WMG
Warner Music Group Corp.
Next earnings Aug 5, 2026 (before open) · consensus $0.35 EPS, $1.83B rev
Last earnings +2.3% on 2026-05-07
$27.00
▼ -1.98%$27.54▲ +7.00%
over 1Y
L $23.52EODHDH $34.56
Earnings Dividend Split Congress buy Congress sellFilings colored by tone · hover for detail
Today-2.0%
1W-4.4%
1M-20.3%
3M+17.1%
YTD-8.4%
1Y+7.0%
Hold
Conviction
Horizon
Long (>12mo)
Street · 23 analysts
Buy
Durable music-rights cash machine, but slowing growth, falling earnings and heavy leverage make it a hold, not a buy.
Warner Music is one of the world's three major music companies, monetizing recorded music and publishing through long-lived catalog rights and streaming. The model throws off steady cash: FY2025 revenue rose 4.4% to $6.71B and operating cash flow was $678M, comfortably funding the $383M dividend (up 6.1%) and modest buybacks. Return on equity is a striking 56.4%, reflecting the asset-light, high-return economics of owning music copyrights. Revenue has compounded steadily from $5.30B in FY2021 to $6.71B in FY2025.
Sources: SEC EDGAR (CIK 0001319161, latest 10-Q filed 2026-05-07) · EODHD · analysis by claude-code · as of 6/21/2026, 8:43:41 PM.
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