Warner Music Group Corp. (WMG)
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Key financial summary
Financials in USD| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | TTM | 2026E | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total revenue | $m | 4,463 | 5,301 | 5,919 | 6,037 | 6,426 | 6,707 | 7,304 | 7,335 |
| Operating profit | $m | 694 | 1,045 | ||||||
| Net profit | $m | -475 | 304 | 551 | 430 | 435 | 365 | 672 | 771 |
| EPS reported | $ | 0.70 | 1.29 | ||||||
| Operating cashflow per share | $ | 1.31 | 1.79 | ||||||
| Capex per share | $ | 0.27 | 0.05 | ||||||
| FCF per share | $ | 1.04 | 1.74 | ||||||
| Free cash flow | $m | 539 | 814 | ||||||
| Net debt | $m | 3,833 | 4,092 | ||||||
| Book value equity | $m | 647 | 854 | ||||||
| Book value per share | $ | 1.25 | 1.63 | ||||||
| Number of shares | m | 519.05 | 524.42 | ||||||
| DPS (TTM paid) | $ | 0.74 | 0.77 |
Financial summary
Financials in USD| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | TTM | 2026E | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | |||||||||
| P/E TTM | x | 48.66 | 21.04 | ||||||
| P/B LTM | x | 27.32 | 20.70 | ||||||
| P/S LTM | x | 2.64 | 2.42 | ||||||
| P/FCF LTM | x | 32.80 | 21.72 | ||||||
| EV/EBITDA LTM | x | 19.53 | 14.20 | ||||||
| EV/Sales LTM | x | 3.24 | 2.49 | ||||||
| Earnings Yield LTM | % | +2.06% | +4.75% | ||||||
| FCF Yield | % | +3.05% | +4.60% | ||||||
| Quality | |||||||||
| ROE | % | +56.41% | +90.84% | ||||||
| ROIC | % | +9.24% | +12.58% | ||||||
| Operating margin | % | +10.35% | +14.31% | ||||||
| Gross margin | % | +45.85% | +45.77% | ||||||
| FCF/Sales | % | +8.04% | +12.43% | ||||||
| Growth and momentum | |||||||||
| EPS Growth YoY | % | -16.67% | +53.57% | ||||||
| Sales Growth YoY | % | +4.37% | +13.66% | ||||||
| Net Income Growth YoY | % | -16.09% | +54.48% | ||||||
| FCF Growth | % | -15.52% | +27.59% | ||||||
| Operating Profit Growth | % | -15.67% | +26.97% | ||||||
| Dividend and capital structure | |||||||||
| Dividend Yield | % | +2.17% | +2.86% | ||||||
| Dividend Growth | % | +5.71% | +10.00% | ||||||
| Payout Ratio | % | +105.41% | +59.59% | ||||||
| FCF/Debt | x | 0.12 | 0.17 | ||||||
| Net Debt/EBITDA | x | 3.66 | 2.81 | ||||||
| EBIT/Net interest | x | 4.36 | 5.97 | ||||||
| Net debt/market cap | % | +24.69% | +33.96% | ||||||
| Net debt/Equity | x | 5.92 | 4.79 | ||||||
| Gross debt/equity | x | 7.12 | 5.76 | ||||||
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Ratings
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ESG
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Company overview
Warner Music Group Corp. (WMG), established in 1929 and based in New York City, functions as a prominent global entertainment enterprise primarily focused on music. Its operations span the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and numerous other international markets. The company's activities are organized into two distinct divisions: Recorded Music and Music Publishing. The Recorded Music division is dedicated to identifying and cultivating emerging musical talent. It handles the subsequent marketing, promotional campaigns, distribution logistics, sales, and licensing of the recordings produced by these artists. This segment also actively markets its vast catalog of existing music, issuing compilations, re-releases of classic tracks and videos, and previously unreleased material. Its operations are chiefly conducted through a diverse portfolio of renowned record labels, including but not limited to Warner Records, Atlantic Records, Asylum, Big Beat, Canvasback, East West, Erato, FFRR, Fueled by Ramen, Nonesuch, Parlophone, Reprise, Roadrunner, Sire, Spinnin' Records, Warner Classics, and Warner Music Nashville. Music and video products are distributed and sold by this division to a wide array of channels, encompassing direct retailers, wholesale distributors, independent labels, various distribution centers and joint ventures, physical retail locations, online stores, streaming platforms, and digital download services. The Music Publishing division is responsible for owning and acquiring the intellectual property rights to approximately one million musical compositions. This extensive collection includes iconic pop hits, American classics, folk melodies, and scores for motion pictures and theatrical productions. Its comprehensive catalog represents the work of roughly 100,000 songwriters and composers, covering an expansive spectrum of musical styles such as pop, rock, jazz, classical, country, R&B, hip-hop, rap, reggae, Latin, folk, blues, symphonic, soul, Broadway, electronic, alternative, and gospel. Furthermore, this segment provides administrative services for the musical scores and soundtracks associated with various external television and film production companies and studios.
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Warner Music Group Corp. (WMG)
No price history available.
Consensus from external analysts. Not Kvantra's opinion.
Based on consensus from external analysts. Not Kvantra's opinion.
Warner Music Group Corp. (WMG), established in 1929 and based in New York City, functions as a prominent global entertainment enterprise primarily focused on music. Its operations span the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and numerous other international markets. The company's activities are organized into two distinct divisions: Recorded Music and Music Publishing. The Recorded Music division is dedicated to identifying and cultivating emerging musical talent. It handles the subsequent marketing, promotional campaigns, distribution logistics, sales, and licensing of the recordings produced by these artists. This segment also actively markets its vast catalog of existing music, issuing compilations, re-releases of classic tracks and videos, and previously unreleased material. Its operations are chiefly conducted through a diverse portfolio of renowned record labels, including but not limited to Warner Records, Atlantic Records, Asylum, Big Beat, Canvasback, East West, Erato, FFRR, Fueled by Ramen, Nonesuch, Parlophone, Reprise, Roadrunner, Sire, Spinnin' Records, Warner Classics, and Warner Music Nashville. Music and video products are distributed and sold by this division to a wide array of channels, encompassing direct retailers, wholesale distributors, independent labels, various distribution centers and joint ventures, physical retail locations, online stores, streaming platforms, and digital download services. The Music Publishing division is responsible for owning and acquiring the intellectual property rights to approximately one million musical compositions. This extensive collection includes iconic pop hits, American classics, folk melodies, and scores for motion pictures and theatrical productions. Its comprehensive catalog represents the work of roughly 100,000 songwriters and composers, covering an expansive spectrum of musical styles such as pop, rock, jazz, classical, country, R&B, hip-hop, rap, reggae, Latin, folk, blues, symphonic, soul, Broadway, electronic, alternative, and gospel. Furthermore, this segment provides administrative services for the musical scores and soundtracks associated with various external television and film production companies and studios.
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