Warner Music Group Corp. (WMG)

NASDAQ: WMG · USD

$29.6

-0.76 (-2.5%)· Recorded snapshot

Market cap	15.5B
Revenue (ttm)	7.3B
Net income (ttm)	665M
EPS (ttm)	$1.26
Shares out	523.1M
P/E (trailing)	23.4x
P/E (forward)	18.2x
Dividend	$0.80 (2.71%)
Volume	1,297,870
Beta	1.40

Market data

Price

Recent price action with selectable time range.

Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 7.3B
Net income (ttm): 665M
EPS (ttm): $1.26
P/E (trailing): 23.4x
P/E (forward): 18.2x
Market cap: 15.5B

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Calendar

Next earnings

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Sector percentile context

Refreshed 2026-10-28 19:55 UTC

Forward P/E18.2

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Trailing P/E23.4

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ROE70.1

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ROIC18.1

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Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Amount currency	USD
CIK code	0001319161
Company name	Warner Music Group Corp.
Country	United States
Country code	US
CUSIP number	934550203
Earnings date	2026-11-19
Earnings time	bmo
Employees	5,500
Employees change	-300
Employees growth	-5.17%
Enterprise value	$19.8B
Exchange	NASDAQ
Financial currency	USD
Financial report date	2026-06-30
First seen	2026-05-09
Fiscal year end	September
Founded	1929
Industry	Entertainment
IPO date	2020-06-03
Is primary listing	Yes
Is SPAC	No
ISIN number	US9345502036
Last 10-K release date	2025-11-20
Last earnings date	2026-08-05
Last refreshed	2026-10-28
Last stock split type	Never
Market cap	$15.5B
Market cap category	Large-Cap
Next earnings date	2026-11-19
Options	Yes
Price	$29.55
Price currency	USD
Sector	Communication Services
SIC code	7900
Stock price date	2026-10-28
Symbol	WMG
U.S. state	New York
Website	https://www.wmg.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Adjusted P/E ratio	15.67x
Average P/E ratio (3Y)	37.37x
Average P/E ratio (5Y)	39.72x
Earnings yield	4.27%
EV/Earnings	29.6x
EV/EBIT	15.69x
EV/EBITDA	11.77x
EV/FCF	23.55x
EV/Sales	2.7x
FCF / EV yield	4.25%
FCF yield	5.43%
Forward EV/Sales	2.56x
Forward P/E	18.18x
Forward P/S	2x
Graham number	6.80701
Graham upside	-76.85%
Industry forward P/E	20.2x
Industry P/E	29.99x
Lynch fair value	$24.92
Lynch upside	-15.27%
P/(FCF - SBC) ratio	19.43x
P/(OCF - SBC) ratio	17.19x
P/B ratio	18.57x
P/E ratio	23.43x
P/FCF ratio	18.4x
P/OCF ratio	16.38x
P/S ratio	2.11x
PEG ratio	0.46x
Price/EBITDA ratio	9.2x
Sector forward P/E	18.4x
Sector P/E	19.11x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT margin	17.18%
EBITDA margin	22.89%
Effective tax rate	23.83%
FCF margin	11.45%
Gross margin	45.77%
Operating margin	17.18%
Pretax margin	11.95%
Profit margin	9.2%
Profit per employee	$120,909
Profitable quarters	4
Profitable years	5
Revenue per employee	$1.3M
ROA	7.65%
ROA (5Y)	6.39%
ROCE	19.97%
ROE	70.07%
ROE (5Y)	12,440.74%
ROIC	18.11%
ROIC (5Y)	16.01%
SBC / revenue	0.6%
Tax / revenue	2.85%

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
EPS growth	123.65%
EPS growth (QoQ)	12.35%
EPS growth 3Y	15.68%
EPS growth 5Y	19.07%
EPS growth quarters	2
EPS growth years	0
FCF growth	37.73%
FCF growth (Q)	1,528.57%
FCF growth (QoQ)	15.15%
FCF growth 3Y	10.01%
FCF growth 5Y	11.23%
Gross profit growth	10.81%
Gross profit growth (Q)	10.05%
Gross profit growth 3Y	5.87%
Gross profit growth 5Y	6.37%
Net income growth	126.26%
Net income growth (QoQ)	11.6%
Net income growth 3Y	16.55%
Net income growth 5Y	19.75%
Net income growth quarters	2
Net income growth years	0
OCF growth	25.03%
OCF growth (Q)	208.7%
OCF growth (QoQ)	12.7%
OCF growth 10Y	11.68%
OCF growth 3Y	7.54%
OCF growth 5Y	9.89%
Operating income growth	38.83%
Operating income growth (Q)	31.09%
Operating income growth 3Y	16.83%
Operating income growth 5Y	11.69%
Revenue growth	12.91%
Revenue growth (Q)	10.36%
Revenue growth (QoQ)	7.62%
Revenue growth 10Y	8.76%
Revenue growth 3Y	7.09%
Revenue growth 5Y	7.66%
Revenue growth quarters	5
Revenue growth years	5

Financial statements

Income-statement and cash-flow amounts, totals and per share.

Metric	Value
Capital expenditures	$-103M
Depreciation and amortization	$417M
EBIT	$1.3B
EBITDA	$1.7B
EPS	$1.26
FCF per share	$1.60
Financing cash flow	$-94M
Free cash flow	$836M
Free cash flow minus SBC	$792M
Gross profit	$3.3B
Income taxes	$208M
Investing cash flow	$-741M
Net borrowing	$369M
Net cash flow	$91M
Net income	$665M
Operating cash flow minus SBC	$895M
Operating income	$1.3B
Revenue	$7.3B
Stock-based compensation	$44M

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Altman Z-Score	1.77
Book value per share	$1.63
Debt / EBITDA	2.82
Debt / equity	4.53
Debt / FCF	5.88
Goodwill	$2.1B
Interest coverage	6.93
Long-term assets	$7.5B
Long-term liabilities	$5.2B
Net cash (debt)	$-4.3B
Net cash / market cap	-27.96%
Net debt / EBITDA	2.57
Net debt / equity	3.96
Net debt / FCF	5.14
Piotroski F-Score	6
Property, plant and equipment	$579M
Shareholders' equity	$1.1B
Tangible book value	$-4.5B
Tangible book value per share	$-8.65
Total assets	$10.7B
Total cash	$618M
Total debt	$4.9B
Total liabilities	$9.6B
WACC	9.73%

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Asset turnover	0.71
Current assets	$3.3B
Current liabilities	$4.4B
Current ratio	0.73
Inventory turnover	46.6
Net working capital	$-1.8B
Quick ratio	0.5
Working capital	$-1.2B
Working capital turnover	-5.72

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback yield / dilution	-0.87%
Dividend growth	5.48%
Dividend growth (3Y)	5.81%
Dividend growth (5Y)	8.59%
Dividend growth years	5
Dividend payment date	2026-09-01
Dividend payment years	7
Dividend payout frequency	Quarterly
Dividend per share	$0.80
Dividend yield	2.71%
Ex-dividend date	2026-08-20
FCF payout ratio	50.06%
Last dividend	$0.20
Payout ratio	63.42%
Shareholder yield	1.83%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
150-day SMA	$28.64
1D price change	-2.51%
1M price change	8.33%
1M total return	8.33%
1W price change	-6.16%
1W total return	-6.16%
1Y price change	-9.03%
1Y return CAGR	-6.67%
1Y total return	-6.67%
20-day SMA	$29.49
200-day SMA	$28.58
3M price change	6.48%
3M total return	7.27%
3Y price change	-4.64%
3Y return CAGR	0.78%
3Y total return	2.34%
50-day SMA	$28.56
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50under200
52-week high	$35.42
52-week high date	2026-05-22
52-week low	$23.34
52-week low date	2026-03-24
5Y price change	-39.31%
5Y return CAGR	-7.47%
5Y total return	-32.18%
6M price change	2.55%
6M total return	3.87%
All-time high	$50.23
All-time high date	2021-10-28
All-time low	$21.57
All-time low date	2022-10-11
Average true range (ATR)	$0.84
Average volume	2.2M
Beta (1Y)	1.13
Beta (2Y)	0.91
Beta (5Y)	1.4
Change from 52-week high	-16.57%
Change from 52-week low	26.61%
Change from all-time high	-41.47%
Change from all-time low	36.3%
Change from open	-1.47%
Day's gap	-1.06%
Dollar volume	$38.4M
High price	$30.11
Low price	$29.28
Monthly RSI	49.67
Open price	$29.99
Position in 52-week range	32.53%
Premarket change	-3.99%
Premarket close	$30.31
Premarket price	$29.10
Premarket volume	6.5K
Previous close	$30.31
Price vs 150-day SMA	2.66%
Price vs 20-day SMA	-0.31%
Price vs 200-day SMA	2.88%
Price vs 50-day SMA	2.94%
Relative volume	0.58
Return from IPO open	8.93%
Return from IPO price	17.64%
RSI	49.64
Sharpe ratio	-0.14
Sharpe ratio (3Y)	0.01
Sharpe ratio (5Y)	-0.16
Sortino ratio	-0.03
Sortino ratio (3Y)	0.2
Sortino ratio (5Y)	-0.07
Volume	1.3M
Weekly RSI	52.04
YTD price change	-4.14%
YTD total return	-2.27%

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	146.2M
Float percentage	27.96%
Shares change (QoQ)	-0.05%
Shares change (YoY)	0.87%
Shares held by insiders	0.54%
Shares held by institutions	30.84%
Shares outstanding	523.1M
Short % of float	6.95%
Short % of shares	1.94%
Short ratio	5.1 days

Deeper analysis on WMG

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Forecast

Base and Bull forecast paths with report-date return framing.

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Valuation

Fair-value bridge, DCF, owner earnings, and peer multiples.

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Sensitivity

Cost-of-equity and terminal-growth stress table.

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Risks

Kill scenarios, soft-pass flags, and downside catalysts.

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Earnings

Next earnings setup and beat / inline / miss thresholds.

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Position sizing

Entry, exit, conviction, and quarterly monitoring rules.

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Financials

Revenue, margins, cash flow, and balance-sheet context.

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Peers

Relative valuation and profitability against the cohort.

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Moat

Economic-profit evidence and competitive advantage risk.

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Industry cycle

Sector phase, capital cycle, and secular tailwinds.

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