Growth Metrics

Warner Music (WMG) EBITDA Margin (2016 - 2026)

Warner Music has reported EBITDA Margin over the past 16 years, most recently at 15.65% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly EBITDA Margin rose 281.0% to 15.65% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 11.16% through Dec 2025, up 40.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 10.35% for FY2025, 246.0% down from the prior year.
  • EBITDA Margin was 15.65% for Q4 2025 at Warner Music, up from 7.66% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, EBITDA Margin peaked at 20.25% in Q4 2023 and troughed at 7.27% in Q3 2021.
  • The 5-year median for EBITDA Margin is 12.07% (2022), against an average of 11.97%.
  • Year-over-year, EBITDA Margin skyrocketed 5496bps in 2021 and then plummeted -741bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of EBITDA Margin shows it stood at 14.81% in 2021, then increased by 20bps to 17.81% in 2022, then grew by 14bps to 20.25% in 2023, then tumbled by -37bps to 12.85% in 2024, then rose by 22bps to 15.65% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for WMG's EBITDA Margin are 15.65% (Q4 2025), 7.66% (Q3 2025), and 10.01% (Q2 2025).