Growth Metrics

Warner Music (WMG) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2025)

Warner Music (WMG) has disclosed FCF Payout Ratio for 16 consecutive years, with 0.24 as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, FCF Payout Ratio rose 906.8% to 0.24 in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.72, a 750.03% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.71, up 5566.84% from a year prior.
  • FCF Payout Ratio was 0.24 for Q4 2025 at Warner Music, down from 0.49 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 13.43 in Q2 2025 to a low of 2.02 in Q1 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 1.19 and a median of 0.13 in 2024 define the central range for FCF Payout Ratio.
  • Peak YoY movement for FCF Payout Ratio: plummeted 13063.73% in 2021, then soared 6574.88% in 2025.
  • Warner Music's FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.01 in 2021, then skyrocketed by 4144.68% to 0.45 in 2022, then decreased by 24.55% to 0.34 in 2023, then crashed by 92.99% to 0.02 in 2024, then soared by 906.8% to 0.24 in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for WMG's FCF Payout Ratio are 0.24 (Q4 2025), 0.49 (Q3 2025), and 13.43 (Q2 2025).