Growth Metrics

Warner Music (WMG) Net Margin (2016 - 2026)

Warner Music has reported Net Margin over the past 16 years, most recently at 9.51% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Net Margin fell 495.0% to 9.51% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 4.42% through Dec 2025, down 387.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 5.52% for FY2025, 192.0% down from the prior year.
  • Net Margin was 9.51% for Q4 2025 at Warner Music, up from 5.84% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Net Margin peaked at 14.47% in Q4 2024 and troughed at 0.95% in Q2 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Net Margin is 8.13% (2023), against an average of 7.13%.
  • Year-over-year, Net Margin soared 5594bps in 2021 and then tumbled -1002bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Net Margin shows it stood at 11.65% in 2021, then fell by -28bps to 8.33% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 32bps to 11.04% in 2023, then surged by 31bps to 14.47% in 2024, then plummeted by -34bps to 9.51% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for WMG's Net Margin are 9.51% (Q4 2025), 5.84% (Q3 2025), and 0.95% (Q2 2025).