Warner Music (WMG) Return on Assets [ROA] (2011 - 2026)
Warner Music (WMG) recorded Return on Assets [ROA] of 6.23% in fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jun 30, 2026), up 3.04 percentage points from 3.19% a year earlier and up 1.88 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Warner Music (WMG) Return on Assets [ROA] (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025 (ended Sep 30, 2025), Warner Music reported Return on Assets [ROA] of 3.90%, down 1.50 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Assets [ROA] has a five-year change of +11.46 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Across earlier fiscal years, Return on Assets [ROA] came in at 5.40% in FY2024 (+0.04 pp), 5.36% in FY2023 (-2.02 pp), 7.38% in FY2022 (+2.87 pp) and 4.51% in FY2021 (+12.07 pp).
- The fiscal Q3 2026 figure is the highest quarterly Return on Assets [ROA] since fiscal Q3 2024.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Assets [ROA] rose in two of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -0.83 percentage points.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Return on Assets [ROA] in the last five years was a gain of 12.59 percentage points in fiscal Q1 2022, against a drop of 3.46 percentage points in fiscal Q3 2025 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three fiscal quarters came in at 4.35% (Q2 2026), 3.06% (Q1 2026) and 3.77% (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROA (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walt Disney | 181.20 Bn | 165.77 Bn | 11.57 Bn | 4.51% |
| 2 | Warner Music | 14.44 Bn | 11.93 Bn | 854.00 Mn | 6.23% |
| 3 | Lionsgate Studios | 3.33 Bn | 2.29 Bn | - | -2.15% |
| 4 | Angel Studios | 860.38 Mn | 665.88 Mn | 59.96 Mn | -69.09% |
| 5 | Reservoir Media | 625.02 Mn | 537.33 Mn | 26.69 Mn | 0.84% |
| 6 | Kartoon Studios | 36.70 Mn | 19.57 Mn | - | - |
| 7 | American Picture House | 6.83 Mn | 6.83 Mn | - | 35.24% |
| 8 | Nexus Advanced Technologies | 2.08 Mn | -16.54 Mn | - | - |
| 9 | AI Era | 580,168.11 | -70,064.89 | - | -3.26% |
| 10 | Sony | 144.83 Bn | 95.22 Bn | 6.53 Bn | -1.51% |
Historic Data
Download Data
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 6.23% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 4.35% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 3.06% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 3.77% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 3.19% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 4.98% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 5.75% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 5.32% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 6.65% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 6.40% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 5.79% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 5.26% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 5.38% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 5.40% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 6.15% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 7.15% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 5.62% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 4.70% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 5.20% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 4.31% |
API Access
Warner Music Return on Assets [ROA] API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=WMG&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-assets-[roa]", "ticker": "WMG", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=WMG&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();