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Warner Music (WMG) Other Operating Expenses (2016 - 2025)

Warner Music (WMG) has disclosed Other Operating Expenses for 16 consecutive years, with -$5.0 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Other Operating Expenses changed N/A to -$5.0 million in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was -$5.0 million through Dec 2025, down 133.33% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $32.0 million for FY2024, 21.95% down from the prior year.
  • Other Operating Expenses for Q4 2025 was -$5.0 million at Warner Music, down from $1.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Other Operating Expenses was $811.0 million in Q3 2021, with the low at -$5.0 million in Q4 2025.
  • Average Other Operating Expenses over 5 years is $287.6 million, with a median of $29.0 million recorded in 2022.
  • The sharpest move saw Other Operating Expenses rose 29.09% in 2021, then crashed 58.54% in 2023.
  • Over 5 years, Other Operating Expenses stood at $811.0 million in 2021, then tumbled by 94.94% to $41.0 million in 2022, then crashed by 58.54% to $17.0 million in 2023, then plummeted by 94.12% to $1.0 million in 2024, then crashed by 600.0% to -$5.0 million in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, Other Operating Expenses over the past three periods came in at -$5.0 million, $1.0 million, and $14.0 million for Q4 2025, Q2 2024, and Q1 2024 respectively.