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

Warner Music (WMG) has reported FCF Payout Ratio for 17 consecutive years, with 0.88 the latest figure, recorded in Q2 2026.

• On a quarterly basis, FCF Payout Ratio fell 93.47% year-over-year to 0.88 in Q2 2026; TTM through Jun 2026 was 0.48, a 22.71% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 0.71, up 25.58% from the prior year.
• FCF Payout Ratio was 0.88 for Q2 2026 at Warner Music, down from 1.01 in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, FCF Payout Ratio peaked at 13.43 in Q2 2025 and troughed at 2.54 in Q1 2024.
• A 5-year average of 1.28 and a median of 0.46 in 2024 frame the typical range for FCF Payout Ratio.
• Across the five-year window, FCF Payout Ratio sank 141.53% in 2023 and soared 2736.6% in 2025, its largest moves.
• Over 5 years, FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.45 in 2022, then fell by 6.04% to 0.42 in 2023, then slipped by 24.35% to 0.32 in 2024, then slipped by 25.03% to 0.24 in 2025, then soared by 268.42% to 0.88 in 2026.
• The last three FCF Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.88 (Q2 2026), 1.01 (Q1 2026), and 0.24 (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.