Warner Music (WMG) FCF Payout Ratio (2010 - 2026)

Warner Music has disclosed FCF Payout Ratio across 17 years of filings, most recently posting 1.01 for Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, FCF Payout Ratio fell 64.91% year-over-year to 1.01; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.92 (up 144.72% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 0.71, up 25.58% from the prior year.
• FCF Payout Ratio improved to 1.01 in Q1 2026, from 0.24 in the prior quarter.
• Over the last five years, FCF Payout Ratio for WMG reached as high as 13.43 in Q2 2025 and fell as low as 2.02 in Q1 2023.
• The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.45 (2022), against an average of 1.4.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — FCF Payout Ratio slumped 141.53% — and 2024, when it soared 10305.9%.
• A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.45 in 2022, then retreated by 24.55% to 0.34 in 2023, then sank by 92.99% to 0.02 in 2024, then surged by 906.8% to 0.24 in 2025, then surged by 324.24% to 1.01 in 2026.
• According to Business Quant data, FCF Payout Ratio over the past three periods registered 1.01, 0.24, and 1.85 for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.