Warner Music Group (WMG) Expected to Announce Quarterly Earnings on Thursday

Warner Music Group (NASDAQ:WMG) will likely be releasing its Q3 2025 earnings data before the market opens on Thursday, August 7th. Analysts expect Warner Music Group to post earnings of $0.28 per share and revenue of $1.59 billion for the quarter.

Warner Music Group (NASDAQ:WMG) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 8th. The company reported $0.07 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.28 by ($0.21). The firm had revenue of $1.48 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.52 billion. Warner Music Group had a return on equity of 64.64% and a net margin of 7.14%. Warner Music Group’s revenue for the quarter was down .7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.18 EPS. On average, analysts expect Warner Music Group to post $1 EPS for the current fiscal year and $2 EPS for the next fiscal year.

Warner Music Group Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ WMG opened at $29.68 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of $15.47 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.11, a PEG ratio of 1.13 and a beta of 1.24. Warner Music Group has a one year low of $25.56 and a one year high of $36.64. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $28.12 and a 200 day simple moving average of $30.12. The company has a current ratio of 0.66, a quick ratio of 0.64 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.43.

Warner Music Group Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 3rd. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, May 27th were issued a $0.18 dividend. This represents a $0.72 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.43%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, May 27th. Warner Music Group’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 82.76%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

WMG has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. The Goldman Sachs Group downgraded shares of Warner Music Group from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and reduced their price objective for the stock from $35.00 to $28.00 in a report on Monday, May 12th. Rothschild & Co Redburn upgraded shares of Warner Music Group from a “sell” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $30.00 price target for the company in a research note on Tuesday, July 15th. Wolfe Research raised Warner Music Group to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Thursday, May 8th. Bank of America raised Warner Music Group from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and increased their target price for the stock from $28.00 to $33.00 in a report on Wednesday, July 9th. Finally, Redburn Atlantic upgraded Warner Music Group from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $30.00 target price for the company in a research report on Tuesday, July 15th. Ten equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, eight have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $33.72.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Warner Music Group

Hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Amundi increased its stake in shares of Warner Music Group by 120.7% in the 1st quarter. Amundi now owns 7,496 shares of the company’s stock valued at $232,000 after buying an additional 4,100 shares during the period. Royal Bank of Canada boosted its holdings in Warner Music Group by 10.2% in the first quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 77,162 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,420,000 after acquiring an additional 7,119 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. boosted its holdings in Warner Music Group by 5.6% in the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 948,741 shares of the company’s stock valued at $29,743,000 after acquiring an additional 50,035 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 96.88% of the company’s stock.

About Warner Music Group

Warner Music Group Corp. operates as a music entertainment company in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and internationally. It operates through Recorded Music and Music Publishing segments. The Recorded Music segment is involved in the discovery and development of recording artists, as well as related marketing, promotion, distribution, sale, and licensing of music created by such recording artists; markets its music catalog through compilations and reissuances of previously released music and video titles, as well as previously unreleased materials; and conducts its operation primarily through a collection of record labels, such as Warner Records and Atlantic Records, as well as Asylum, Big Beat, Canvasback, East West, Erato, FFRR, Fueled by Ramen, Nonesuch, Parlophone, Reprise, Roadrunner, Sire, Spinnin’ Records, Warner Classics, and Warner Music Nashville.