Warner Music (WMG) Return on Sales [ROS] (2009 - 2026)
Warner Music (WMG) posted Return on Sales [ROS] of 16.36% for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jun 30, 2026), up 6.36 percentage points from 10.01% a year earlier and up 1.12 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Warner Music (WMG) Return on Sales [ROS] (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Jun 30, 2026, Return on Sales [ROS] at Warner Music was 13.69%, up 2.96 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Sep 30, 2025), it was 10.35%, down 2.46 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Sales [ROS] shows a five-year change of +15.48 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior fiscal years, Warner Music's Return on Sales [ROS] was 12.81% in FY2024 (-0.28 pp), 13.09% in FY2023 (+1.02 pp), 12.06% in FY2022 (+0.57 pp) and 11.49% in FY2021 (+16.62 pp).
- The fiscal Q3 2026 figure stands as the highest quarterly Return on Sales [ROS] since fiscal Q1 2024.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Sales [ROS] has increased in each of the last three quarters, with an average year-over-year change of 0.00 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Sales [ROS] in the past five years was fiscal Q3 2026, with a gain of 6.36 percentage points; the weakest was fiscal Q1 2025, with a drop of 7.41 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Sales [ROS] for the three prior fiscal quarters was 15.24% (Q2 2026), 15.65% (Q1 2026) and 7.66% (Q4 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROS (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walt Disney | 205.42 Bn | 189.99 Bn | 11.57 Bn | 0.14% |
| 2 | Warner Music | 16.90 Bn | 14.39 Bn | 854.00 Mn | 16.36% |
| 3 | Lionsgate Studios | 4.18 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 240.40 Mn | 4.35% |
| 4 | Angel Studios | 905.05 Mn | 728.30 Mn | 100.00 Mn | -6.51% |
| 5 | Reservoir Media | 675.30 Mn | 590.68 Mn | 32.16 Mn | 24.57% |
| 6 | Kartoon Studios | 31.10 Mn | -22.52 Mn | 1.19 Mn | -58.58% |
| 7 | American Picture House | 4.55 Mn | 4.55 Mn | - | 58.00% |
| 8 | Nexus Advanced Technologies | 792,061.23 | -15.85 Mn | - | - |
| 9 | AI Era | 58,016.81 | -592,216.19 | - | -85.16% |
| 10 | Sony | 166.48 Bn | 103.89 Bn | 7.96 Bn | 18.15% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 16.36% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 15.24% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 15.65% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 7.66% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 10.01% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 11.32% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 12.85% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 8.77% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 13.32% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 7.97% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 20.25% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 13.37% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 12.08% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 8.86% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 17.81% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 10.89% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 10.20% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 12.06% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 14.81% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 7.27% |
Warner Music Return on Sales [ROS] 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-sales-%5Bros%5D&ticker=WMG&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-sales-[ros]", "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-sales-%5Bros%5D&ticker=WMG&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();