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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 Executive VP & CFO 1971
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

Institutional Holders

Holder Name Shares Date Reported % Out Value % Change
JPMorgan Chase & Co 28.89M Sep 30, 2025 5.53% $0.03 94.20%
Independent Franchise Partners LLP 13.10M Dec 31, 2025 2.51% $2.55 -0.43%
Vanguard Group Inc 12.84M Dec 31, 2025 2.46% $0.01 -24.08%
BlackRock Inc 9.31M Sep 30, 2025 1.78% $0.01 -1.17%
Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC 8.91M Sep 30, 2025 1.71% $0.97 4.25%
Darsana Capital Partners LP 8.00M Dec 31, 2025 1.53% $4.89 28.00%
Darlington Partners Capital Management, LP 6.65M Dec 31, 2025 1.27% $8.16 -44.55%
Fidelity International Ltd 5.88M Dec 31, 2025 1.13% $0.14 0.82%
Cooke & Bieler LP 5.24M Dec 31, 2025 1.00% $1.68 -0.22%
Millennium Management LLC 3.18M Sep 30, 2025 0.61% $0.05 178.48%
State Street Corp 2.57M Sep 30, 2025 0.49% $0.00 1.08%
Royal Bank of Canada 2.56M Sep 30, 2025 0.49% $0.01 -12.43%
UBS Group AG 2.23M Sep 30, 2025 0.43% $0.01 112.85%
Thrivent Financial For Lutherans 2.17M Sep 30, 2025 0.42% $0.15 6,227.27%
Geode Capital Management, LLC 2.15M Sep 30, 2025 0.41% $0.00 6.45%
Barclays PLC 1.86M Sep 30, 2025 0.36% $0.01 5,055.54%
The Goldman Sachs Group Inc 1.83M Sep 30, 2025 0.35% $0.01 86.67%
FMR Inc 1.69M Dec 31, 2025 0.32% $0.00 -27.39%
Fairview Capital Investment Management 1.66M Dec 31, 2025 0.32% $2.62 12.07%
Harris Associates L.P. 1.65M Dec 31, 2025 0.32% $0.06 -20.20%

Shares Statistics

Shares Outstanding: 146.97M
Shares Float: 145.41M
% Insiders: 74.20%
% Institutions: 10,508.80%
Short % Float: 7.39%

🏆 Top 10 Institutional Holders

Rank Holder Name Shares Held % of Shares Change Date Reported
1 JPMorgan Chase & Co 28.89M 5.53% ▲ 94.20% Sep 30, 2025
2 Independent Franchise Partners LLP 13.10M 2.51% ▼ 0.43% Dec 31, 2025
3 Vanguard Group Inc 12.84M 2.46% ▼ 24.08% Dec 31, 2025
4 BlackRock Inc 9.31M 1.78% ▼ 1.17% Sep 30, 2025
5 Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC 8.91M 1.71% ▲ 4.25% Sep 30, 2025
6 Darsana Capital Partners LP 8.00M 1.53% ▲ 28.00% Dec 31, 2025
7 Darlington Partners Capital Management, LP 6.65M 1.27% ▼ 44.55% Dec 31, 2025
8 Fidelity International Ltd 5.88M 1.13% ▲ 0.82% Dec 31, 2025
9 Cooke & Bieler LP 5.24M 1.00% ▼ 0.22% Dec 31, 2025
10 Millennium Management LLC 3.18M 0.61% ▲ 178.48% Sep 30, 2025

Valuation Metrics

Enterprise Value: $18.13B
Trailing P/E: 47.93
Forward P/E: 17.89

Financial Highlights

Market Cap: $14.27B
EBITDA: $1.48B
P/E Ratio: $47.93
PEG Ratio: $0.70
Book Value: $1.38
Dividend/Share: $0.74
Dividend Yield: 2.75%
Earnings/Share: $0.57
Profit Margin: 4.43%
Operating Margin: 17.77%
ROA (TTM): 7.13%
ROE (TTM): 39.84%
Revenue (TTM): $6.88B
Revenue/Share (TTM): $13.20
Earnings Growth (YOY): -25.90%
Revenue Growth (YOY): 10.40%

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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 7.84x 0.93x 5.11x 3.73x
2023-09-30 0.68x 13.05x 0.95x 5.60x 3.70x
2022-09-30 0.64x 25.08x 0.98x 5.71x 3.17x
2021-09-30 0.60x 110.71x 0.99x 4.99x 3.88x
2020-09-30 0.62x -50.51x 1.01x -1.80x -53.93x
2019-09-30 0.60x -17.53x 1.04x 2.51x 7.47x
2018-09-30 0.50x -13.98x 1.06x 1.57x 5.55x
2017-09-30 0.61x 15.29x 0.95x 1.49x 11.26x
2016-09-30 0.49x 21.80x 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

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

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