Warner Music (WMG) EBIT Margin (2010 - 2026)

Warner Music (WMG) reported EBIT Margin of 15.24% for Q1 2026, up 392.0% year-over-year from 3.1% in Q1 2025, and down 2.62% quarter-over-quarter from 15.65% in Q4 2025.

Warner Music (WMG) EBIT Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Warner Music (WMG) has 17 years of EBIT Margin data on file, last reported at 15.24% in Q1 2026.

  • EBIT Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 15.24%, up 392.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 12.12% (up 56.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 10.35%, down 246.0% from the prior year.
  • EBIT Margin fell to 15.24% in Q1 2026 per WMG's latest filing, from 15.65% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, EBIT Margin peaked at 20.25% in Q4 2023 and troughed at 7.66% in Q3 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 12.25% and a median of 12.06% in 2022 frame the typical range for EBIT Margin.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2024 and 2026: EBIT Margin tumbled 741 bps in 2024, then surged 392 bps in 2026.
  • A 5-year view of EBIT Margin shows it stood at 17.81% in 2022, then grew by 14 bps to 20.25% in 2023, then slumped by 37 bps to 12.85% in 2024, then climbed by 22 bps to 15.65% in 2025, then slipped by 3 bps to 15.24% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows WMG's EBIT Margin at 15.24% in Q1 2026, 15.65% in Q4 2025, and 7.66% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBIT Margin (Qtr)
1 Netflix 349.58 Bn 337.29 Bn 11.41 Bn 32.30%
2 Walt Disney 175.79 Bn 182.39 Bn 23.68 Bn 9.16%
3 Warner Bros. Discovery 65.98 Bn 63.84 Bn 4.25 Bn -27.76%
4 Brera Holdings 47.91 Bn 47.91 Bn - -
5 Live Nation Entertainment 37.10 Bn 28.65 Bn 1.31 Bn -9.77%
6 Fox 26.20 Bn 22.71 Bn - 5.91%
7 Liberty Media 20.17 Bn 20.84 Bn 298.00 Mn 9.00%
8 Roku 18.22 Bn 15.84 Bn 564.94 Mn 4.15%
9 News 17.17 Bn 15.69 Bn - 8.65%
10 Warner Music 4.41 Bn 3.77 Bn 802.00 Mn 15.24%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 15.24%
Dec 31, 2025 15.65%
Sep 30, 2025 7.66%
Jun 30, 2025 10.01%
Mar 31, 2025 11.32%
Dec 31, 2024 12.85%
Sep 30, 2024 8.77%
Jun 30, 2024 13.32%
Mar 31, 2024 7.97%
Dec 31, 2023 20.25%
Sep 30, 2023 13.37%
Jun 30, 2023 12.08%
Mar 31, 2023 8.86%
Dec 31, 2022 17.81%
Sep 30, 2022 10.89%
Jun 30, 2022 10.20%
Mar 31, 2022 12.06%
Dec 31, 2021 14.81%
Sep 30, 2021 7.27%
Jun 30, 2021 12.09%