Warner Music (WMG) Retained Earnings (2010 - 2026)

Warner Music (WMG) reported Retained Earnings of -$1.2 billion for Q1 2026, up 4.72% year-over-year from -$1.1 billion in Q1 2025, and up 6.61% quarter-over-quarter from -$1.3 billion in Q4 2025.

Warner Music (WMG) Retained Earnings (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Warner Music (WMG) has 17 years of Retained Earnings data on file, last reported at -$1.2 billion in Q1 2026.

  • Retained Earnings for Q1 2026 came in at -$1.2 billion, up 4.72% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was -$1.2 billion (up 4.72% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was -$189.0 million, up 23.48% from the prior year.
  • Retained Earnings climbed to -$1.2 billion in Q1 2026 per WMG's latest filing, from -$1.3 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Retained Earnings peaked at -$189.0 million in Q3 2025 and troughed at -$1.5 billion in Q3 2022.
  • A 5-year average of -$707.8 million and a median of -$322.0 million in 2023 frame the typical range for Retained Earnings.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Retained Earnings surged 83.25% in 2022, then slumped 421.58% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Retained Earnings shows it stood at -$276.0 million in 2022, then plunged by 377.17% to -$1.3 billion in 2023, then surged by 71.45% to -$376.0 million in 2024, then slumped by 233.78% to -$1.3 billion in 2025, then gained by 6.61% to -$1.2 billion in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows WMG's Retained Earnings at -$1.2 billion in Q1 2026, -$1.3 billion in Q4 2025, and -$189.0 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Retained Earnings (Qtr)
1 Netflix 327.69 Bn 315.40 Bn 11.41 Bn 47.56 Bn
2 Walt Disney 184.70 Bn 191.31 Bn 23.68 Bn 62.39 Bn
3 Warner Bros. Discovery 65.23 Bn 63.09 Bn 4.25 Bn -14.43 Bn
4 Brera Holdings 53.07 Bn 53.07 Bn - -449.36 Mn
5 Live Nation Entertainment 39.71 Bn 31.25 Bn 1.31 Bn -1.43 Bn
6 Liberty Media 21.13 Bn 21.80 Bn 298.00 Mn 7.84 Bn
7 Fox 20.41 Bn 16.92 Bn - -124.00 Mn
8 Roku 20.39 Bn 18.01 Bn 564.94 Mn -493,000.00
9 News 15.92 Bn 14.45 Bn - -1.54 Bn
10 Warner Music 4.13 Bn 3.49 Bn 802.00 Mn -1.17 Bn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -1.17 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 -1.26 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 -189.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -1.34 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 -1.23 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 -376.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 -247.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -311.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -301.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -1.32 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 -322.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 -1.45 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 -261.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 -276.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 -1.48 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 -278.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 -231.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 -1.60 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 -1.71 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 -1.66 Bn