Warner Music (WMG) Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd (2017 - 2026)
Warner Music (WMG) reported Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd of $100 million for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jun 30, 2026), up 6.4% from $94 million a year earlier and unchanged from the prior quarter.
Warner Music (WMG) Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd (2017 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Jun 30, 2026, Warner Music's Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd came in at $400 million, up 6.1% year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Sep 30, 2025), it came in at $383 million, up 6.1% from FY2024.
- Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd has increased for four consecutive fiscal years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 2.2% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By fiscal year, Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd came in at $361 million in FY2024 (+6.2%), $340 million in FY2023 (+6.9%), $318 million in FY2022 (+20.0%) and $265 million in FY2021 (-23.0%).
- Year over year, Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd has now increased in each of the last 22 quarters, with growth averaging 6.0% over the last eight quarters.
- The year-over-year growth in Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd has ranged between 5.3% (fiscal Q2 2026) and 27.4% (fiscal Q3 2022) over the last five years.
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2026 came in at $100 million (Q2 2026), $100 million (Q1 2026) and $100 million (Q4 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Div Paid (Total) (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walt Disney | 176.43 Bn | 161.00 Bn | 11.57 Bn | - |
| 2 | Warner Music | 14.03 Bn | 11.52 Bn | 854.00 Mn | 100.00 Mn |
| 3 | Lionsgate Studios | 3.32 Bn | 2.28 Bn | - | - |
| 4 | Angel Studios | 753.52 Mn | 559.02 Mn | 59.96 Mn | - |
| 5 | Reservoir Media | 627.66 Mn | 539.97 Mn | 26.69 Mn | - |
| 6 | Kartoon Studios | 34.83 Mn | 17.70 Mn | - | - |
| 7 | American Picture House | 7.96 Mn | 7.96 Mn | - | - |
| 8 | Nexus Advanced Technologies | 1.88 Mn | -16.73 Mn | - | - |
| 9 | AI Era | 348,100.85 | -302,132.15 | - | - |
| 10 | Sony | 146.49 Bn | 96.88 Bn | 6.53 Bn | -460.67 Mn |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 100.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 100.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 100.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 100.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 94.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 95.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 94.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 94.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 89.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 89.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 89.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 89.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 84.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 83.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 84.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 83.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 79.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 78.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 78.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 78.00 Mn |
Warner Music Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=dividends-paid-common-and-prefferd&ticker=WMG&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "dividends-paid-common-and-prefferd", "ticker": "WMG", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=dividends-paid-common-and-prefferd&ticker=WMG&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();