Communication Services
Warner Music Group Corp.(WMG)
Live Price
Offline$28.17
-1.23% today
1Y Change
+4.96%
Window
Jun 23, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026
- Market Cap
- $14.68B
- Revenue Growth
- +4.4%
- EPS Growth
- -15.7%
- Dividend Yield
- 2.7%
Coverage: 250 bars ยท Jun 23, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Warner Music Group Corp. (WMG) is a Communication Services stock with a market cap of $14.68B and listed on NASDAQ. The stock last traded around $28.17 and up 5.0% across the available one-year price window (Jun 23, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +4.4%, EPS growth of -15.7%, a dividend yield of 2.7%. What stands out right now is revenue +4.4%, EPS -15.7%, free cash flow -15.5% with operating margin 11.7% and ROIC 10.5%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 2.7%. Valuation already assumes a fairly strong business story at P/E 47.8 and price/sales 2.1. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines WMG price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Communication Services peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Near sector median
+4.4% vs +5.5% peer median
Operating Margin
Above sector median
+11.7% vs +3.6% peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on May 14, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at +4.4% and EPS is at -15.7%, with operating margin around 11.7%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 2.7%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged +0.6% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 2 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 May 14, 2026 | โ | +1.9% | +5.4% | -13.3% |
2026 Feb 5, 2026 | -17.5% | +3.1% | +1.3% | -1.2% |
2025 Nov 20, 2025 | -40.0% | +3.4% | -4.9% | -1.1% |
Benchmark Comparison
Normalized Performance vs SPY
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WMG Max Drawdown
-30.93%
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Company Overview
Warner Music Group Corp.
NASDAQ Global Select
Warner Music Group Corp. operates as a music entertainment company in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and internationally. The company operates through Recorded Music and Music Publishing segments. The Recorded Music segment is involved in the discovery and development of recording artists, as well as related marketing, promotion, distribution, sale, and licensing of music created by such recording artists; markets its music catalog through compilations and reissuances of previously released music and video titles, as well as previously unreleased materials; and conducts its operation primarily through a collection of record labels, such as Warner Records and Atlantic Records, as well as Asylum, Big Beat, Canvasback, East West, Erato, FFRR, Fueled by Ramen, Nonesuch, Parlophone, Reprise, Roadrunner, Sire, Spinnin' Records, Warner Classics, and Warner Music Nashville. This segment markets, distributes, and sells music and video products to retailers and wholesale distributors; independent labels to retail and wholesale distributors; and various distribution centers and ventures, as well as retail outlets, online physical retailers, streaming services, and download services. The Music Publishing segment owns and acquires rights to approximately one million musical compositions comprising pop hits, American standards, folk songs, and motion picture and theatrical compositions. Its catalog includes approximately 100,000 songwriters and composers; and various genres, including pop, rock, jazz, classical, country, R&B, hip-hop, rap, reggae, Latin, folk, blues, symphonic, soul, Broadway, electronic, alternative, and gospel. This segment also administers the music and soundtracks of various third-party television and film producers and studios. The company was founded in 1929 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
- Leadership
- Robert Kyncl
- IPO Date
- Jun 3, 2020
- Employees
- 5.8k
- Street Address
- 1633 Broadway
- Mailing
- New York City, NY, 10019
- Region
- New York City, NY, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 212 275 2000
- Last Updated
- May 6, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 47.8
- EV/EBITDA
- 17.8
- Price/Sales
- 2.1
- Price/Book
- 20.3
Growth
- Revenue
- +4.4%
- EPS
- -15.7%
- Free Cash Flow
- -15.5%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 44.4%
- Operating Margin
- 11.7%
- Net Margin
- 4.4%
- ROE
- 48.4%
- ROIC
- 10.5%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 6.66
- Current Ratio
- 0.70
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Official Releases
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