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Company Profile ↓Company Overview
WMG (WMG) is a publicly traded company listed on with a market capitalization of $13.58B. The valuation, growth and price-trend signals below summarize what matters most to investors and traders evaluating the stock.
Why Investors Should Care
Generates a return on equity of 56.4%, reflecting efficient use of shareholder capital.
Return on capital employed stands at 16.5%.
Generates positive free cash flow, funding growth and shareholder returns internally.
Recent Developments
- Sep 2025 Revenue of $6.71B (+4.4% YoY); net profit $365.00M.
- Trailing 12 Months Year-on-year growth — revenue +4.4%, earnings -16.1%.
- 5-Year Trend Long-term compounding — revenue CAGR 6.4%, profit CAGR 7.3%.
Growth & Price Performance
Compounded Sales Growth
| 5 Years: | 6.42% |
| 1 Year: | 4.37% |
Compounded Profit Growth
| 5 Years: | 7.35% |
| 1 Year: | -16.09% |
Stock Price Performance
| 1 Year: | -6.96% |
| 6 Months: | -7.48% |
| 3 Months: | -8.27% |
| 1 Month: | -8.58% |
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- Death Cross4d ago
- RSI (14)41.03 · Neutral
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Price Chart
Technical Trend
Computed from daily close history using EMA cross, slope, and RSI signals.
Note: intraday data is not stored locally. “Hourly” uses the most recent 10 daily candles as a short-term proxy.
Fundamental Growth Charts
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Interactive charts for Revenue, Net Income, EBITDA, Free Cash Flow, EPS, ROE, ROCE, Gross/Net/Operating Margin and more — switch metric and period using the dropdowns above. CAGR is computed across the displayed window (quarterly CAGR is annualised). Visual growth charts make it easy to spot multi-year compounding trends at a glance — far faster than reading raw numbers in a table.
PROS
- Strong return on equity of 56.4%.
- Generates positive free cash flow.
CONS
- In a downtrend (50-DMA below 200-DMA).
* The pros and cons are auto-generated from financial metrics.
Valuation
Growth (CAGR)
Profitability & Returns
Balance Sheet & Liquidity
Ownership
Financial Snapshot
Financial Statements Quarterly Results · Profit & Loss · Balance Sheet · Cash Flows · Ratios
Quarterly Results
Figures in USD.
| Metric | Mar 2015 | Jun 2015 | Sep 2015 | Dec 2015 | Mar 2016 | Jun 2016 | Sep 2016 | Dec 2016 | Mar 2017 | Jun 2017 | Sep 2017 | Dec 2017 | Mar 2018 | Jun 2018 | Sep 2018 | Dec 2018 | Mar 2019 | Jun 2019 | Sep 2019 | Dec 2019 | Mar 2020 | Jun 2020 | Dec 2020 | Mar 2021 | Jun 2021 | Dec 2021 | Mar 2022 | Jun 2022 | Dec 2022 | Mar 2023 | Jun 2023 | Dec 2023 | Mar 2024 | Jun 2024 | Dec 2024 | Mar 2025 | Jun 2025 | Sep 2025 | Dec 2025 | Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 917.00M | 825.00M | 917.00M | 917.00M | 1.04B | 963.00M | 958.00M | 1.04B | 1.20B | 1.09B | 1.06B | 1.12B | 1.26B | 1.07B | 1.01B | 1.33B | 1.25B | 1.34B | 1.61B | 1.38B | 1.43B | 1.49B | 1.40B | 1.56B | 1.75B | 1.49B | 1.55B | - | 1.48B | 1.69B | 1.87B | 1.84B | 1.73B |
| Cost of Revenue | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 791.00M | 913.00M | 1.03B | 987.00M | 930.00M |
| Gross Profit | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 693.00M | 776.00M | 834.00M | 853.00M | 802.00M |
| Operating Expenses | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 512.00M | 538.00M | 566.00M | 526.00M | 532.00M |
| Operating Income | 44.00M | 23.00M | 37.00M | 62.00M | 52.00M | 45.00M | 55.00M | 94.00M | 78.00M | 51.00M | -1.00M | 90.00M | 83.00M | 28.00M | 16.00M | 147.00M | 122.00M | 58.00M | 29.00M | 165.00M | -49.00M | -433.00M | 196.00M | 151.00M | 162.00M | 239.00M | 166.00M | 146.00M | 265.00M | 124.00M | 189.00M | 354.00M | 119.00M | 207.00M | - | 181.00M | 238.00M | 268.00M | 327.00M | 270.00M |
| EBITDA | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 194.00M | 128.00M | 339.00M | 390.00M | 398.00M |
| Interest Expense | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 39.00M | 43.00M | 43.00M | 45.00M | 41.00M |
| Pretax Income | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 65.00M | -11.00M | 106.00M | 246.00M | 254.00M |
| Tax Provision | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 29.00M | 5.00M | -3.00M | 71.00M | 73.00M |
| Net Income | 18.00M | -44.00M | -23.00M | 27.00M | 11.00M | -9.00M | -4.00M | 22.00M | 19.00M | 141.00M | -39.00M | 4.00M | -3.00M | 320.00M | -14.00M | 86.00M | 67.00M | 13.00M | 90.00M | 120.00M | -74.00M | -520.00M | 98.00M | 117.00M | 61.00M | 187.00M | 92.00M | 124.00M | 122.00M | 34.00M | 122.00M | 159.00M | 96.00M | 139.00M | - | 36.00M | -16.00M | 109.00M | 176.00M | 183.00M |
| Diluted EPS | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.07 | -0.03 | 0.21 | 0.33 | 0.34 |
Profit & Loss (Annual)
Figures in USD.
| Metric | Sep 2010 | Sep 2012 | Sep 2013 | Sep 2014 | Sep 2015 | Sep 2016 | Sep 2017 | Sep 2018 | Sep 2019 | Sep 2020 | Sep 2021 | Sep 2022 | Sep 2023 | Sep 2024 | Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 2.99B | 2.78B | 2.87B | 3.03B | 2.97B | 3.25B | 3.58B | 4.00B | 4.47B | 4.46B | - | 5.92B | 6.04B | 6.43B | 6.71B |
| Cost of Revenue | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.08B | 3.18B | 3.35B | 3.63B |
| Gross Profit | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.84B | 2.86B | 3.07B | 3.08B |
| Operating Expenses | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.12B | 2.07B | 2.10B | 2.15B |
| Operating Income | 90.00M | 109.00M | 75.00M | 19.00M | 127.00M | 214.00M | 222.00M | 217.00M | 356.00M | -229.00M | - | 714.00M | 789.00M | 968.00M | 928.00M |
| EBITDA | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.20B | 1.08B | 1.09B | 1.03B |
| Interest Expense | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 125.00M | 141.00M | 161.00M | 162.00M |
| Pretax Income | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 740.00M | 609.00M | 601.00M | 490.00M |
| Tax Provision | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 185.00M | 170.00M | 123.00M | 120.00M |
| Net Income | -143.00M | -112.00M | -198.00M | -308.00M | -91.00M | 25.00M | 143.00M | 307.00M | 256.00M | -475.00M | - | 551.00M | 430.00M | 435.00M | 365.00M |
| Diluted EPS | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.06 | 0.82 | 0.83 | 0.69 |
Balance Sheet (Annual)
Figures in USD.
| Metric | Sep 2009 | Sep 2010 | Jul 2011 | Sep 2011 | Sep 2012 | Sep 2013 | Sep 2014 | Sep 2015 | Sep 2016 | Sep 2017 | Sep 2018 | Oct 2018 | Sep 2019 | Sep 2020 | Sep 2021 | Sep 2022 | Sep 2023 | Sep 2024 | Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Assets | - | - | - | 5.38B | 5.28B | 6.25B | 5.95B | 5.62B | 5.33B | 5.72B | 5.34B | 5.62B | 6.02B | 6.41B | 7.21B | 7.83B | 8.54B | 9.15B | 9.83B |
| Current Assets | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.14B | 2.40B | 2.64B | 2.77B |
| Cash & Equivalents | 384.00M | 439.00M | 319.00M | 154.00M | 302.00M | 155.00M | 157.00M | 246.00M | 359.00M | 647.00M | 514.00M | - | 619.00M | 553.00M | 499.00M | 584.00M | 641.00M | 694.00M | 532.00M |
| Inventory | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 108.00M | 126.00M | 99.00M | 62.00M |
| Receivables | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 984.00M | 1.12B | 1.25B | 1.34B |
| Total Liabilities | - | - | - | 4.30B | 4.33B | 5.51B | 5.56B | 5.38B | 5.12B | 5.41B | 5.66B | 5.79B | 6.29B | 6.46B | 7.17B | 7.66B | 8.12B | 8.48B | 9.07B |
| Current Liabilities | - | - | - | 1.52B | 1.61B | 1.99B | 1.89B | 1.86B | 1.84B | 2.10B | 2.37B | 2.46B | 2.82B | 2.72B | 3.15B | 3.37B | 3.54B | 3.90B | 4.20B |
| Long Term Debt | - | - | - | 2.22B | 2.21B | 2.85B | 3.02B | 2.98B | 2.78B | 2.81B | 2.82B | - | 2.97B | 3.10B | 3.35B | 3.73B | 3.96B | 4.01B | 4.37B |
| Total Debt | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4.01B | 4.26B | 4.29B | 4.61B |
| Total Equity | - | - | - | 1.06B | 927.00M | 726.00M | 371.00M | 221.00M | 195.00M | 293.00M | -334.00M | -170.00M | -289.00M | -63.00M | 31.00M | 152.00M | 307.00M | 518.00M | 647.00M |
| Shares Outstanding | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 514.85M | 516.00M | 517.94M | 522.29M |
Cash Flows (Annual)
Figures in USD.
| Metric | Sep 2010 | Sep 2012 | Sep 2016 | Sep 2017 | Sep 2018 | Sep 2019 | Sep 2020 | Sep 2021 | Sep 2022 | Sep 2023 | Sep 2024 | Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Cash Flow | 150.00M | 209.00M | 342.00M | 535.00M | 425.00M | 400.00M | 463.00M | - | 742.00M | 687.00M | 754.00M | 678.00M |
| Investing Cash Flow | -85.00M | -58.00M | -8.00M | -126.00M | 405.00M | -376.00M | -219.00M | - | -824.00M | -300.00M | -311.00M | -340.00M |
| Financing Cash Flow | -3.00M | -3.00M | -216.00M | -128.00M | -955.00M | 88.00M | -316.00M | - | 188.00M | -325.00M | -396.00M | -497.00M |
| Capital Expenditure | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -326.00M | -241.00M | -303.00M | -334.00M |
| Free Cash Flow | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 416.00M | 446.00M | 451.00M | 344.00M |
| Net Change in Cash | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 106.00M | 62.00M | 47.00M | -159.00M |
| Share Buybacks | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 16.00M |
| Dividends Paid | - | - | - | 84.00M | 925.00M | 94.00M | 344.00M | 265.00M | 318.00M | 340.00M | 361.00M | 383.00M |
Ratios (Annual)
Figures in %.
| Metric | Sep 2010 | Sep 2012 | Sep 2013 | Sep 2014 | Sep 2015 | Sep 2016 | Sep 2017 | Sep 2018 | Sep 2019 | Sep 2020 | Sep 2021 | Sep 2022 | Sep 2023 | Sep 2024 | Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross Margin % | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 48.0% | 47.4% | 47.8% | 45.8% |
| Operating Margin % | 3.0% | 3.9% | 2.6% | 0.6% | 4.3% | 6.6% | 6.2% | 5.4% | 8.0% | -5.1% | - | 12.1% | 13.1% | 15.1% | 13.8% |
| Net Margin % | -4.8% | -4.0% | -6.9% | -10.2% | -3.1% | 0.8% | 4.0% | 7.7% | 5.7% | -10.6% | - | 9.3% | 7.1% | 6.8% | 5.4% |
| ROE % | - | -12.1% | -27.3% | -83.0% | -41.2% | 12.8% | 48.8% | -91.9% | -88.6% | 754.0% | - | 362.5% | 140.1% | 84.0% | 56.4% |
| ROCE % | - | 3.0% | 1.8% | 0.5% | 3.4% | 6.1% | 6.1% | 7.3% | 11.1% | -6.2% | - | 16.0% | 15.8% | 18.4% | 16.5% |
Shareholding Pattern
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WMG — Frequently Asked Questions
What is the current share price of WMG?
As of 2026-08-05 17:25 PDT, WMG trades at $26.00 on NASDAQ/NYSE. Its 52-week range is $23.52 to $34.56.
What is the market capitalisation of WMG?
WMG has a market capitalisation of $13.58B on NASDAQ/NYSE.
What is the P/E ratio of WMG?
WMG trades at a trailing price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 37.68. Its price-to-book (P/B) ratio is 20.99.
What is the return on equity (ROE) of WMG?
WMG has a return on equity (ROE) of 56.41%. Its return on capital employed (ROCE) is 16.49%.
Is WMG a good stock to buy?
This page provides a data-driven analysis of WMG, including valuation ratios, profitability, growth trends, auto-generated pros and cons, peer comparison and AI exposure. Review these fundamentals alongside your own research and risk tolerance. This is informational content, not investment advice.