WPP Ownership | Who Owns WPP?

WPP Ownership Summary

WPP is owned by 3.99% institutional investors, and 96.01% retail investors. Hotchkis & wiley capital management is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 6.98% of WPP shares. Vanguard Windsor II Inv is the top mutual fund, with 3.33% of its assets in WPP shares.

WPP Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	WPP	3.99%	-	96.01%
Sector	Communication Services Stocks	26.61%	16.14%	57.25%
Industry	Advertising Stocks	32.29%	13.59%	54.12%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Hotchkis & wiley capital management	15.00M	6.98%	$233.28M
Mondrian investment partners	3.40M	1.58%	$52.95M
Brandes investment partners, lp	898.71K	0.42%	$13.98M
Dimensional fund advisors lp	667.87K	0.31%	$10.38M
D. e. shaw	545.62K	0.25%	$8.48M
Millennium management	460.35K	0.21%	$7.16M
Connor, clark & lunn investment management	427.32K	0.20%	$6.64M
Barclays	420.00K	0.20%	$6.53M
Citadel advisors	283.40K	0.13%	$4.41M
Point72 asset management	259.42K	0.12%	$4.03M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Mondrian investment partners	3.40M	0.79%	$52.95M
Hotchkis & wiley capital management	15.00M	0.72%	$233.28M
Range financial group	73.78K	0.39%	$1.15M
Mork capital management	19.20K	0.33%	$480.96K
Abel hall	11.79K	0.19%	$412.80K
Barometer capital management	34.40K	0.18%	$534.92K
K.j. harrison & partners	40.00K	0.10%	$622.00K
Carolina wealth advisors	15.46K	0.10%	$240.43K
Brandes investment partners, lp	898.71K	0.10%	$13.98M
Ceera investments	13.05K	0.09%	$203.00K

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Hotchkis & wiley capital management	15.00M	0.72%	4.90M
Millennium management	460.35K	0.00%	460.35K
Barclays	420.00K	0.00%	420.00K
D. e. shaw	545.62K	0.01%	331.53K
Point72 asset management	259.42K	0.01%	259.42K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Invesco	-	-	-2.01M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	60.59K	-	-524.38K
Manufacturers life insurance company, the	209.72K	0.01%	-489.21K
Bank of montreal /can/	37.41K	0.00%	-413.78K
Morgan stanley	71.15K	0.00%	-352.10K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Barclays	420.00K	0.00%	420.00K	$6.53M
Aquatic capital management	75.14K	0.03%	75.14K	$1.17M
Range financial group	73.78K	0.39%	73.78K	$1.15M
Arrowstreet capital, limited partnership	39.17K	0.00%	39.17K	$609.11K
Pacific capital wealth advisors	20.00K	0.05%	20.00K	$311.00K

Sold Out

Holder	Change
West branch capital	-1.00
Sachetta	-2.00
Halbert hargrove global advisors	-2.00
Mendota financial group	-2.00
Deutsche bank ag\	-4.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Dec 31, 2025	111	-31.48%	8,587,617	-57.85%	3	4.46%	52	-47.47%	41	7.89%
Sep 30, 2025	150	-11.24%	20,346,949	11.82%	9	347.22%	89	-14.42%	37	-5.13%
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%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard Windsor II Inv	7.18M	3.33%	1.39M
Vanguard Windsor™ II Inv	5.80M	2.69%	2.09M
Mondrian Intl Equity Value Delivered	1.40M	0.65%	-
Mondrian Int Eq Delivered Strategy	1.15M	0.53%	117.00K
Hotchkis & Wiley Mid-Cap Value I	517.50K	0.24%	-
Hotchkis & Wiley Value Opps Instl	473.99K	0.22%	473.99K
American Beacon Large Cap Value R5	439.78K	0.20%	51.80K
BlackRock Large Cap Focus Value	384.59K	0.18%	384.59K
Vanguard VIF Diversified Val	249.00K	0.12%	40.50K
Hotchkis & Wiley Large Cap Fdml Value I	223.70K	0.10%	25.30K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2026 Q1	-	-
2016 Q1	-	-
2015 Q4	-	-
2015 Q3	-	-
2015 Q2	-	-

WPP Ownership FAQ

Who Owns WPP?

WPP shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 3.99%, followed by 0% insiders and 0% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in WPP's industry, Advertising Stocks , is 32.29%, which WPP falls below.

Who owns the most shares of WPP?

WPP’s largest shareholders are Hotchkis & wiley capital management (15M shares, 6.98%), Mondrian investment partners (3.4M shares, 1.58%), and Brandes investment partners, lp (898.71K shares, 0.42%). Together, they hold 8.98% of WPP’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own WPP?

BlackRock is not among the top 10 institutional shareholders of WPP.

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 0.79% of its assets in 3.4M WPP shares, valued at 52.95M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of WPP shares?

Vanguard Windsor II Inv is the top mutual fund holder of WPP shares, with 3.33% of its total shares outstanding invested in 7.18M WPP shares.

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