Long-term debt · 2016–2025

WPP long-term debt

$5.5B+18.1% · FY2025

WPP (WPP) reported $5.5B in long-term debt for fiscal 2025, +18.1% year on year.

$6.9B2016$8.4B2017$7.2B2018$5.3B2019$6.8B2020$5.7B2021$4.6B2022$4.8B2023$4.7B2024$5.5B2025
WPP — Long-term debt, 2016–2025
Fiscal yearLong-term debtChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$5.5B+18.1%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$4.7B−2.3%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$4.8B+5.0%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$4.6B−19.6%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$5.7B−16.3%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$6.8B+27.1%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$5.3B−25.9%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$7.2B−14.6%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$8.4B+23.3%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$6.9B—Open →

Long-term debt — Long-term debt is borrowing due more than a year out. A large figure is normal for capital-intensive businesses and says nothing on its own about financial health.

Every row links to its own SEC filing · Fiscal year 2025 · Data as of September 25, 2026 · 2016–2025 compound annual growth −2.3%

Figures are reported under IFRS in GBP and converted to US dollars at ECB reference rates — fiscal 2025 average 0.758 GBP/$ for income items, year-end 0.743 GBP/$ for balance-sheet items.

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Wikipedia

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APA 7

CompaniesRanked. (September 25, 2026). WPP long-term debt. CompaniesRanked. https://companiesranked.com/en/company/wpp/long-term-debt

BibTeX

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{WPP long-term debt}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/wpp/long-term-debt}},
  note         = {Compiled from SEC EDGAR XBRL filings; data as of 2026-09-25},
  urldate      = {2026-09-25}
}

The filing itself

The numbers above are read from this document: 20-F · 0001628280-26-019643 · March 19, 2026

{{cite web |title=WPP long-term debt — 20-F (0001628280-26-019643) |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/806968/000162828026019643/wpp-20251231.htm |website=SEC EDGAR |publisher=U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |date=2026-03-19}}

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