Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Formula One Series C (FWONK) vs Warner Music Group Corp. (WMG)

Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Formula One Series C and Warner Music Group Corp. are both Entertainment companies. Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Formula One Series C is the larger, with a market value of $23.6B against $14.3B — 1.7× the size. Warner Music Group Corp. trades at the lower P/E: 21.2× against 91.0×. Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Formula One Series C has the higher net margin (18.2% vs 9.20%) and the lower return on invested capital (0.00% vs 12.4%). Only Warner Music Group Corp. pays a dividend (1.51%). Across the 20 metrics below, Warner Music Group Corp. leads on 13 and Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Formula One Series C on 7.

Valuation

Metric FWONK WMG Entertainment median
P/E 90.97 21.20 22.03
P/S 8.06 1.94 1.47
P/B 3.25 14.86 2.00
Price to free cash flow 32.94 16.94 16.60
EV/EBITDA 41.99 12.91 9.65
EV/Sales 8.56 2.50 1.76
Earnings yield 1.10% 4.72% (0.67%)
Free cash flow yield 3.04% 5.90% 3.26%

Profitability

Metric FWONK WMG Entertainment median
Gross margin 19.48% 45.77% 45.02%
Operating margin 0.00% 13.69% 2.30%
Net margin 18.17% 9.20% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 24.47% 11.45% 1.56%
Return on equity 7.74% 76.15% 0.00%
Return on assets 0.00% 6.55% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 0.00% 12.39% 0.00%

Growth

Metric FWONK WMG Entertainment median
Revenue growth (TTM) — 12.91% 5.07%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 1,769.23% (16.87%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — 8.49% 10.25%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric FWONK WMG Entertainment median
Debt to equity 0.46 4.94 0.46
Current ratio 1.67 0.73 0.86
Net debt to EBITDA 2.27 3.58 0.72

Dividend

Metric FWONK WMG Entertainment median
Dividend yield 0.00% 1.51% 1.16%
Payout ratio — 0.78 0.00

Size

Metric FWONK WMG Entertainment median
Market cap 23.62b 14.28b 1.87b

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