Warner Music (WMG) Dividends Paid - Common (2010 - 2026)
Warner Music (WMG) posted quarterly Dividends Paid - Common of $100.0 million for Q1 2026, up 5.26% year-over-year from $95.0 million in Q1 2025, and little changed quarter-over-quarter from $100.0 million in Q4 2025.
Warner Music (WMG) Dividends Paid - Common (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Warner Music (WMG) has reported Dividends Paid - Common for 17 consecutive years, with $100.0 million the latest figure, recorded in Q1 2026.
- In Q1 2026, Dividends Paid - Common rose 5.26% year-over-year to $100.0 million; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at $26.0 million (down 95.89% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $15.0 million, down 95.84% from the prior year.
- Dividends Paid - Common was little changed at $100.0 million in Q1 2026 per WMG's latest filing, from $100.0 million in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Dividends Paid - Common topped out at $355.0 million in Q3 2024 and bottomed at -$268.0 million in Q3 2025.
- Historically, Dividends Paid - Common has averaged $59.1 million across 5 years, with a median of $84.0 million in 2022.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Dividends Paid - Common jumped 8300.0% — and 2023, when it tumbled 387.95%.
- Warner Music's Dividends Paid - Common stood at $84.0 million in 2022, then slumped by 95.24% to $4.0 million in 2023, then surged by 2250.0% to $94.0 million in 2024, then grew by 6.38% to $100.0 million in 2025, then changed by 0.0% to $100.0 million in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows WMG's Dividends Paid - Common at $100.0 million in Q1 2026, $100.0 million in Q4 2025, and -$268.0 million in Q3 2025.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Div. Paid (Common) (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netflix | 325.80 Bn | 316.67 Bn | 6.52 Bn | - |
| 2 | Walt Disney | 180.88 Bn | 175.70 Bn | 11.57 Bn | - |
| 3 | Warner Bros. Discovery | 71.60 Bn | 68.23 Bn | 4.10 Bn | 15.00 Mn |
| 4 | Live Nation Entertainment | 41.97 Bn | 32.90 Bn | 1.94 Bn | 150.74 Mn |
| 5 | Fox | 26.42 Bn | 22.22 Bn | - | 12.00 Mn |
| 6 | Liberty Media | 23.42 Bn | 21.96 Bn | 329.00 Mn | - |
| 7 | Roku | 23.35 Bn | 20.80 Bn | 673.70 Mn | - |
| 8 | News | 18.65 Bn | 16.55 Bn | - | 55.00 Mn |
| 9 | TKO Group Holdings | 14.38 Bn | 12.83 Bn | 990.96 Mn | 150.60 Mn |
| 10 | Warner Music | 9.85 Bn | 9.23 Bn | 854.00 Mn | 100.00 Mn |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 100.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 100.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 100.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 100.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 100.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 100.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -268.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -268.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 94.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 94.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 95.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 95.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 94.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 94.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 355.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 355.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 89.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 89.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 89.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 89.00 Mn |