WPP Ownership | Who Owns WPP?

WPP Ownership Summary

WPP is owned by 1.73% institutional investors, and 98.27% retail investors. Hotchkis & wiley capital management is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 0.92% of WPP shares. Vanguard Windsor™ II Inv is the top mutual fund, with 2.69% of its assets in WPP shares.

WPP Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	WPP	1.73%	-	98.27%
Sector	Communication Services Stocks	46.39%	16.16%	37.45%
Industry	Advertising Stocks	46.36%	15.23%	38.41%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Hotchkis & wiley capital management	10.14M	0.92%	$354.96M
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	634.63K	0.06%	$29.05M
Brandes investment partners, lp	626.37K	0.06%	$21.93M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	594.96K	0.05%	$20.83M
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	10.14M	1.15%	$354.96M
Gilman hill asset management	81.21K	0.73%	$4.17M
Range financial group	44.56K	0.61%	$1.56M
Mork capital management	19.20K	0.49%	$672.19K
Ceera investments	31.99K	0.34%	$1.12M
Hudson portfolio management	8.63K	0.28%	$302.31K
Brandes investment partners, lp	626.37K	0.20%	$21.93M
Inlet private wealth	22.40K	0.19%	$784.22K
Abel hall	11.79K	0.19%	$412.80K

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Hotchkis & wiley capital management	10.14M	1.15%	3.42M
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
Blackrock	634.63K	0.00%	74.58K

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
Capital investors	-	-	-119.85K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Range financial group	44.56K	0.61%	44.56K	$1.56M
Balyasny asset management	20.40K	0.00%	20.40K	$714.13K
Xtx topco	15.10K	0.02%	15.10K	$528.55K
Abel hall	11.79K	0.19%	11.79K	$412.80K
Arrowstreet capital, limited partnership	11.63K	0.00%	11.63K	$407.34K

Sold Out

Holder	Change
West branch capital	-1.00
Mendota financial group	-2.00
Sachetta	-2.00
Halbert hargrove global advisors	-2.00
Caitlin john	-3.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Jun 30, 2025	174	-4.40%	19,066,604	-0.71%	1	57.04%	104	44.44%	42	-48.15%
Mar 31, 2025	182	-8.08%	19,193,911	0.38%	1	54.99%	72	-30.10%	81	39.66%
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%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard Windsor™ II Inv	5.80M	2.69%	2.09M
Mondrian Int Eq Delivered Strategy	1.15M	0.53%	117.00K
American Beacon Large Cap Value R5	435.35K	0.20%	-
BlackRock Large Cap Focus Value	281.17K	0.13%	-
Hotchkis & Wiley Value Opps Instl	235.40K	0.11%	-30.80K
BlackRock Large Cap Value (SMA)	209.70K	0.10%	-
Vanguard VIF Diversified Val	208.50K	0.10%	70.40K
BlackRock Mid Cap Value	194.69K	0.09%	-
DFA International Core Equity 2 I	161.51K	0.07%	5.57K
Fidelity Select Communication Services	149.20K	0.07%	3.70K

WPP Ownership FAQ

Who Owns WPP?

WPP shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 1.73%, followed by 0% insiders and 0% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in WPP's industry, Advertising Stocks , is 46.36%, which WPP falls below.

Who owns the most shares of WPP?

WPP’s largest shareholders are Hotchkis & wiley capital management (10.14M shares, 0.92%), Mondrian investment partners (2.87M shares, 0.27%), and Invesco (1.62M shares, 0.15%). Together, they hold 1.34% 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 2.69% of its total shares outstanding invested in 5.8M WPP shares.

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