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Warner Music (WMG) Share-based Compensation (2016 - 2026)

Warner Music has reported Share-based Compensation over the past 15 years, most recently at $19.0 million for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Share-based Compensation rose 46.15% to $19.0 million in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $102.0 million through Dec 2025, up 82.14% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $54.0 million for FY2025, 3.85% up from the prior year.
  • Share-based Compensation was $19.0 million for Q4 2025 at Warner Music, down from $53.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Share-based Compensation peaked at $53.0 million in Q3 2025 and troughed at $4.0 million in Q3 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Share-based Compensation is $12.5 million (2021), against an average of $14.7 million.
  • The largest YoY upside for Share-based Compensation was 300.0% in 2021 against a maximum downside of 97.27% in 2021.
  • A 5-year view of Share-based Compensation shows it stood at $24.0 million in 2021, then tumbled by 41.67% to $14.0 million in 2022, then plummeted by 35.71% to $9.0 million in 2023, then skyrocketed by 44.44% to $13.0 million in 2024, then soared 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 $16.0 million (Q2 2025).