WPP plc · WPP · NYSE
Dividend report · updated Nov 10, 2026
$27.64 -0.50% on the day, -$0.14
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Yearly payout / yield
$1.01·3.65%
$0.505 twice a year x 2 ⓘ
Next payment
~$0.505/half-yr
pays ~Apr 12, 2027 (est.) ⓘ
Next ex-date
Apr 9, 2027est.
own by Apr 8, 2027 ⓘ
Years without a cut
5 yrs
since the 2020 cut (-41.3%) ⓘ
Recession record
2000varied2008varied2020cut2022varied
cut in 2021
Yield vs history ⓘ
45
Near its usual yield
WPP share price & total return
Daily closing price, adjusted for stock splits.
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Every payment since Jun 2017
WPP Dividend Growth (CAGR)
1Y -0.4%3Y -27.3%5Y -11.7%10Y -10.0%
Per-share amount, by the date it paid (~ = about, from its usual pay gap). The enlarge button shows all 70 payments since 1988.
Annual dividends and growth
Total paid per share in each calendar year; 2026 YTD is paid so far, the amounts vary too much to estimate the rest.
Next 5 years if the pace holds
If the recent pace holds — one-off jumps left out. Not a forecast. Pace: +3.88% a year, its typical raise over the last 5 years. Today's $1.01 a year would be $1.22 by 2031 - 4.42% on today's $27.64 price.

How Many WPP Shares for $500 or $1,000 a Month?

At $1.01 a share a year, $500 a month takes about 5,941 WPP shares, about $164,209 at the Nov 10, 2026 close of $27.64. $1,000 a month takes about 11,882 shares, about $328,418. Before taxes, and only while the rate holds.

WPP pays $0.505 a share twice a year, $1.01 a year, a 3.65% run-rate yield at the Nov 10, 2026 close of $27.64. It has made 70 dividend payments since 1988.

At today’s rate of $0.505 twice a year and the last close of $27.64, this is what WPP pays before taxes, if the rate stays where it is:

You holdEach paymentPer month (avg)Per year
1 share$0.505$0.08$1.01
100 shares$50.50$8.42$101.00
$10,000 invested (361.8 shares)$182.71$30.45$365.41
5,941 shares ($500/mo)$3,000.21$500.03$6,000.41
11,882 shares ($1,000/mo)$6,000.41$1,000.07$12,000.82

With DRIP on, every payment buys more shares instead of landing as cash. 100 WPP shares reinvest into 1.83 new shares each payment, about 3.7 new shares a year at today’s price and rate, and each new share collects the next payment too. To DRIP one whole new share every payment you need about 55 shares. Raises speed that up; a falling share price buys more shares per payment, but each is worth less. See the snowball over 10 to 30 years with WPP’s own history in the WPP DRIP calculator.

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An algorithmic rating built from reported data, not a recommendation.
  • Coverage: does what it earns cover the dividend rating
  • Dividend vs cash flow + debt: is the dividend paid with borrowed money report
  • Debt load: how much the balance sheet leans on borrowing rating
  • Debt interest coverage: can profits easily pay the interest bill rating
  • Earnings direction: are sales and profits growing or shrinking report
  • Liquidity: is there cash for debts due this year rating
  • Raise streak: how many years in a row it raised see details
  • Years without a cut: how long since the last dividend cut see details
  • Raise vs trend: are recent raises keeping their usual pace history
  • Yield vs history: is today’s yield high or low versus its past rating
  • Recession record: what the dividend did in past crashes history
  • Crash record: what the dividend did in the 2008 crash history

WPP Dividend Yield Today vs Its 5-Year Range

45/100Near its usual yieldvs its 10-yr history
  • WPP yields 3.65% today, at the Nov 10, 2026 close of $27.64.
  • Its own 10-year median is 4.35%, so today’s yield is near its usual level.
  • No steady norm: its payout changed too much in 3 years to read a steady norm. So this reads today’s yield against its own 10-year history as it is.
Last 5 years: lowest to highest month-end yield
2.24% low12.28% high
Blue mark = today, grey = its 10-year median. A higher yield than usual means a lower price against the payout.

Where today ranks in its own history is in the paid report

How it works. Each month-end over the last 10 years gives one yield: the regular payment then, times payments a year, over that day’s close. Specials are left out. 50 means today’s yield sits right at its usual level. A lower score means the yield is below its usual level, so the price is high against the payout. A higher score means the yield is above its usual level. On price alone a payer stays between 15 and 85. Steady raisers get a few points back. It reads the past, not the future.

When Is WPP’s Next Dividend? Ex-Date and Pay Date After October 2026

WPP has not declared its next dividend yet. By its usual rhythm of about 182 days between ex-dates, the next ex-date falls around Apr 9, 2027, with the cash around Apr 12, 2027. An estimate, not a promise: only the declaration makes it final. The latest one, $0.505 a share, went ex on Oct 9, 2026 and paid Oct 12, 2026.

  • Ex-dates: about every 182 days (semi-annual)
  • Payment: usually about 3 days after the ex-date

Every payer going ex-dividend this week is on the dividend calendar.

How Often Does WPP Pay?

WPP pays twice a year, 2 times a year. Recent payments arrived in Jun and Oct, with ex-dates in Jun and Oct. The ex-date comes about every 182 days, and the cash usually lands about 3 days later.

Paid in the last 12 months
$1.01 a share, in 2 payments.
-50.4% against the 12 months before ($2.04 in 2 payments).
Cash that landed, by pay date. The yield up top uses today’s rate instead, so a raise or a cut shows there first.
Payout months
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Pays in Jun and Oct. Ex-dates fall in Jun and Oct (latest 2 payments).
Raise history
  • Streak: 0 years of higher annual totals (through 2025)
  • Last change: cut Jun 5, 2026 - $1.5384 to $0.508 (-66.98%)
  • Last raise: Jun 7, 2024 - $1.4657 to $1.54 (+$0.0743, +5.07%)
  • Usual $ step: $0.0484 (median of the raises before it)

WPP vs Similar Dividend Stocks (NXST, VSNT...)

Against the 10 dividend-paying Communication Services companies closest to WPP in market value, WPP’s 3.65% run-rate yield is above the group’s middle yield of 2.56%, and its raise streak of 0 years is the 4th longest. A higher yield than the group is not a bonus by itself: it is often the market pricing in a cut, so read it next to the rating and the coverage behind it.

Ticker Dividend ⓘ Yield Safety Rating Recessions ⓘ No cut ⓘ
WPP $27.64WPP $0.505/half-yr$1.01/yr fwd 3.65% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Cut in 20212000 varied2008 varied2020 cut2022 varied 5 yrsno raise streak
NXST $201.23Nexstar Media Group $1.86/qtr$7.44/yr fwd 3.70% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Raised in both2020 raised2022 raisedno 2000/2008 record 12+ yrsraised 12+ yrs in a row
VSNT $35.09Versant Media Group $0.375/qtr$1.50/yr fwd 4.27% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only — —no raise streak
IRDM $45.08Iridium Communications $0.15/qtr$0.60/yr fwd 1.33% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only — 2+ yrsraised 2+ yrs in a row
CNK $40.89Cinemark Holdings $0.09/qtr$0.36/yr fwd 0.88% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only — 1 yrno raise streak
PSKY $6.91Paramount Skydance Corporation Class B Common Stock $0.05/qtr$0.20/yr fwd 2.89% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only — 2 yrsno raise streak
IIJIY $47.02Internet Initiative Japan $0.303/half-yr$0.61/yr fwd 1.29% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only — 18+ yrsraised 2 yrs in a row
TKC $4.76Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S. $0.106/yr 2.23% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only — 3 yrsno raise streak
JOYY $81.49JOYY, Inc. Sponsored ADR Class A $1.55/qtr$6.20/yr fwd 7.61% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only — 1+ yrno raise streak
PHI $18.26PLDT $0.752/half-yr$1.50/yr fwd 8.24% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only — 8 yrsno raise streak
TDS $33.86Telephone and Data Systems $0.04/qtr$0.16/yr fwd 0.47% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only — 1 yrno raise streak

Yield and the safety rating are only half of it. See total returns with dividends reinvested, side by side: WPP vs NXST, WPP vs VSNT, WPP vs IRDM.

WPP Dividend History: Every Payment Since 1988

Ex-datePay dateAmountFrequencyType
Oct 9, 2026Oct 12, 2026$0.505Semi-annualRegular
Jun 5, 2026Jun 8, 2026$0.508Semi-annualRegular
Oct 10, 2025Oct 13, 2025$0.503Semi-annualRegular
Jun 6, 2025Jun 9, 2025$1.5384Semi-annualRegular
Oct 11, 2024Oct 14, 2024$0.9542Semi-annualRegular
Jun 7, 2024Jun 10, 2024$1.54Semi-annualRegular
Oct 12, 2023Oct 16, 2023$0.9536Semi-annualRegular
Jun 8, 2023Jun 12, 2023$1.4657Semi-annualRegular
Oct 13, 2022Nov 1, 2022$0.9052Semi-annualRegular
Jun 9, 2022Jul 8, 2022$1.2505Semi-annualRegular
The other 60 WPP payments come with a paid plan.
Show all 70 payments »
Newest first. Amounts are per share as paid, restated for splits; frequency is the schedule on file for that payment; a payment over 2.5x its neighbours is marked special.
From reported payments, prices and filings — data, not investment advice.

What the Dividend Safety Rating Means for WPP

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WPP Dividend Questions

How often does WPP pay dividends?

WPP pays twice a year, 2 times a year. Recent payments arrived in Jun and Oct, with ex-dates in Jun and Oct. The ex-date comes about every 182 days, and the cash usually lands about 3 days later.

Does WPP pay dividends monthly?

No. WPP pays twice a year, 2 times a year. For payers that pay every month, see the monthly dividend stocks.

When is the next WPP dividend?

WPP has not declared its next dividend yet. By its usual rhythm of about 182 days between ex-dates, the next ex-date falls around Apr 9, 2027, with the cash around Apr 12, 2027. An estimate, not a promise: only the declaration makes it final. The latest one, $0.505 a share, went ex on Oct 9, 2026 and paid Oct 12, 2026. The current rate is $0.505 per share, $1.01 a year.

Does WPP pay a dividend in April 2027?

Not declared yet. By its usual rhythm the next ex-date falls around Apr 9, 2027, with the cash around Apr 12, 2027, so a payment in April 2027 is likely. Only the company’s declaration makes it final.

How much does WPP pay per share?

WPP pays $0.505 a share twice a year, $1.01 a year. At the Nov 10, 2026 close of $27.64 that is a 3.65% run-rate yield, near its usual level: its own 10-year median is 4.35%.

Has WPP raised its dividend?

WPP has no current streak of yearly raises. The latest raise, on Jun 7, 2024, took the rate from $1.4657 to $1.54 (+5.07%). Since then the rate was cut on Jun 5, 2026, from $1.5384 to $0.508. Over five years the dividend grew -11.7% a year.

Is WPP’s dividend safe?

No rating can promise a future payment, but the record on file says a lot. It has gone 5 years without a cut. Through the market crashes: it varied without a cut through 2000, 2008 and 2022; it cut it in the 2020 (in 2021) crash. This is data, not investment advice. The full 7-check rating comes with a plan.

How do I track my WPP dividends?

Add WPP to a free DRIPCalc portfolio once, with your buy date and share count. Every payout since fills in, dated and in dollars; with DRIP on, the new shares each payment buys are counted for you, so there is no spreadsheet to update and no broker login. To project the snowball, run WPP in the DRIP calculator.

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How this page is built: the rate is the latest regular dividend per share; run-rate yield = rate × payments per year ÷ last close (Nov 10, 2026), never a trailing 12-month total, which lags after a raise and hides a cut. Specials and one-off payments never count in the rate; a payer whose regular payments differ in size is annualized over its last full cycle of regular payments. Raise streak = consecutive calendar years with a higher amount per payment than the year before; years without a cut = years in which the amount per payment held within 1%. The Dividend Safety Rating reads 7 visible lines: coverage, streak, raise pace and yield range for dividend stocks; NAV trend, NAV funding and payout stability for income funds. Similar payers = the same sector or fund group, nearest in market value or fund size. Payments, prices and filings come from DRIPCALC’s price and dividend database. History is not a forecast. This is data, not investment advice.