WMGWarner Music Group Corp.
Is the business good?
The checks split: earnings fully cash-backed (1.2×) and margins widening, but returns that lean on debt.
Operating profit is fully backed by cash. Conversion is worsening vs a year ago.
Positive operating leverage, operating profit is growing faster than sales, so margins widen as the business scales.
Leverage-amplified, a high assets-to-equity ratio does much of the work. ROE 60% = margin × turnover × leverage.
Unless marked, from derived.
Against the whole market›
Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.
Where this answer is blind. The F-score rewards improvement, so an already-elite company can score mid-pack.
How good a business is WMG?
Warner Music Group Corp. earns 16% on the capital it employs against a 9.0% cost of capital, so the business is worth more the bigger it gets.
Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 7.0 points above what the capital costs: growth creates value
- Operating margin
- 14%
Operating margin · Entertainment median 4.3% · 12 months to Q3 2026
- Cash conversion
- 1.23×
Cash conversion · 1.52× a year ago · operating cash flow covers the operating profit after tax
- Gross margin
- 46%
Gross margin
| Year | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| FY2020 | −5.1% |
| FY2021 | 11% |
| FY2022 | 12% |
| FY2023 | 13% |
| FY2024 | 13% |
| FY2025 | 10% |
Details›
- Gross margin12 months to Q3 2026
- 46%
- Operating margin12 months to Q3 2026
- 14%
- Net margin12 months to Q3 2026
- 9.2%
- Free cash flow margin
- 11%
- Revenue, trailing twelve months
- $7.30B
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- $836M
- Net income, trailing twelve months
- $672M
- Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
- 16%
Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion is operating cash flow over operating profit after tax.