Warner Music (WMG) Invested Capital (2010 - 2026)
Warner Music (WMG) reported Invested Capital of $5.66 billion for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jun 30, 2026), up 16.2% from $4.87 billion a year earlier and up 1.9% from the prior quarter.
Warner Music (WMG) Invested Capital (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025 (ended Sep 30, 2025), Warner Music posted Invested Capital of $5.12 billion, up 9.2% from FY2024.
- Invested Capital has increased for seven consecutive fiscal years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 10.9% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By fiscal year, Invested Capital came in at $4.69 billion in FY2024 (+6.7%), $4.39 billion in FY2023 (+12.7%), $3.9 billion in FY2022 (+15.0%) and $3.39 billion in FY2021 (+10.9%).
- The fiscal Q3 2026 figure ranks as the highest quarterly Invested Capital in data going back to fiscal Q4 2010.
- Year over year, Invested Capital has now increased in each of the last 25 quarters, with growth averaging 8.9% over the last eight quarters.
- Over the past five years, the year-over-year growth in Invested Capital ranged from 0.7% (fiscal Q1 2025) to 17.5% (fiscal Q1 2022).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2026 came in at $5.56 billion (Q2 2026), $5.2 billion (Q1 2026) and $5.12 billion (Q4 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Invested Cap. (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walt Disney | 205.02 Bn | 182.78 Bn | 11.57 Bn | 162.88 Bn |
| 2 | Warner Music | 11.82 Bn | 9.18 Bn | 854.00 Mn | 5.66 Bn |
| 3 | Lionsgate Studios | 4.18 Bn | 2.87 Bn | - | 612.60 Mn |
| 4 | Reservoir Media | 690.64 Mn | 605.68 Mn | 32.16 Mn | 842.31 Mn |
| 5 | Angel Studios | 663.25 Mn | 468.93 Mn | 59.96 Mn | 45.03 Mn |
| 6 | Kartoon Studios | 33.16 Mn | 16.03 Mn | - | - |
| 7 | American Picture House | 5.69 Mn | 5.69 Mn | - | -378,068.00 |
| 8 | Nexus Advanced Technologies | 1.01 Mn | -16.65 Mn | - | 36.56 Mn |
| 9 | AI Era | 54,593.42 | -595,639.58 | - | 3.06 Mn |
| 10 | Sony | 161.02 Bn | 95.56 Bn | 7.96 Bn | 66.40 Bn |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 5.66 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 5.56 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 5.20 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 5.12 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 4.87 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 4.78 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 4.65 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 4.69 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 4.61 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 4.57 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 4.62 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 4.39 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 4.29 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 4.25 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 4.23 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 3.90 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 3.96 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 4.00 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 4.02 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 3.39 Bn |
Warner Music Invested Capital API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=invested-capital&ticker=WMG&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "invested-capital", "ticker": "WMG", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()
const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=invested-capital&ticker=WMG&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();