1,806	1,880	1,880	959	653	1,153	690	1,190
Interest Income/Expense	-108	-107	-175	-187	-224	-265	-311	-296	-303	-324	-324	-145	-153	-150	-156	-168
Net Income	315	443	551	660	707	665	663	888	1,273	1,247	1,247	659	350	923	421	826

Earnings per Share ($)	1.38	1.90	2.25	2.66	2.89	2.85	2.67	3.48	4.89	4.76	4.68	2.32	1.37	3.44	1.64	3.04
Total Shares Outstanding	228	234	246	248	245	234	248	268	268	271	272	285	269	268	269	272
Balance Sheet	Annuals (USD $) View: $ %											Semi-Annual
Fiscal Period	Dec03	Dec04	Dec05	Dec06	Dec07	Dec08	Dec09	Dec10	Dec11	Dec12	Latest Q.	Dec10	Jun11	Dec11	Jun12	Dec12

Cash and cash equivalents	2,149	2,447	1,689	2,520	3,094	3,898	2,525	2,978	2,949	2,947	2,947	2,978	2,680	2,949	2,046	2,947
Accounts Receivable	3,543	3,654	6,686	6,871	8,227	12,411	11,548	13,525	13,649	13,835	13,835	13,525	13,623	13,649	9,473	13,835
Inventory	408	334	426	517	522	521	465	555	506	528	528	555	732	506	622	528
Other Current Assets	-683	-428	-293	-659	-451	-2,008	-1,301	-1,534	-1,519	-1,518	-1,518	-1,534	-1,381	-1,519	2,527	-1,518
Total Current Assets	6,524	7,268	9,380	10,548	12,986	16,830	14,538	17,057	17,104	17,310	17,310	17,057	17,035	17,104	15,722	17,310

Property, Plant and Equipment	521	506	642	629	682	1,047	1,031	1,073	1,103	1,164	1,164	1,073	1,072	1,103	1,087	1,164
Intangible Assets	8,565	8,777	10,506	9,921	10,960	17,256	16,209	16,683	17,107	17,098	17,098	16,683	17,051	17,107	16,899	17,098
Other Long Term Assets	1,043	590	1,269	1,162	1,538	1,933	2,087	2,073	2,102	2,121	2,121	2,073	2,103	2,102	2,225	2,121
Total Assets	16,653	17,140	21,797	22,260	26,165	37,066	33,866	36,887	37,417	37,693	37,693	36,887	37,261	37,417	35,933	37,693

Accounts Payable	4,136	4,370	7,058	7,185	8,863	15,902	14,918	17,908	17,089	16,683	16,683	17,908	16,604	17,089	14,087	16,683
Current Portion of Long-Term Debt	857	916	714	1,912	2,409	2,486	1,092	387	785	1,645	1,645	387	1,046	785	603	1,645
Other Current Liabilities	2,458	2,620	3,351	3,148	3,750	--	-0.00	--	--	-0.00	-0.00	--	--	--	1,567	-0.00
Total Current Liabilities	7,451	7,906	11,123	12,245	15,022	18,388	16,010	18,295	17,875	18,328	18,328	18,295	17,651	17,875	16,257	18,328

Long-Term Debt	1,860	1,997	2,214	1,844	2,639	6,060	5,434	5,452	5,898	5,577	5,577	5,452	5,996	5,898	5,779	5,577
Other Long-Term Liabilities	1,260	1,309	2,546	2,374	2,476	3,887	3,492	3,372	3,547	3,469	3,469	3,372	3,472	3,547	3,562	3,469
Total Liabilities	10,571	11,212	15,882	16,463	20,137	28,335	24,936	27,119	27,321	27,374	27,374	27,119	27,118	27,321	25,598	27,374

Common Stock	180	179	190	188	181	190	190	192	192	192	192	192	192	192	192	192
Retained Earnings	-271	-190	7,958	8,253	8,314	8,802	8,946	9,708	16,369	16,949	16,949	9,708	15,996	16,369	16,756	16,949
Additional Paid-In Capital	1,446	1,518	3.18	113	158	13.03	19.09	82.58	160	267	267	82.58	117	160	216	267
Treasury Stock	--	--	--	--	-387	-288	-233	-219	-269	-252	-252	-219	-244	-269	-262	-252
Total Equity	6,082	5,928	5,915	5,797	6,028	8,731	8,930	9,768	10,096	10,320	10,320	9,768	10,143	10,096	10,335	10,320
Cashflow Statement	Annuals (USD $) View: $ %											Semi-Annual
Fiscal Period	Dec03	Dec04	Dec05	Dec06	Dec07	Dec08	Dec09	Dec10	Dec11	Dec12	TTM	Dec10	Jun11	Dec11	Jun12	Dec12

Net Income	628	734	989	731	781	779	768	1,002	1,389	1,356	1,356	725	398	990	465	891
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization	311	270	223	282	280	381	604	577	581	601	601	285	280	301	294	307
Cash Flow from Others	311	-196	56.50	-10.75	290	238	-131	484	-962	-580	-580	1,294	-1,421	459	-965	385
Cash Flow from Operations	1,249	809	1,269	1,002	1,352	1,398	1,241	2,062	1,008	1,376	1,376	2,304	-742	1,750	-207	1,583

Investment for Property, Plant & Equipement	-142	-145	-259	-279	-259	-334	-384	-330	-384	-500	-500	-193	-162	-222	-176	-324
Cash Flow from Acquisitions	-421	--	-769	-327	-1,023	-1,590	-219	-303	-712	-858	-858	-186	-275	-436	-207	-651
Cash Flow from Investing	-655	-447	-1,018	-572	-1,270	-1,906	-589	-621	-1,075	-1,171	-1,171	-370	-426	-650	-375	-796

Net Issuance of Stock	-3.18	-115	-200	-283	-577	-160	-14.39	-70.30	-276	-204	-204	-26.97	-149	-127	-100	-103
Net Issuance of Debt	37.83	195	-902	579	757	1,228	--	30.00	457	577	577	-625	441	15.76	11.52	565
Cash Flow for Dividends	-101	-124	-152	-180	-211	-341	-383	-405	-520	-574	-574	-162	-115	-405	-42.58	-531
Other Financing	-173	239	-39.69	-49.23	-71.58	-13.33	-668	36.52	25.61	72.42	72.42	42.88	34.09	-8.48	56.06	16.36
Cash Flow from Financing	-240	195	-1,293	66.50	-103	714	-1,066	-408	-314	-128	-128	-771	211	-525	-75.30	-53.18

Net Change in Cash	325	489	-914	420	160	388	-414	1,157	-381	76.36	76.36	1,288	-957	576	-658	734

Free Cash Flow	1,107	664	1,009	722	1,093	1,064	857	1,733	624	876	876	2,111	-904	1,528	-383	1,259
Valuation Ratios (Daily)	Annuals											Semi-Annual
Fiscal Period	Dec03	Dec04	Dec05	Dec06	Dec07	Dec08	Dec09	Dec10	Dec11	Dec12	Latest Q.	Dec10	Jun11	Dec11	Jun12	Dec12

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Valuation and Quality	Annuals											Semi-Annual
Fiscal Period	Dec03	Dec04	Dec05	Dec06	Dec07	Dec08	Dec09	Dec10	Dec11	Dec12	Latest Q.	Dec10	Jun11	Dec11	Jun12	Dec12

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