Warner Music Group Corp.

WMG Communication Services Entertainment

Warner Music Group Corp.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended September 2025) was $6.7 billion, up 4.37% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+10.4%
EPS
+1,400.0%
Free cash flow
+1,528.6%
Total debt
+7.95%

Quarter to June 2026, against a year earlier

32.58 1.45 +4.66%
Market cap
$16.3B
P/E
24.3×
Fwd P/E
21.4×
Dividend yield
2.48%
F-score
3/9
Altman Z
1.72
Beneish M
−2.55
Dividend safety
31/100

Warner Music Group Corp. (WMG) Return on invested capital

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Warner Music Group Corp.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 12.4%, up 2.9 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (9.45%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −5.71% (fiscal 2020) to 13.5% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 55% of that period. That is above the Entertainment industry median of 0.55% and above the Communication Services sector median of 0.00%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 9.45% (3.43)
FY2024 12.9% (0.28)
FY2023 13.2% (0.30)
FY2022 13.5% 0.30
FY2021 13.2% 18.87
FY2020 −5.71% (16.38)
FY2019 10.7% 3.84
FY2018 6.83% 1.22
FY2017 5.61% 0.52
FY2016 5.09% 2.43

Against its own ten years

Low −5.71% High 13.5%
Ten-year median 9.45%
Current reading's percentile 55

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
FOXA Fox Corporation compare 17.3%
WMG Warner Music Group Corp. 12.4%
ROKU Roku, Inc. compare 8.81%
NWS News Corporation compare 7.82%
NWSA News Corporation compare 7.82%
SIRI Sirius XM Holdings Inc. compare 4.80%
FOX Fox Corporation compare 0.00%
FWONK Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Formula One Series C compare 0.00%
FWONA Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Formula One Series A compare 0.00%
Entertainment industry median 0.55%
Communication Services sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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