Growth Metrics

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

Warner Music (WMG) reported FCF Margin of 5.72% for Q1 2026, up 349.0% year-over-year from 1.27% in Q1 2025, and down 74.96% on a QoQ basis from 22.83% in Q4 2025.

Warner Music (WMG) has 17 years of FCF Margin data on file, last reported at 5.72% in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly FCF Margin rose 349.0% year-over-year to 5.72% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 10.23% (down 177.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 8.04%, down 189.0% from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin retreated to 5.72% in Q1 2026 per WMG's latest filing, from 22.83% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Margin topped out at 24.58% in Q3 2022 and bottomed at 3.82% in Q1 2024.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 10.3% (2024), against an average of 9.91%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when FCF Margin soared 1056 bps; it then tumbled 988 bps in 2025.
  • Tracing WMG's FCF Margin over 5 years: stood at 12.63% in 2022, then advanced by 20 bps to 15.1% in 2023, then climbed by 18 bps to 17.77% in 2024, then increased by 28 bps to 22.83% in 2025, then slumped by 75 bps to 5.72% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest WMG FCF Margin figures stand at 5.72% (Q1 2026), 22.83% (Q4 2025), and 10.87% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Margin (Qtr)
1 Netflix 362.63 Bn 350.34 Bn 11.41 Bn 41.59%
2 Walt Disney 181.67 Bn 188.27 Bn 23.68 Bn 19.63%
3 Warner Bros. Discovery 67.91 Bn 65.77 Bn 4.25 Bn -5.35%
4 Live Nation Entertainment 39.56 Bn 31.10 Bn 1.31 Bn 53.52%
5 Fox 26.01 Bn 22.51 Bn - 44.24%
6 Liberty Media 21.20 Bn 21.87 Bn 298.00 Mn 47.40%
7 Roku 19.03 Bn 16.65 Bn 564.94 Mn 15.91%
8 News 16.98 Bn 15.50 Bn - 18.26%
9 TKO Group Holdings 16.11 Bn 14.42 Bn 862.52 Mn 42.24%
10 Warner Music 4.58 Bn 3.94 Bn 802.00 Mn 5.72%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 5.72%
Dec 31, 2025 22.83%
Sep 30, 2025 10.87%
Jun 30, 2025 0.41%
Mar 31, 2025 2.22%
Dec 31, 2024 17.77%
Sep 30, 2024 16.63%
Jun 30, 2024 10.30%
Mar 31, 2024 -3.82%
Dec 31, 2023 15.10%
Sep 30, 2023 18.92%
Jun 30, 2023 7.23%
Mar 31, 2023 -2.93%
Dec 31, 2022 12.63%
Sep 30, 2022 24.58%
Jun 30, 2022 8.94%
Mar 31, 2022 1.16%
Dec 31, 2021 5.89%
Sep 30, 2021 14.03%
Jun 30, 2021 5.30%
Mar 31, 2021 10.40%
Dec 31, 2020 11.31%
Sep 30, 2020 12.34%
Jun 30, 2020 10.20%
Mar 31, 2020 6.82%
Dec 31, 2019 5.02%
Sep 30, 2019 11.48%
Jun 30, 2019 12.00%
Mar 31, 2019 -2.39%
Dec 31, 2018 5.49%
Sep 30, 2018 12.13%
Jun 30, 2018 12.32%
Mar 31, 2018 -1.35%
Dec 31, 2017 11.48%
Sep 30, 2017 23.01%
Jun 30, 2017 7.85%
Mar 31, 2017 7.27%
Dec 31, 2016 16.14%
Sep 30, 2016 14.74%
Jun 30, 2016 3.33%
Mar 31, 2016 13.15%
Dec 31, 2015 6.01%
Sep 30, 2015 12.27%
Jun 30, 2015 -5.07%
Mar 31, 2015 13.59%
Dec 31, 2014 1.33%
Sep 30, 2014 7.65%
Jun 30, 2014 -6.85%
Mar 31, 2014 17.30%
Dec 31, 2013 -7.85%
Sep 30, 2013 0.13%
Jun 30, 2013 1.81%
Mar 31, 2013 19.11%
Dec 31, 2012 -2.21%
Sep 30, 2012 24.35%
Mar 31, 2012 18.30%
Dec 31, 2011 2.45%
Dec 31, 2010 -15.55%
Sep 30, 2010 3.84%