MARKETS / NASDAQ / WMG
NASDAQ · SERVICES-AMUSEMENT & RECREATION SERVICES · LARGE CAP

Warner Music Group Corp. WMG

15 fiscal years on record · USD · FY2025 reported
SEC FILINGS ONLY4 YEARS OF DIVIDEND GROWTH
Revenue · FY2025
$6.7B
▲ 4.4% vs FY2024
Dividend streak
4 yrs
Raised every year since 2022
EPS · FY25
Dividend / sh · FY25
$0.73
Payout · FY25
105%
ROE · FY25
62.7%
Net margin · FY25
5.4%
Dividend coverage
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Result
USD 6.7B
Revenue, FY2025 · full 15-year series below
Revenue Net income
24686.70.4201020142017202020232025
24686.70.42016201920222025

5 cents of every revenue dollar became profit this year.

Per share
Diluted EPS, FY2025
EPS Dividend
0.40.81.20.73201020142017202020232025
0.40.81.20.732016201920222025

The company pays no cash dividend.

Profitability
62.7%
Return on equity, FY2025
ROE
20040060080062.7%201020142017202020232025
20040060080062.7%2016201920222025
Operating margin10.3%
Net margin5.4%
Return on assets3.8%

Each USD of equity produced 63 cents of profit this year.

Returned to shareholders
USD 399.0M
returned in FY2025 · dividends + net buybacks
Dividends paidUSD 383.0M
Net buybacksUSD 16.0M
Share of profit109.3%
Consecutive raises4 years

USD 383.0M in dividends and USD 16.0M in buybacks — 109% of the year's profit, so the payout drew on cash built up earlier.

Growth
+8.5% a year
revenue, compounded over five years
CAGR
3 yrs
5 yrs
10 yrs
15 yrs
Revenue
+4.3%
+8.5%
+8.5%
+5.5%
Net income
−12.8%
Dividend / share
+6.2%
Returned to shareholders
+7.9%
+3.0%

Compound annual rates per period — left blank where the series crosses a loss.

Share base
Shares outstanding, FY2025
Change, 5 years+0.5%
Change, 10 years

The share count grew 0% in five years — the same company, cut into more, smaller slices.

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Balance sheet
USD 9.8B
total assets, end of FY2025
Total assetsUSD 9.8B
EquityUSD 647.0M
CashUSD 532.0M
Gross debtUSD 4.1B
Net debtUSD 3.5B
Current ratio0.66×

Net debt stands at 546% of equity.

History
15 fiscal years
Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · USD
Metric
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2010
Revenue $B
6.7
6.4
6.0
5.9
5.3
4.5
4.5
4.0
3.6
3.2
3.0
3.0
2.9
2.8
3.0
Operating income $B
0.7
0.8
0.8
0.7
0.6
−0.2
0.4
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.1
EBITDA $B
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.1
0.9
0.0
0.6
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.4
0.3
Income tax $B
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.1
−0.2
0.0
0.0
−0.0
−0.0
0.0
0.0
Net income $B
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.6
0.3
−0.5
0.3
0.3
0.1
0.0
−0.1
−0.3
−0.2
−0.1
−0.1
EPS, diluted $
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
Dividend / sh $
0.73
0.69
0.65
0.61
0.51
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
Payout %
105
83
79
58
87
−72
37
301
59
·
·
·
·
·
·
ROE %
62.7
105.5
187.4
602.2
·
·
·
·
58.6
12.0
−30.7
−56.2
−24.0
−11.2
·
Shares out B
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·

Slide the table for earlier years · "·" marks figures not disclosed in the filing for that year.

How we verifyAUDITED
30 of 30
checks passed before publication
EPS recomputationBalance-sheet identityGross profitBalance-sheet liquidity

Every figure was compared against the original statement: 0 failures and 0 presentation gaps.

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