Warner Music Group (WMG)

Communication Services · Entertainment
$27.61 -0.07% on the day Market cap $15.1B 52-week range $23.34 to $35.42 Prices as of Oct 7, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Free cash flow growth the price needs
9% a year for 10 years

At a market value of $15.1B, Warner Music Group's free cash flow of $539M (fiscal 2025) would need to grow about 9% a year for the stock to be worth today's price. That is close to what the company has delivered over the last 9 years.

Assumes a 9% discount rate and 3% growth after year 10, on free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital spending) from Warner Music Group's SEC filings. Change any assumption, or model revenue and margins instead, in the Modeling tab, or try your own numbers in the reverse DCF calculator.

Implied by the price9.4% a year
Free cash flow, last 9 years6.7% a year
Revenue, same period8.4% a year
Price to free cash flow28.0x

Fundamental grade

C

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from WMG's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation5
Profitability6
Growth5
Financial health1
Cash efficiency4

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)34.5x
P/E (forward)16.0x
Price / free cash flow28.0x
EV / EBITDA13.2x
Price / sales2.07x
Price / book20.6x
Revenue growth+10.4%
Operating margin13.7%
Net margin9.2%
Return on equity78.7%
Dividend yield2.6%
Debt / equity11.3x

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from Warner Music Group's 10-K filings. The deep dive has 15+ years, quarters and every line.

Fiscal year20212022202320242025
Revenue$5.3B$5.9B$6.0B$6.4B$6.7B
Net income$304M$551M$430M$435M$365M
Free cash flow$545M$607M$560M$638M$539M
EPS (diluted)—————
Operating margin11.5%12.1%13.1%12.8%10.3%

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by segments, fiscal 2025.

Recorded Music$5.4B81%
Music Publishing$1.3B19%

Superinvestors who own WMG

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 5 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Trimmed $65M0.02%Q2 2026
Bill Nygren
Harris Associates LP
Added $44M0.06%Q2 2026
Joel Greenblatt
Gotham Asset Management
Trimmed $2M0.00%Q2 2026
Mario Gabelli
GAMCO Investors
Trimmed $2M0.02%Q2 2026
PRIMECAP Management
PRIMECAP Management Co
Added $601,7670.0%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by Warner Music Group's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

No open-market insider purchases of WMG in the last 12 months. Most insider activity is selling and option exercises, which aren't shown here.

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In the full deep dive

DCF fair value per share
Yearly return (IRR) at today's price
Growth implied by revenue and margins
15+ years of statements and quarters

Questions

What growth does Warner Music Group's stock price imply?

At a market value of $15.1B, Warner Music Group would need its free cash flow to grow about 9% a year for 10 years (discounted at 9%, 3% growth after that) to be worth today's price. Over the last 9 years its free cash flow grew 7% a year.

Are Warner Music Group insiders buying the stock?

No open-market insider purchases of WMG in the last 12 months, according to SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own Warner Music Group?

5 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold WMG in their latest 13F, including Cliff Asness, Bill Nygren, Joel Greenblatt.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 7, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.