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Warner Music Group WMG Return on equity

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1.4%+0.7pp

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$14.88B-18.2%
Enterprise value$15.03B-32.3%
P/E32.9×-7.3×
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

Returns & leverage

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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 equity?
Warner Music Group (WMG) reported return on equity of 69.3% in Q1 2026.
How has Warner Music Group's return on equity changed year-over-year?
Warner Music Group's return on equity decreased by 23.4% year-over-year, from 90.4% to 69.3%.
What is the long-term trend for Warner Music Group's return on equity?
Over 3 years (2022 to 2025), Warner Music Group's return on equity has grown at a -44.1% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 1,779.8% to 310.1%.
What does return on equity mean?
How much profit the company earns on the money shareholders have invested.
How do you interpret return on equity?
Higher is better, but very high ROE can be manufactured by leverage — a thin equity base inflates the ratio. Read it next to debt-to-equity and ROIC to tell genuine returns from balance-sheet engineering.
How does return on equity compare across companies?
Comparable across peers, with the leverage caveat. Negative or near-zero equity makes ROE meaningless, so it is suppressed there.