Growth Metrics

Warner Music (WMG) Debt Ratio (2010 - 2026)

Warner Music (WMG) reported Debt Ratio of 0.38 for Q1 2026, down 8.57% year-over-year from 0.42 in Q1 2025, and down 6.08% on a QoQ basis from 0.41 in Q4 2025.

Warner Music (WMG) has 17 years of Debt Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.38 in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Debt Ratio fell 8.57% year-over-year to 0.38 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.38 (down 8.57% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.41, down 5.72% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio retreated to 0.38 in Q1 2026 per WMG's latest filing, from 0.41 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Debt Ratio topped out at 0.5 in Q1 2023 and bottomed at 0.38 in Q1 2026.
  • The 5-year median for Debt Ratio is 0.45 (2024), against an average of 0.45.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Debt Ratio climbed 2.79%; it then retreated 8.61% in 2025.
  • Tracing WMG's Debt Ratio over 5 years: stood at 0.49 in 2022, then retreated by 8.26% to 0.45 in 2023, then declined by 2.9% to 0.43 in 2024, then retreated by 6.12% to 0.41 in 2025, then fell by 6.08% to 0.38 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest WMG Debt Ratio figures stand at 0.38 (Q1 2026), 0.41 (Q4 2025), and 0.41 (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 Netflix 362.63 Bn 350.34 Bn 11.41 Bn 0.24
2 Walt Disney 181.67 Bn 188.27 Bn 23.68 Bn 0.23
3 Warner Bros. Discovery 67.91 Bn 65.77 Bn 4.25 Bn 0.33
4 Live Nation Entertainment 39.56 Bn 31.10 Bn 1.31 Bn 0.33
5 Fox 26.01 Bn 22.51 Bn - 0.30
6 Liberty Media 21.20 Bn 21.87 Bn 298.00 Mn 0.32
7 Roku 19.03 Bn 16.65 Bn 564.94 Mn -
8 News 16.98 Bn 15.50 Bn - 0.13
9 TKO Group Holdings 16.11 Bn 14.42 Bn 862.52 Mn 0.29
10 Warner Music 4.58 Bn 3.94 Bn 802.00 Mn 0.38

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.38
Dec 31, 2025 0.41
Sep 30, 2025 0.41
Jun 30, 2025 0.42
Mar 31, 2025 0.42
Dec 31, 2024 0.43
Sep 30, 2024 0.44
Jun 30, 2024 0.45
Mar 31, 2024 0.46
Dec 31, 2023 0.45
Sep 30, 2023 0.46
Jun 30, 2023 0.49
Mar 31, 2023 0.50
Dec 31, 2022 0.49
Sep 30, 2022 0.48
Jun 30, 2022 0.49
Mar 31, 2022 0.49
Dec 31, 2021 0.48
Sep 30, 2021 0.46
Jun 30, 2021 0.48
Mar 31, 2021 0.49
Dec 31, 2020 0.49
Sep 30, 2020 0.48
Jun 30, 2020 0.49
Mar 31, 2020 0.49
Dec 31, 2019 0.47
Sep 30, 2019 0.49
Jun 30, 2019 0.50
Mar 31, 2019 0.51
Dec 31, 2018 0.50
Sep 30, 2018 0.53
Jun 30, 2018 0.49
Mar 31, 2018 0.51
Dec 31, 2017 0.48
Sep 30, 2017 0.49
Jun 30, 2017 0.51
Mar 31, 2017 0.52
Dec 31, 2016 0.52
Sep 30, 2016 0.52
Jun 30, 2016 0.53
Mar 31, 2016 0.53
Dec 31, 2015 0.53
Sep 30, 2015 0.53
Jun 30, 2015 0.53
Mar 31, 2015 0.53
Dec 31, 2014 0.52
Sep 30, 2014 0.51
Jun 30, 2014 0.50
Mar 31, 2014 0.47
Dec 31, 2013 0.47
Sep 30, 2013 0.46
Jun 30, 2013 0.42
Mar 31, 2013 0.43
Dec 31, 2012 0.43
Sep 30, 2012 0.42
Jun 30, 2012 0.43
Mar 31, 2012 0.42
Dec 31, 2011 0.41
Sep 30, 2011 0.41
Jun 30, 2011 0.54
Sep 30, 2010 0.51