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Company Information

Company Name
Warner Music Group
Sector
Communication Services
Industry
Entertainment
Exchange
NASDAQ
ISIN: US9345502036
CIK: 0001319161
CUSIP: 934550104
Currency: USD
Full Time Employees: 5,500
Phone: 212 275 2000
Fiscal Year End: September
IPO Date: Jun 03, 2020
Description:

Warner Music Group Corp. operates as a music entertainment company in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and internationally. It operates through Recorded Music and Music Publishing segments. The company is involved in the discovery and development of recording artists, as well as related marketing, promotion, distribution, sale, and licensing of music created by recording artists; markets its music catalog through compilations and reissuances of previously released music and video titles, as well as previously unreleased materials. It also owns and acquires rights to approximately two million musical compositions comprising pop hits, American standards, folk songs, and motion picture and theatrical compositions, as well as administers the music and soundtracks of various third-party television and film producers and studios. In addition, the company conducts its operation primarily through a collection of record labels, such as Asylum, Big Beat, Canvasback, East West, Erato, FFRR, Nonesuch, Parlophone, Reprise, Sire, Spinnin' Records, and Warner Classics and Warner Records Nashville. Further, it markets, distributes, and sells music and video products to retailers and wholesale distributors; independent labels to retail and wholesale distributors; and various distribution centers and ventures, as well as retail outlets, online physical retailers, streaming services, and download services. Its catalog includes songwriters and composers; and various genres, including pop, rock, jazz, classical, country, R&B, hip-hop, rap, reggae, Latin, folk, alternative, blues, gospel, and other Christian music. The company was founded in 1929 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Address:

1633 Broadway, New York, NY, United States, 10019

Directors & Officers

Name Title Year Born
Mr. Robert Kyncl President, CEO & Director 1971
Mr. Armin Zerza COO & CFO 1970
Ms. Carletta Higginson Executive VP & Chief Digital Officer 1978
Mr. Guy Moot Co-Chair & CEO of Warner Chappell Music 1966
Ms. Carianne Marshall Co-Chair & COO of Warner Chappell Music 1978
Mr. Louis Dickler Corporate Controller & Chief Accounting Officer 1978
Mr. Leho Nigul Chief Technology Officer NA
Mr. Kareem Chin Senior VP & Head of Investor Relations NA
Mr. Paul Martin Robinson Esq., J.D. Executive VP & General Counsel 1958
Trent N. Tappe Esq. Senior VP, Deputy General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer & Secretary NA

Insider Trading

Date Insider Name Title Transaction Type Shares Price Value
Apr 02, 2025 Timothy Matusch N/A Sale 1.00K $31.43 $31.43K
Feb 20, 2025 Valentin Blavatnik N/A Sale 28.23K $35.45 $1.00M
Feb 14, 2025 Timothy Matusch N/A Sale 1.10K $36.49 $40.25K
Dec 20, 2024 Lincoln E Benet N/A Sale 35.00K $30.96 $1.08M
Sep 10, 2024 Max Lousada N/A Sale 428.83K $28.00 $12.01M
Sep 05, 2024 Max Lousada N/A Sale 135.32K $28.17 $3.81M
Sep 03, 2024 Max Lousada N/A Sale 64.05K $28.25 $1.81M
Dec 05, 2023 Max Lousada N/A Sale 869.01K $33.36 $28.99M

Institutional Holders

Holder Name Shares Date Reported % Out Value % Change
JPMorgan Chase & Co 13.71M Mar 31, 2026 2.63% $0.02 -17.65%
Independent Franchise Partners LLP 13.03M Mar 31, 2026 2.50% $2.33 -0.47%
Vanguard Group Inc 12.84M Dec 31, 2025 2.46% $0.01 -24.08%
Darsana Capital Partners LP 11.85M Mar 31, 2026 2.27% $6.44 48.13%
BlackRock Inc 9.66M Mar 31, 2026 1.85% $0.00 1.45%
Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC 9.26M Mar 31, 2026 1.78% $0.78 17.92%
Darlington Partners Capital Management, LP 7.55M Mar 31, 2026 1.45% $8.67 13.53%
Vanguard Capital Management, LLC 6.24M Mar 31, 2026 1.20% $0.00 0.00%
Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC 5.89M Mar 31, 2026 1.13% $0.01 0.00%
Fidelity International Ltd 5.87M Mar 31, 2026 1.13% $0.12 -0.15%
Cooke & Bieler LP 4.77M Mar 31, 2026 0.91% $1.38 -9.02%
Thrivent Financial For Lutherans 3.64M Mar 31, 2026 0.70% $0.18 22.33%
Millennium Management LLC 3.38M Mar 31, 2026 0.65% $0.04 -13.05%
Citadel Advisors Llc 3.07M Mar 31, 2026 0.59% $0.01 28.43%
State Street Corp 2.66M Mar 31, 2026 0.51% $0.00 4.10%
AQR Capital Management LLC 2.54M Mar 31, 2026 0.49% $0.03 245.68%
Westwood Holdings Group Inc 2.54M Mar 31, 2026 0.49% $0.47 200.92%
Point72 Asset Management, L.P. 2.49M Mar 31, 2026 0.48% $0.08 -21.15%
Morgan Stanley - Brokerage Accounts 2.26M Mar 31, 2026 0.43% $0.00 47.33%
Geode Capital Management, LLC 2.22M Mar 31, 2026 0.43% $0.00 0.48%

Shares Statistics

Shares Outstanding: 146.24M
Shares Float: 144.59M
% Insiders: 85.80%
% Institutions: 10,983.90%
Short % Float: 8.34%

Fund Holdings

Rank Holder Name Shares Held % of Shares Change Date Reported
1 iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF 4.99M 0.96% ▲ 0.02% May 29, 2026
2 Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv 4.46M 0.86% ▲ 0.29% Apr 30, 2026
3 Fidelity Global Technology A-Dis-EUR 4.18M 0.80% ▲ 0.32% Apr 30, 2026
4 Bridge Builder Large Cap Value 3.33M 0.64% ▲ 0.00% May 31, 2026
5 Vanguard Small Cap Index 3.22M 0.62% ▼ 0.29% Apr 30, 2026
6 Barrow Hanley Global Value Equity 2.30M 0.44% ▲ 14.81% Mar 31, 2026
7 Independent Franchise Partners US Equity 2.12M 0.41% ▲ 2.43% Mar 31, 2026
8 Vanguard Selected Value Inv 1.86M 0.36% ▲ 0.00% Mar 31, 2026
9 Vanguard Small Cap Growth Index Inv 1.81M 0.35% ▼ 0.11% Apr 30, 2026
10 Vanguard Institutional Extnd Mkt Idx Tr 1.66M 0.32% ▲ 1.16% Apr 30, 2026

Valuation Metrics

Enterprise Value: $19.06B
Trailing P/E: 33.88
Forward P/E: 13.97

Financial Highlights

Market Cap: $14.85B
EBITDA: $1.58B
P/E Ratio: $33.88
PEG Ratio: $0.52
Book Value: $1.42
Dividend/Share: $0.75
Dividend Yield: 2.63%
Earnings/Share: $0.84
Profit Margin: 6.34%
Operating Margin: 15.59%
ROA (TTM): 7.32%
ROE (TTM): 50.97%
Revenue (TTM): $7.13B
Revenue/Share (TTM): $13.66
Earnings Growth (YOY): 393.10%
Revenue Growth (YOY): 16.70%

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Financial Ratios

Date Current Ratio Debt/Equity Debt/Assets Interest Coverage Debt/EBITDA
2025-09-30 0.66x 6.81x 0.92x 4.36x 3.96x
2024-09-30 0.68x 6.01x 0.93x 5.11x 3.73x
2023-09-30 0.68x 9.31x 0.95x 5.60x 3.70x
2022-09-30 0.64x 22.69x 0.98x 5.71x 3.17x
2021-09-30 0.60x 74.61x 0.99x 4.99x 3.88x
2020-09-30 0.62x -70.71x 1.01x -1.80x -53.93x
2019-09-30 0.60x -18.84x 1.04x 2.51x 7.47x
2018-09-30 0.50x -14.59x 1.06x 1.57x 5.55x
2017-09-30 0.61x 14.55x 0.95x 1.49x 11.26x
2016-09-30 0.49x 20.24x 0.96x 1.24x 8.38x
2015-09-30 0.45x 13.55x 0.96x 0.70x 7.21x
2014-09-30 0.41x 0.04x 0.93x 0.09x 0.07x
2013-09-30 0.45x 0.02x 0.88x 0.37x 0.06x
2012-09-30 0.58x 1.44x 0.82x 0.48x 3.71x
2011-09-30 0.53x 1.17x 0.80x N/A 38.94x
2010-09-30 0.66x -5.31x 1.06x 0.46x 4.04x
2009-09-30 0.66x -10.66x 1.02x 0.69x 3.84x
2008-09-30 0.67x -0.20x 1.02x N/A 0.04x
2007-09-30 0.63x -0.47x 1.01x 1.18x 0.03x
2006-09-30 0.72x 0.29x 0.99x 1.57x 0.03x
2005-09-30 0.71x 0.19x 0.98x 0.46x 0.05x
2004-09-30 0.71x 1.26x 0.90x N/A 1.92x
2003-09-30 0.07x 0.22x 1.03x N/A 0.10x
2002-09-30 N/A 0.00x 0.47x N/A 0.00x
2000-09-30 N/A 0.00x 0.00x N/A 0.00x

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