Growth Metrics

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

Warner Music has reported FCF Margin over the past 16 years, most recently at 22.83% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly FCF Margin rose 506.0% to 22.83% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 9.64% through Dec 2025, down 93.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 8.04% for FY2025, 189.0% down from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin was 22.83% for Q4 2025 at Warner Music, up from 10.87% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, FCF Margin peaked at 24.58% in Q3 2022 and troughed at 3.82% in Q1 2024.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 10.35% (2021), against an average of 9.92%.
  • Year-over-year, FCF Margin surged 1056bps in 2022 and then plummeted -988bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 5.89% in 2021, then skyrocketed by 115bps to 12.63% in 2022, then grew by 20bps to 15.1% in 2023, then increased by 18bps to 17.77% in 2024, then grew by 28bps to 22.83% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for WMG's FCF Margin are 22.83% (Q4 2025), 10.87% (Q3 2025), and 0.41% (Q2 2025).