Growth Metrics

Warner Music (WMG) Operating Income (2016 - 2025)

Warner Music (WMG) has disclosed Operating Income for 16 consecutive years, with $288.0 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Operating Income rose 34.58% to $288.0 million in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was $768.0 million, a 12.45% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at $694.0 million, down 15.67% from a year prior.
  • Operating Income was $288.0 million for Q4 2025 at Warner Music, up from $143.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Income ranged from a high of $354.0 million in Q4 2023 to a low of $100.0 million in Q3 2021.
  • A 5-year average of $186.1 million and a median of $167.0 million in 2022 define the central range for Operating Income.
  • Peak YoY movement for Operating Income: surged 408.16% in 2021, then plummeted 39.55% in 2024.
  • Warner Music's Operating Income stood at $239.0 million in 2021, then grew by 10.88% to $265.0 million in 2022, then surged by 33.58% to $354.0 million in 2023, then tumbled by 39.55% to $214.0 million in 2024, then surged by 34.58% to $288.0 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for WMG's Operating Income are $288.0 million (Q4 2025), $143.0 million (Q3 2025), and $169.0 million (Q2 2025).