Growth Metrics

Warner Music (WMG) Return on Equity (2016 - 2025)

Warner Music (WMG) has disclosed Return on Equity for 15 consecutive years, with 0.41% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Equity fell 35.0% to 0.41% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.41% through Dec 2025, down 35.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.56% for FY2025, 31.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Equity for Q4 2025 was 0.41% at Warner Music, down from 0.6% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Return on Equity was 4.35% in Q3 2021, with the low at 5.7% in Q1 2021.
  • Average Return on Equity over 5 years is 1.33%, with a median of 1.09% recorded in 2023.
  • The sharpest move saw Return on Equity tumbled -7853bps in 2021, then surged 785bps in 2022.
  • Over 5 years, Return on Equity stood at 3.63% in 2021, then plummeted by -40bps to 2.18% in 2022, then tumbled by -55bps to 0.97% in 2023, then fell by -21bps to 0.77% in 2024, then plummeted by -46bps to 0.41% in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Equity over the past three periods came in at 0.41%, 0.6%, and 0.45% for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.