Warner Music Group Corp.
General ticker "WMG" information:
- Sector: Communication Services
- Industry: Entertainment
- Capitalization: $16.2B (TTM average)
Warner Music Group Corp. follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 30.6%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.3%: low 27.39$, high 28.12$
Factors to consider:
- Company pays dividends (quarterly): last record date 2025-08-20, amount 0.19$ (Y2.72%)
- Total employees count: 5800 (-1.7%) as of 2024
- US accounted for 44.7% of revenue in the fiscal year ended 2024-09-30
- Top business risk factors: Market competition, Economic downturns and volatility, Regulatory and compliance, Technological changes, Acquisition/divestiture risks
- Earnings for 9 months up through Q3 are below our estimates
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2024-09-30 to 2026-09-30
- 2024-09-30 to 2025-09-30 estimated range: [18.19$, 31.76$]
- 2025-09-30 to 2026-09-30 estimated range: [17.31$, 30.34$]
Financial Metrics affecting the WMG estimates:
- Positive: with PPE of 33.9 at the end of fiscal year the price was neutral
- Positive: 7.86 < Operating profit margin, % of 12.74
- Negative: negative Industry operating cash flow (median)
- Negative: Shareholder equity ratio, % of 5.66 <= 18.93
- Positive: 1.87 < Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 4.96
- Positive: Industry inventory ratio change (median), % of 0 <= 0
- Negative: Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 4.73 <= 6.82
- Negative: Investing cash flow per share per price, % of -1.95 <= -0.66
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Financial data
| YTD | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $5,919.00MM | $6,078.00MM | $6,458.00MM |
| Operating Expenses | $5,205.00MM | $5,288.00MM | $5,635.00MM |
| Operating Income | $714.00MM | $790.00MM | $823.00MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $26.00MM | $-181.00MM | $-222.00MM |
| Interest Expense | $125.00MM | $141.00MM | $161.00MM |
| Income(Loss) | $740.00MM | $609.00MM | $601.00MM |
| Taxes | $185.00MM | $170.00MM | $123.00MM |
| Profit(Loss)* | $551.00MM | $430.00MM | $435.00MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $152.00MM | $307.00MM | $518.00MM |
| Inventory | $108.00MM | $126.00MM | $99.00MM |
| Assets | $7,828.00MM | $8,545.00MM | $9,155.00MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $742.00MM | $687.00MM | $754.00MM |
| Capital expenditure | $326.00MM | $241.00MM | $116.00MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-824.00MM | $-300.00MM | $-311.00MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $188.00MM | $-325.00MM | $-396.00MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $1.06 | $0.83 | $0.84 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.