Communication Services
Live Price
Offline$28.17
-1.23% today
1Y Change
+4.96%
Window
Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 18, 2026
Coverage: 250 bars · Jun 23, 2025 → 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 → 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.
Benchmark Comparison
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WMG
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Normalized return
SPY
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Relative to SPY
WMG Max Drawdown
-30.93%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Uses the longest available daily history for WMG and SPY.
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Dividend Yield
2.67%
Trailing 12M Payout
$0.57
Last Payout
| Ex-Date | Record | Pay | Dividend | Adj | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 2026 | Feb 18, 2026 | Mar 3, 2026 | $0.19 | $0.19 | Quarterly |
| Nov 19, 2025 | Nov 19, 2025 | Dec 2, 2025 | $0.19 | $0.19 | Quarterly |
| Aug 20, 2025 | Aug 20, 2025 | Sep 3, 2025 | $0.19 | $0.19 | Quarterly |
| May 27, 2025 | May 27, 2025 | Jun 3, 2025 | $0.18 | $0.18 | Quarterly |
| Feb 24, 2025 | Feb 24, 2025 | Mar 4, 2025 | $0.18 | $0.18 | Quarterly |
| Nov 19, 2024 | Nov 19, 2024 | Dec 3, 2024 | $0.18 | $0.18 | Quarterly |
| Aug 27, 2024 | Aug 27, 2024 | Sep 4, 2024 | $0.18 | $0.18 | Quarterly |
| May 22, 2024 | May 23, 2024 | Jun 3, 2024 | $0.17 | $0.17 | Quarterly |
| Feb 21, 2024 | Feb 22, 2024 | Mar 1, 2024 | $0.17 | $0.17 | Quarterly |
| Nov 20, 2023 | Nov 21, 2023 | Dec 1, 2023 | $0.17 | $0.17 | Quarterly |
| Aug 23, 2023 | Aug 24, 2023 | Sep 1, 2023 | $0.17 | $0.17 | Quarterly |
| May 22, 2023 | May 23, 2023 | Jun 1, 2023 | $0.16 | $0.16 | Quarterly |
| Feb 17, 2023 | Feb 21, 2023 | Mar 1, 2023 | $0.16 | $0.16 | Quarterly |
| Nov 21, 2022 | Nov 22, 2022 | Dec 1, 2022 | $0.16 | $0.16 | Quarterly |
| Aug 23, 2022 | Aug 24, 2022 | Sep 1, 2022 | $0.16 | $0.16 | Quarterly |
| May 20, 2022 | May 23, 2022 | Jun 1, 2022 | $0.15 | $0.15 | Quarterly |
| Feb 17, 2022 | Feb 18, 2022 | Mar 1, 2022 | $0.15 | $0.15 | Quarterly |
| Nov 22, 2021 | Nov 23, 2021 | Dec 1, 2021 | $0.15 | $0.15 | Quarterly |
| Aug 24, 2021 | Aug 25, 2021 | Sep 1, 2021 | $0.15 | $0.15 | Quarterly |
| May 21, 2021 | May 24, 2021 | Jun 1, 2021 | $0.12 | $0.12 | Quarterly |
| Feb 19, 2021 | Feb 22, 2021 | Mar 1, 2021 | $0.12 | $0.12 | Quarterly |
| Nov 23, 2020 | Nov 24, 2020 | Dec 1, 2020 | $0.12 | $0.12 | Quarterly |
| Aug 24, 2020 | Aug 25, 2020 | Sep 1, 2020 | $0.12 | $0.12 | Quarterly |
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