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Warner Music (WMG) Share-based Compensation (2016 - 2025)

Warner Music (WMG) has disclosed Share-based Compensation for 15 consecutive years, with $19.0 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Share-based Compensation rose 46.15% to $19.0 million in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was $60.0 million, a 7.14% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at $54.0 million, up 3.85% from a year prior.
  • Share-based Compensation was $19.0 million for Q4 2025 at Warner Music, down from $53.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Share-based Compensation ranged from a high of $53.0 million in Q3 2025 to a low of -$26.0 million in Q2 2025.
  • A 5-year average of $12.6 million and a median of $12.0 million in 2021 define the central range for Share-based Compensation.
  • Peak YoY movement for Share-based Compensation: soared 300.0% in 2021, then crashed 360.0% in 2025.
  • Warner Music's Share-based Compensation stood at $24.0 million in 2021, then crashed by 41.67% to $14.0 million in 2022, then tumbled by 35.71% to $9.0 million in 2023, then surged by 44.44% to $13.0 million in 2024, then skyrocketed by 46.15% to $19.0 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for WMG's Share-based Compensation are $19.0 million (Q4 2025), $53.0 million (Q3 2025), and -$26.0 million (Q2 2025).