Growth Metrics

Warner Music (WMG) Operating Income (2016 - 2026)

Warner Music has reported Operating Income over the past 16 years, most recently at $288.0 million for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Operating Income rose 34.58% to $288.0 million in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $768.0 million through Dec 2025, up 12.45% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $694.0 million for FY2025, 15.67% down from the prior year.
  • Operating Income was $288.0 million for Q4 2025 at Warner Music, up from $143.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Operating Income peaked at $354.0 million in Q4 2023 and troughed at $100.0 million in Q3 2021.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Income is $167.0 million (2022), against an average of $186.1 million.
  • Year-over-year, Operating Income surged 408.16% in 2021 and then plummeted 39.55% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Income shows it stood at $239.0 million in 2021, then rose by 10.88% to $265.0 million in 2022, then skyrocketed by 33.58% to $354.0 million in 2023, then plummeted by 39.55% to $214.0 million in 2024, then skyrocketed 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).