Growth Metrics

Warner Music (WMG) Tax Rate (2016 - 2025)

Warner Music (WMG) has disclosed Tax Rate for 16 consecutive years, with 28.86% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Tax Rate rose 189.0% to 28.86% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 25.12% through Dec 2025, up 410.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 24.49% for FY2025, 402.0% up from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate for Q4 2025 was 28.86% at Warner Music, up from 2.83% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Tax Rate was 44.62% in Q1 2025, with the low at 45.45% in Q2 2025.
  • Average Tax Rate over 5 years is 22.38%, with a median of 27.08% recorded in 2023.
  • The sharpest move saw Tax Rate soared 5109bps in 2021, then tumbled -6300bps in 2025.
  • Over 5 years, Tax Rate stood at 28.52% in 2021, then decreased by -2bps to 27.91% in 2022, then decreased by -3bps to 27.17% in 2023, then dropped by -1bps to 26.97% in 2024, then rose by 7bps to 28.86% in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, Tax Rate over the past three periods came in at 28.86%, 2.83%, and 45.45% for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.