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Warner Music (WMG) Retained Earnings (2016 - 2025)

Warner Music (WMG) has disclosed Retained Earnings for 16 consecutive years, with -$180.0 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Retained Earnings rose 84.63% to -$180.0 million in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was -$180.0 million through Dec 2025, up 84.63% year-over-year, with the annual reading at -$189.0 million for FY2025, 23.48% up from the prior year.
  • Retained Earnings for Q4 2025 was -$180.0 million at Warner Music, up from -$189.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Retained Earnings was -$174.0 million in Q2 2025, with the low at -$1.7 billion in Q3 2021.
  • Average Retained Earnings over 5 years is -$635.9 million, with a median of -$296.5 million recorded in 2024.
  • The sharpest move saw Retained Earnings plummeted 765.41% in 2021, then surged 86.08% in 2022.
  • Over 5 years, Retained Earnings stood at -$1.6 billion in 2021, then surged by 82.76% to -$276.0 million in 2022, then increased by 5.8% to -$260.0 million in 2023, then plummeted by 350.38% to -$1.2 billion in 2024, then skyrocketed by 84.63% to -$180.0 million in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, Retained Earnings over the past three periods came in at -$180.0 million, -$189.0 million, and -$174.0 million for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.