Stock Research: Warner Music Group

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Warner Music Group

NSQ:WMG US9345502036
43
  • Value
    47
  • Growth
    33
  • Safety
    Safety
    56
  • Combined
    38
  • Sentiment
    61
  • 360° View
    360° View
    43
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Company Description

Warner Music Group Corp. is a global music entertainment company that brings together artists, songwriters, entrepreneurs, and technology. It operates in recorded music (with labels like Atlantic Records, Warner Records, Elektra Records, Parlophone Records, and Cloud 9 Recordings) and music publishing (through Warner Chappell Music, with over one million copyrights). It also includes Alternative Distribution Alliance (ADA) and Warner Music Entertainment. In the last fiscal year, the company had 5800 employees, a market cap of $15799 million, profits of $3071 million, and revenue of $6426 million.

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ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 43 (better than 43% compared with alternatives), overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock Warner Music Group are below the industry average. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with half below and half above average for Warner Music Group. The consolidated Sentiment Rank has a good rank of 61, which means that professional investors are more optimistic about the stock than for 61% of alternative investment opportunities. It also rates well regarding its financing structure, with the consolidated Safety Rank at 56 or better than 56% of its peers when looking at the amount of its debt, its refinancing requirements, and its ability to service debt. But the stock is expensive and expects low growth. The consolidated Value Rank is only 47, meaning that the share price of Warner Music Group is on the high side, compared with indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. The company exhibits below-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, invested capital growth,and stock returns, with its Growth Rank at 33. ...read more

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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
47 59 50 55
Growth
33 39 53 85
Safety
Safety
56 30 19 17
Sentiment
61 79 30 87
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360° View
43 57 18 91
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Analyst Opinions
71 34 25 26
Opinions Change
46 72 45 50
Pro Holdings
n/a 97 68 85
Market Pulse
85 58 49 78
Sentiment
61 79 30 87
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
47 59 50 55
Growth
33 39 53 85
Safety Safety
56 30 19 17
Combined
38 33 36 67
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
31 42 41 45
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
40 48 45 27
Price vs. Book (P/B)
5 16 7 1
Dividend Yield
93 93 92 95
Value
47 59 50 55
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Revenue Growth
61 40 41 33
Profit Growth
72 87 73 88
Capital Growth
7 13 44 44
Stock Returns
45 43 47 73
Growth
33 39 53 85
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Leverage
26 11 6 8
Refinancing
39 18 13 1
Liquidity
80 80 62 64
Safety Safety
56 30 19 17

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