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

Warner Music (WMG) reported FCF Payout Ratio of 1.01 for Q1 2026, down 64.91% year-over-year from 2.88 in Q1 2025, and up 324.24% quarter-over-quarter from 0.24 in Q4 2025.

Warner Music (WMG) FCF Payout Ratio (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Warner Music (WMG) has 17 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 1.01 in Q1 2026.

  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 came in at 1.01, down 64.91% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.92 (up 144.72% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.71, up 25.58% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio advanced to 1.01 in Q1 2026 per WMG's latest filing, from 0.24 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, FCF Payout Ratio peaked at 13.43 in Q2 2025 and troughed at 2.02 in Q1 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 1.4 and a median of 0.45 in 2022 frame the typical range for FCF Payout Ratio.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: FCF Payout Ratio plunged 141.53% in 2023, then soared 10305.9% in 2024.
  • 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 tumbled 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.
  • Business Quant data shows WMG's FCF Payout Ratio at 1.01 in Q1 2026, 0.24 in Q4 2025, and 1.85 in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Netflix 339.24 Bn 326.95 Bn 11.41 Bn -
2 Walt Disney 177.26 Bn 183.87 Bn 23.68 Bn -
3 Warner Bros. Discovery 67.20 Bn 65.06 Bn 4.25 Bn -0.27
4 Brera Holdings 43.43 Bn 43.43 Bn - -
5 Live Nation Entertainment 39.99 Bn 31.53 Bn 1.31 Bn 0.02
6 Fox 25.61 Bn 22.11 Bn - 0.03
7 Roku 21.15 Bn 18.77 Bn 564.94 Mn -
8 Liberty Media 20.63 Bn 21.31 Bn 298.00 Mn -
9 News 16.23 Bn 14.76 Bn - 0.11
10 Warner Music 4.17 Bn 3.53 Bn 802.00 Mn 1.01

Historic Data

Download Data
DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 1.01
Dec 31, 2025 0.24
Sep 30, 2025 1.85
Jun 30, 2025 13.43
Mar 31, 2025 2.88
Dec 31, 2024 0.02
Sep 30, 2024 0.35
Jun 30, 2024 0.56
Mar 31, 2024 -1.56
Dec 31, 2023 0.34
Sep 30, 2023 0.00
Jun 30, 2023 0.74
Mar 31, 2023 -2.02
Dec 31, 2022 0.45
Sep 30, 2022 0.00
Jun 30, 2022 0.62
Mar 31, 2022 4.88
Dec 31, 2021 0.82
Sep 30, 2021 1.34
Jun 30, 2021 0.87