Growth Metrics

Warner Music (WMG) Deferred Taxes (2016 - 2025)

Warner Music (WMG) has disclosed Deferred Taxes for 16 consecutive years, with $25.0 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Deferred Taxes rose 8.7% to $25.0 million in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was -$88.0 million, a 193.33% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at -$90.0 million, down 87.5% from a year prior.
  • Deferred Taxes was $25.0 million for Q4 2025 at Warner Music, up from -$97.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Deferred Taxes ranged from a high of $25.0 million in Q4 2025 to a low of -$97.0 million in Q3 2025.
  • A 5-year average of -$4.6 million and a median of $5.0 million in 2023 define the central range for Deferred Taxes.
  • Peak YoY movement for Deferred Taxes: soared 850.0% in 2021, then plummeted 1640.0% in 2024.
  • Warner Music's Deferred Taxes stood at $19.0 million in 2021, then crashed by 126.32% to -$5.0 million in 2022, then surged by 200.0% to $5.0 million in 2023, then surged by 360.0% to $23.0 million in 2024, then grew by 8.7% to $25.0 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for WMG's Deferred Taxes are $25.0 million (Q4 2025), -$97.0 million (Q3 2025), and -$17.0 million (Q2 2025).