About warner music group corp. - WMG
Warner Music Group Corp. engages in the publishing and recording of music. It operates through the Recorded Music and Music Publishing segments. The Recorded Music segment is involved in the sale, marketing, distribution, and licensing of recorded music produced by the company's recording artists. The Music Publishing segment acts as a copyright owner and/or administrator of the musical compositions and generates revenues related to the exploitation of musical compositions. The company was founded on November 21, 2003, and is headquartered in New York, NY.
WMG At a Glance
Warner Music Group Corp.
1633 Broadway
New York, New York 10019
| Phone | 1-212-275-2000 | Revenue | 6.43B | |
| Industry | Commercial Printing/Forms | Net Income | 429.00M | |
| Sector | Commercial Services | 2024 Sales Growth | 6.444% | |
| Fiscal Year-end | 09 / 2025 | Employees | 5,900 | |
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WMG Valuation
| P/E Current | 37.612 |
| P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) | N/A |
| P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) | 37.756 |
| Price to Sales Ratio | 2.521 |
| Price to Book Ratio | 31.296 |
| Price to Cash Flow Ratio | 21.483 |
| Enterprise Value to EBITDA | 12.979 |
| Enterprise Value to Sales | 3.104 |
| Total Debt to Enterprise Value | 0.215 |
WMG Efficiency
| Revenue/Employee | 1,107,931.034 |
| Income Per Employee | 73,965.517 |
| Receivables Turnover | 5.12 |
| Total Asset Turnover | 0.726 |
WMG Liquidity
| Current Ratio | 0.678 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.653 |
| Cash Ratio | 0.178 |
WMG Profitability
| Gross Margin | 42.702 |
| Operating Margin | 18.83 |
| Pretax Margin | 9.353 |
| Net Margin | 6.676 |
| Return on Assets | 4.847 |
| Return on Equity | 104.00 |
| Return on Total Capital | 8.928 |
| Return on Invested Capital | 9.24 |
WMG Capital Structure
| Total Debt to Total Equity | 827.606 |
| Total Debt to Total Capital | 89.22 |
| Total Debt to Total Assets | 46.827 |
| Long-Term Debt to Equity | 818.919 |
| Long-Term Debt to Total Capital | 88.283 |
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