Warner Music Group WMG Ratios & Valuation
| Q2 '26 | Q1 '26 | Q4 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q2 '25 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | ||||||
| Gross margin | 45.8%-0.1pp | 45.9%0.0pp | 45.8%-0.8pp | 46.6%-0.2pp | 46.8%-0.1pp | |
| Operating margin | 12.1%+1.0pp | 11.2%+0.8pp | 10.3%-0.4pp | 10.7%-0.8pp | 11.6%+0.8pp | |
| Net margin | 6.3%+1.9pp | 4.4%-1.0pp | 5.4%+0.9pp | 4.6%-2.5pp | 7.1%-0.9pp | |
| EBITDA margin | 17.8%+0.9pp | 16.8%+0.9pp | 16%-0.3pp | 16.2%-0.7pp | 16.9%+0.9pp | |
| Free cash flow margin | 10.2%+0.6pp | 9.6%+1.6pp | 8%-1.3pp | 9.4%-2.6pp | 12%+0.5pp | |
| Returns | ||||||
| Return on equity | 69.3%+21.1pp | 48.2%-14.4pp | 62.7%+7.3pp | 55.4%-35.0pp | 90.4%-11.2pp | |
| Return on assets | 4.5%+1.3pp | 3.2%-0.7pp | 3.8%+0.7pp | 3.2%-1.7pp | 4.9%-0.7pp | |
| Return on invested capital | 25.5%+0.1pp | 25.4%+3.6pp | 21.8%+10.2pp | 11.6%-1.7pp | 13.3%-0.2pp | |
| Efficiency | ||||||
| Asset turnover | 0.7×0.0× | 0.7×0.0× | 0.7×0.0× | 0.7×0.0× | 0.7×0.0× | |
| Inventory turnover | 50.5×-1.2× | 51.7×+6.6× | 45.1×+9.3× | 35.8×-0.6× | 36.4×+1.0× | |
| Liquidity | ||||||
| Current ratio | 0.7×0.0× | 0.7×0.0× | 0.7×0.0× | 0.7×0.0× | 0.7×0.0× | |
| Quick ratio | 0.7×0.0× | 0.7×0.0× | 0.6×0.0× | 0.6×0.0× | 0.6×0.0× | |
| Cash ratio | 0.2×0.0× | 0.2×0.0× | 0.1×0.0× | 0.1×0.0× | 0.2×0.0× | |
| Leverage | ||||||
| Debt-to-equity | 1.2×+0.5× | 0.8×-0.1× | 0.8×-6.5× | 7.3×-0.2× | 7.5×-0.2× | |
| Debt-to-assets | 0.1×0.0× | 0.1×0.0× | 0.1×-0.4× | 0.4×0.0× | 0.4×0.0× | |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.1×+0.3× | -0.2×-0.2× | 0×-3.6× | 3.6×+0.2× | 3.4×0.0× | |
| Valuation | ||||||
| Market capitalization | $13.34B-16.7% | $16.02B-9.8% | $17.75B+26.1% | $14.08B-13.7% | $16.31B+1.6% | |
| Enterprise value | $13.49B-14.7% | $15.81B-11.0% | $17.77B-0.6% | $17.87B-10.3% | $19.93B+2.3% | |
| Price / earnings | 29.5×-23.0× | 52.5×+3.9× | 48.6×+1.2× | 47.4×+11.3× | 36.1×+4.7× | |
| Price / sales | 1.9×-0.5× | 2.3×-0.3× | 2.6×+0.5× | 2.2×-0.4× | 2.6×0.0× | |
| Price / book | 18.1×-4.2× | 22.3×-5.2× | 27.4×+3.5× | 23.9×-4.9× | 28.8×-0.7× | |
| EV / EBITDA | 10.7×-3.0× | 13.7×-2.9× | 16.6×-0.4× | 17×-1.6× | 18.6×-0.6× | |
| EV / sales | 1.9×-0.4× | 2.3×-0.4× | 2.6×-0.1× | 2.8×-0.4× | 3.1×+0.1× | |
| Free cash flow yield | 5.5%+1.3pp | 4.1%+1.1pp | 3%-1.3pp | 4.3%-0.3pp | 4.7%+0.1pp | |
| Earnings yield | 3.4%+1.5pp | 1.9%-0.2pp | 2.1%-0.1pp | 2.1%-0.7pp | 2.8%-0.4pp | |
| Dividend yield | 3%+0.5pp | 2.4%+0.3pp | 2.2%-0.5pp | 2.7%+0.4pp | 2.3%0.0pp |
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- What are Warner Music Group's profit margins?
- Warner Music Group (WMG) runs a 45.8% gross margin and a 12.1% operating margin, with a 6.3% net margin.
- Where do Warner Music Group's ratios come from?
- Every ratio is computed from Warner Music Group's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.
