Warner Music Group Stock Today
| WMG Stock | USD 34.80 0.79 2.22% |
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Warner Music is trading at 34.80 as of the 25th of February 2025. This is a 2.22% down since the beginning of the trading day. The stock's lowest day price was 34.8. Warner Music has less than a 16 % chance of experiencing some financial distress in the next two years of operation, but did not have a good performance during the last 90 trading days. The performance scores are derived for the period starting the 27th of November 2024 and ending today, the 25th of February 2025. Click here to learn more.
Business Domain Media & Entertainment | IPO Date 3rd of June 2020 | Category Communication Services |
Warner Music Group Corp. operates as a music entertainment company in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and internationally. The company was founded in 1929 and is headquartered in New York, New York. Warner Music operates under Entertainment classification in the United States and is traded on NASDAQ Exchange. The company has 144.98 M outstanding shares of which 8.8 M shares are at this time shorted by investors with about 4.63 days to cover. More on Warner Music Group
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| CEO President | Robert Kyncl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Old Name | Western Magnesium Corp | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Business Concentration | Movies & Entertainment, Media & Entertainment, Communication Services, SP Midcap 400, Nasdaq Benchmark Consumer, NASDAQ Composite, Music and Video, Entertainment, Communication Services, Entertainment, Entertainment, Communication Services (View all Sectors) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Debt LevelsWarner Music can leverage the use of borrowed funds to amplify returns from an investment. In general, analyzing the relationship between debt to total assets helps investors to understand Warner Music's financial leverage. It provides some insight into what part of Warner Music's total assets is financed by creditors.
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Warner Music Group (WMG) is traded on NASDAQ Exchange in USA. It is located in 1633 Broadway, New York, NY, United States, 10019 and employs 5,800 people. Warner Music is listed under Movies & Entertainment category by Fama And French industry classification. The company currently falls under 'Large-Cap' category with a total capitalization of 18.52 B. Warner Music Group runs under Entertainment sector within Communication Services industry. The entity has 144.98 M outstanding shares of which 8.8 M shares are at this time shorted by investors with about 4.63 days to cover.
Warner Music Group has about 586 M in cash with 754 M of positive cash flow from operations. This results in cash-per-share (CPS) ratio of 1.14.
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Ownership AllocationThe majority of Warner Music outstanding shares are owned by institutional investors. These institutions are usually referred to as non-private investors looking to purchase positions in Warner Music Group to benefit from reduced commissions. Consequently, other corporate entities are subject to a different set of regulations than regular investors in Warner Music Group. Please pay attention to any change in the institutional holdings of Warner Music Group as this could imply that something significant has changed or is about to change at the company.
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Warner Stock Institutional Holders
| Instituion | Recorded On | Shares | |
| Ako Capital Llp | 2024-12-31 | 4.3 M | |
| Harris Associates L.p. | 2024-12-31 | 4 M | |
| Caledonia (private) Investments Pty Ltd | 2024-12-31 | 3.2 M | |
| D1 Capital Partners L.p. | 2024-12-31 | 2.7 M | |
| Geode Capital Management, Llc | 2024-12-31 | 2.6 M | |
| State Street Corp | 2024-12-31 | 2.5 M | |
| Fmr Inc | 2024-12-31 | 2.3 M | |
| Fairview Capital Investment Management | 2024-12-31 | 1.9 M | |
| Artisan Partners Limited Partnership | 2024-12-31 | 1.6 M | |
| Jpmorgan Chase & Co | 2024-09-30 | 17.5 M | |
| Capital World Investors | 2024-12-31 | 13.4 M |
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Warner Music Corporate Management
| Max Lousada | Chief Music | Profile | |
| Kareem Chin | Senior Relations | Profile | |
| Carianne Marshall | CoChair Music | Profile | |
| Trent Esq | Deputy VP | Profile | |
| JD Esq | Executive Counsel | Profile | |
| Timothy Matusch | Executive Operations | Profile | |
| Eric Levin | Ex CFO | Profile |
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The danger of trading Warner Music Group is mainly related to its market volatility and Company specific events. As an investor, you must understand the concept of risk-adjusted return before you start trading. The most common way to measure the risk of Warner Music is by using the Sharpe ratio. The ratio expresses how much excess return you acquire for the extra volatility you endure for holding a more risker asset than Warner Music. The Sharpe ratio is calculated by using standard deviation and excess return to determine reward per unit of risk. To understand how volatile Warner Music Group is, you must compare it to a benchmark. Traditionally, the risk-free rate of return is the rate of return on the shortest-dated U.S. Treasury, such as a 3-year bond.
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Is Movies & Entertainment space expected to grow? Or is there an opportunity to expand the business' product line in the future? Factors like these will boost the valuation of Warner Music. If investors know Warner will grow in the future, the company's valuation will be higher. The financial industry is built on trying to define current growth potential and future valuation accurately. All the valuation information about Warner Music listed above have to be considered, but the key to understanding future value is determining which factors weigh more heavily than others.
Quarterly Earnings Growth 0.478 | Dividend Share 0.73 | Earnings Share 0.98 | Revenue Per Share | Quarterly Revenue Growth (0.05) |
The market value of Warner Music Group is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Warner that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Warner Music's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Warner Music's true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because Warner Music's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Warner Music's underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between Warner Music's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Warner Music is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Warner Music's price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.