Warner Music (WMG) Share-based Compensation (2010 - 2026)

Warner Music (WMG) has 16 years of Share-based Compensation data on file, last reported at $12.0 million in Q1 2026.

• Share-based Compensation for Q1 2026 came in at $12.0 million, down 14.29% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $85.0 million (up 39.34% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $54.0 million, up 3.85% from the prior year.
• Share-based Compensation slipped to $12.0 million in Q1 2026 per WMG's latest filing, from $19.0 million in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, Share-based Compensation peaked at $53.0 million in Q3 2025 and troughed at $1.0 million in Q2 2025.
• A 5-year average of $13.4 million and a median of $10.0 million in 2024 frame the typical range for Share-based Compensation.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2025: Share-based Compensation soared 250.0% in 2023, then tumbled 90.0% in 2025.
• A 5-year view of Share-based Compensation shows it stood at $14.0 million in 2022, then slumped by 35.71% to $9.0 million in 2023, then jumped by 44.44% to $13.0 million in 2024, then soared by 46.15% to $19.0 million in 2025, then plunged by 36.84% to $12.0 million in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows WMG's Share-based Compensation at $12.0 million in Q1 2026, $19.0 million in Q4 2025, and $53.0 million in Q3 2025.