WPP plc
Hedge Funds Holdings

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WPP plc‘s stocks are currently a part of 135 hedge funds’ portfolios, which represents 0.58% of the total amount of its stocks outstanding. This makes up a total of 6.46M shares of WPP plc. Compared to the previous quarter, the number fell by -22.87% or -1.91M shares fewer. As for the holding position changes, 40.74% (55) of current hedge fund investors increased the number of shares held, 26.67% (36) of current holders sold a part of the shares held, and 8.15% (11) closed the holdings completely. 22 hedge funds are new holders of WPP plc stock in Q1 2023, it is 16.3% of total holders.

Hedge funds holding WPP (Q2 2018 – Q1 2023)

Number of hedge funds
Q2 2018 245
Q3 2018 229
Q4 2018 195
Q1 2019 198
Q2 2019 192
Q3 2019 186
Q4 2019 188
Q1 2020 142
Q2 2020 141
Q3 2020 138
Q4 2020 156
Q1 2021 161
Q2 2021 164
Q3 2021 169
Q4 2021 180
Q1 2022 163
Q2 2022 160
Q3 2022 145
Q4 2022 162
Q1 2023 135

Hedge funds changes in WPP positions (Q2 2018 – Q1 2023)

Changes in positions
Q2 2018 2982733229
Q3 2018 1663933225
Q4 2018 38577372-45
Q1 2019 348248304
Q2 2019 36595940-2
Q3 2019 235670289
Q4 2019 2958602516
Q1 2020 16415858-31
Q2 2020 34484334-18
Q3 2020 194352231
Q4 2020 354253197
Q1 2021 2363411618
Q2 2021 2157471722
Q3 2021 2966402311
Q4 2021 38724526-1
Q1 2022 22377935-10
Q2 2022 205363240
Q3 2022 18753432-14
Q4 2022 355260150
Q1 2023 2255361111

Hedge funds changes in WPP stock options (Q2 2018 – Q1 2023)

Changes in stock options
Q2 2018 22,014,000 26,935,000
Q3 2018 25,029,000 27,380,000
Q4 2018 3,989,000 3,433,000
Q1 2019 3,083,000 2,413,000
Q2 2019 1,459,000 2,584,000
Q3 2019 3,373,000 6,248,000
Q4 2019 6,109,000 5,890,000
Q1 2020 723,000 1,818,000
Q2 2020 2,007,000 970,000
Q3 2020 636,000 1,055,000
Q4 2020 951,000 276,000
Q1 2021 1,854,000 1,680,000
Q2 2021 1,124,000 122,000
Q3 2021 1,080,000 887,000
Q4 2021 445,000 1,654,000
Q1 2022 1,210,000 3,260,000
Q2 2022 2,157,000 4,749,000
Q3 2022 1,053,000 1,202,000
Q4 2022 2,212,152 604,668
Q1 2023 23,962,000 434,799,000

Top 50 hedge fund holders of WPP plc (NYSE:WPP)

Hedge fund Value Shares owned Portfolio share
MONDRIAN INVESTMENT PARTNERS LTD 41.39M 1.00M 0.906%
MACQUARIE GROUP LTD 39.44M 957.63K 0.048%
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 29.00M 704.16K 0.007%
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 26.05M 632.53K 0.008%
MORGAN STANLEY 25.14M 610.47K 0.003%
FMR LLC 22.53M 547.16K 0.002%
BLACKROCK INC. Larry Fink 16.30M 395.94K 0.001%
BRANDES INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LP 14.24M 345.86K 0.373%
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 8.97M 217.81K 0.003%
RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES 7.93M 192.54K 0.008%
BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 7.16M 164.97K 0.003%
NORTHERN TRUST CORP 6.50M 157.88K 0.002%
MORNINGSTAR INVESTMENT SERVICES LLC 6.46M 148.84K 0.091%
CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS 4.86M 119.43K 0.001%
CIBC WORLD MARKET INC. 4.30M 104.41K 0.017%
JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 4.23M 101.30K 0.002%
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 4.22M 102.55K 0.001%
PROVISE MANAGEMENT GROUP, LLC 3.99M 96.96K 0.446%
PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC. 3.48M 84.71K 0.004%
ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 3.38M 82.28K 0.002%
ALBERTA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT CORP 3.25M 79K 0.025%
UBS GROUP AG 3.23M 78.58K 0.001%
BARD FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. 3.23M 78.45K 0.303%
OPTIVER HOLDING B.V. 3.14M 76.44K 0.003%
PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 2.86M 69.14K 0.001%
GLENMEDE TRUST CO NA 2.38M 58.00K 0.015%
NATIXIS ADVISORS, L.P. 2.30M 56.06K 0.010%
HANSON & DOREMUS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT 2.23M 54.15K 0.576%
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 1.76M 42.94K 0.000%
MARINER, LLC 1.70M 41.47K 0.007%
AMG NATIONAL TRUST BANK 1.49M 36.21K 0.056%
LPL FINANCIAL LLC 1.40M 34.16K 0.001%
OPPENHEIMER ASSET MANAGEMENT INC. 1.40M 34.01K 0.025%
D. E. SHAW & CO., INC. David E. Shaw 1.29M 31.51K 0.002%
RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES ADVISORS, INC. 1.28M 31.27K 0.003%
ETHIC INC. 1.27M 30.82K 0.086%
PACER ADVISORS, INC. 1.13M 27.53K 0.008%
FISHER ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC 1.02M 24.81K 0.001%
MGO ONE SEVEN LLC 1.02M 1.39K 0.040%
STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP 1.00M 24.51K 0.002%
EAGLE GLOBAL ADVISORS LLC 988K 23.98K 0.074%
CROSSMARK GLOBAL HOLDINGS, INC. 876K 21.27K 0.024%
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 827K 20.08K 0.000%
MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC Israel Englander 824K 20.00K 0.001%
O'SHAUGHNESSY ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC 777K 18.87K 0.015%
AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 734K 17.82K 0.001%
LEGACY WEALTH ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC 674K 16.36K 0.295%
WETHERBY ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 636K 15.45K 0.045%
SCHECHTER INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC 626K 15.19K 0.062%
TRUIST FINANCIAL CORP 618K 15.00K 0.001%