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Warner Music (WMG) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Warner Music (WMG) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 15 consecutive years, with 0.14% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed rose 1.0% to 0.14% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.14%, a 1.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.13%, down 3.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 0.14% for Q4 2025 at Warner Music, up from 0.12% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.17% in Q4 2023 to a low of 0.0% in Q1 2021.
  • A 5-year average of 0.14% and a median of 0.15% in 2021 define the central range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: rose 23bps in 2021, then decreased -5bps in 2025.
  • Warner Music's Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.15% in 2021, then rose by 4bps to 0.16% in 2022, then increased by 10bps to 0.17% in 2023, then dropped by -25bps to 0.13% in 2024, then grew by 5bps to 0.14% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for WMG's Return on Capital Employed are 0.14% (Q4 2025), 0.12% (Q3 2025), and 0.12% (Q2 2025).