Growth Metrics

Warner Music (WMG) Gross Margin (2016 - 2025)

Warner Music (WMG) has disclosed Gross Margin for 16 consecutive years, with 46.36% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Gross Margin rose 2.0% to 46.36% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 45.87%, a 103.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 45.85%, down 194.0% from a year prior.
  • Gross Margin was 46.36% for Q4 2025 at Warner Music, up from 44.65% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Gross Margin ranged from a high of 50.16% in Q1 2021 to a low of 44.65% in Q3 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 47.35% and a median of 46.71% in 2023 define the central range for Gross Margin.
  • Peak YoY movement for Gross Margin: surged 136bps in 2021, then crashed -332bps in 2024.
  • Warner Music's Gross Margin stood at 49.32% in 2021, then decreased by -1bps to 48.86% in 2022, then rose by 2bps to 49.66% in 2023, then dropped by -7bps to 46.34% in 2024, then increased by 0bps to 46.36% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for WMG's Gross Margin are 46.36% (Q4 2025), 44.65% (Q3 2025), and 45.94% (Q2 2025).