WPP Books Lower H1 Attributable Profit, Revenue

02:31 AM EDT, 08/06/2026 (MT Newswires) -- WPP (WPP.L) said Thursday reported attributable profit and revenue slipped year over year for the first half. Reported profit attributable to shareholders for the six months ended June 30 was 19 million pounds sterling, compared with 44 million pounds earlier. EPS moved to 0.017 pound from 0.04 pound. The communications and advertising company's revenue was 6.37 billion pounds, compared with 6.66 billion pounds a year ago. Meanwhile, the board declared an unchanged interim dividend of 0.075 pound per share, payable on Nov. 2 to shareholders on record Oct. 9. Looking ahead, WPP's guidance includes like-for-like revenue less pass-through costs overall to decline in the low to mid-single digits in the second half.