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Warner Music Group WMG Return on assets

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0.5%+0.2pp

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$1.7B+16.7%
Gross profit$802.0M+15.7%
Operating income$264.0M+57.1%
Net income$183.0M+408%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$741.0M+16.3%
Total debt$895.0M-79.0%
Total equity$738.0M+30.2%
Total assets$10.6B+10.9%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$126.0M+82.6%
CapEx$27.0M-25.0%
Free cash flow$99.0M+200%

Valuation

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Market cap$14.69B-18.2%
Enterprise value$14.85B-32.3%
P/E32.5×-7.2×
P/S2.1×-0.8×

Profitability

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Gross margin45.8%-1.0pp
Operating margin12.1%+0.6pp
Net margin6.3%-0.8pp
FCF margin10.2%-1.8pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity69.3%-21.1pp
Debt / equity1.2×-6.3×
Current ratio0.7×+0.1×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Warner Music Group’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Warner Music Group’s 10-Q, filed May 7, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Warner Music Group's return on assets?
Warner Music Group (WMG) reported return on assets of 4.5% in Q1 2026.
How has Warner Music Group's return on assets changed year-over-year?
Warner Music Group's return on assets decreased by 9.3% year-over-year, from 4.9% to 4.5%.
What is the long-term trend for Warner Music Group's return on assets?
Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Warner Music Group's return on assets has grown at a -12.8% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from -7.6% to 3.8%.
What does return on assets mean?
How much profit the company squeezes out of everything it owns.
How do you interpret return on assets?
Higher means more productive assets. Unlike ROE, it is unaffected by leverage, so a wide ROE-minus-ROA gap flags a heavily levered balance sheet.
How does return on assets compare across companies?
Best compared within an industry — asset intensity varies enormously across sectors. Not meaningful for banks, whose assets are largely financial.