Wpp (WPP) Long-Term Deferred Tax (2009 - 2026)

Wpp (WPP) posted Long-Term Deferred Tax of $407.9 million for Q2 2026, up 5.01% on a QoQ basis from $388.4 million in Q4 2025, and up 0.57% year-over-year from $405.5 million in Q2 2025.

Analysis

Wpp (WPP) Long-Term Deferred Tax (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Wpp has reported Long-Term Deferred Tax for 18 years, with the latest figure at $407.9 million in Q2 2026.

On a quarterly basis, Long-Term Deferred Tax rose 0.57% year-over-year to $407.9 million in Q2 2026; TTM through Jun 2026 was $407.9 million, a 0.57% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at $388.4 million, down 6.31% from the prior year.
Long-Term Deferred Tax was $407.9 million for Q2 2026 at Wpp, up from $388.4 million in the prior quarter.
The five-year high for Long-Term Deferred Tax was $429.2 million in Q2 2024, with the low at $360.1 million in Q2 2023.
Average Long-Term Deferred Tax over 5 years is $397.4 million, with a median of $402.1 million recorded in 2023.
The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: Long-Term Deferred Tax fell 17.93% in 2022, then gained 19.16% in 2024.
Over 5 years, Long-Term Deferred Tax stood at $377.8 million in 2022, then advanced by 6.44% to $402.1 million in 2023, then rose by 3.09% to $414.6 million in 2024, then dropped by 6.31% to $388.4 million in 2025, then advanced by 5.01% to $407.9 million in 2026.
The last three Long-Term Deferred Tax figures came in at $407.9 million (Q2 2026), $388.4 million (Q4 2025), and $405.5 million (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Set

Peer Comparison

All peers

#	Company	Market Cap	Enterprise Value	Gross Profit (Qtr)
1	Warner Bros. Discovery	77.15 Bn	74.93 Bn	4.10 Bn
2	Fox	24.55 Bn	20.44 Bn	-
3	Omnicom	20.71 Bn	17.98 Bn	1.30 Bn
4	News	17.37 Bn	15.99 Bn	-
5	Paramount Skydance	11.04 Bn	8.96 Bn	-2.08 Bn
6	Pearson	10.10 Bn	9.51 Bn	1.17 Bn
7	New York Times	9.93 Bn	9.27 Bn	394.61 Mn
8	Sirius Xm Holdings	8.86 Bn	8.68 Bn	1.44 Bn
9	36Kr Holdings	6.17 Bn	6.15 Bn	-
10	Wpp	5.43 Bn	2.51 Bn	-

Historic Data

Download Data

Date	Value
Jun 30, 2026	407.87 Mn
Dec 31, 2025	388.41 Mn
Jun 30, 2025	405.55 Mn
Dec 31, 2024	414.57 Mn
Jun 30, 2024	429.16 Mn
Dec 31, 2023	402.13 Mn
Jun 30, 2023	360.14 Mn
Dec 31, 2022	377.80 Mn
Jun 30, 2022	390.89 Mn
Dec 31, 2021	460.35 Mn
Jun 30, 2021	370.12 Mn
Dec 31, 2020	281.12 Mn
Jun 30, 2020	254.80 Mn
Dec 31, 2019	241.59 Mn
Jun 30, 2019	199.89 Mn
Dec 31, 2018	196.88 Mn
Jun 30, 2018	231.46 Mn
Dec 31, 2017	212.82 Mn
Jun 30, 2017	183.62 Mn
Dec 31, 2016	174.55 Mn

API Access

Wpp Long-Term Deferred Tax API

Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.

https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=long-term-deferred-tax&ticker=WPP&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY

import requests

url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "long-term-deferred-tax", "ticker": "WPP", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}

data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()

const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=long-term-deferred-tax&ticker=WPP&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();

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Wpp (WPP) Long-Term Deferred Tax (2009 - 2026)