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Warner Music (WMG) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2026)

Warner Music has reported FCF Payout Ratio over the past 16 years, most recently at 0.01 for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio fell 97.0% to 0.01 in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.44 through Dec 2025, down 19.1% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.71 for FY2025, 25.58% up from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio was 0.01 for Q4 2025 at Warner Music, down from 0.49 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.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.34 (2023), against an average of 1.14.
  • The largest YoY upside for FCF Payout Ratio was 10817.33% in 2023 against a maximum downside of 141.53% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.01 in 2021, then skyrocketed by 203.19% to 0.03 in 2022, then skyrocketed by 956.31% to 0.34 in 2023, then fell by 5.8% to 0.32 in 2024, then plummeted by 97.0% to 0.01 in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for WMG's FCF Payout Ratio are 0.01 (Q4 2025), 0.49 (Q3 2025), and 13.43 (Q2 2025).