Warner Music Group Corp.
Warner Music Group Corp. is classed by the SEC under Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (industry code 7900), based in New York, NY. In its latest annual figures on file, for the fiscal year ended 2020-09-30, it reported revenue of $4.5 billion and a loss of $475 million (its filed statements).
vs its business-model standard
Three tenses, nine metrics. Unseen metrics stay unseen; the grade never fakes a number. Proxy era: provisional values, marked. Weighed as a usage business: prior from its industry code (SEC 7900, Services-Amusement & Recreation Services); the filing read can change it. All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
The grade, in three tenses
Headline 5.8 out of ten, 8 of 9 metrics filed and 1 estimated: past 7.0 out of ten, present 6.2 out of ten, future 4.1 out of ten. The past asks what it actually did, the present what it is doing right now, the future what it is set up to do next.
The nine metrics
- Surviving crises (past): 7.5 out of ten. No warning events in its filings since 2017. 75th percentile among 24 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Track record (past): 6.5 out of ten. +8.4% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 9 of 10. 65th percentile among 21 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Shareholder treatment (past): 7.5 out of ten. CrossAssetData estimate 7.5/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part). 75th percentile among 20 sector filers. A CrossAssetData estimate, not a filed reading: one part, confidence 35 of 100; a filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.
- Financial health (present): 6.0 out of ten. ROE 48%: 48¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 92%: owes 92¢ per asset dollar. 60th percentile among 24 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Industry position (present): 6.3 out of ten. top 37% of 24 in its family; net margin 5.4%. 63rd percentile among 24 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Leadership (present): 6.3 out of ten. top 37% of 10 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2023. 63rd percentile among 10 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-09).
- Room to expand (future): 6.2 out of ten. top 38% of 23 in its family for room to expand. 62nd percentile among 23 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Growth drivers (future): 2.8 out of ten. bottom 28% of 21 in its family for growth drivers. 28th percentile among 21 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Expectations vs reality (future): 4.6 out of ten. bottom 46% of 17 in its family for expectations against reality. 46th percentile among 17 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
The filing record
Newest annual report: Form 10-K filed 2025-11-20 for the period ended 2025-09-30 (on EDGAR). Newest quarterly report: Form 10-Q filed 2026-08-05 for the period ended 2026-06-30 (on EDGAR). Newest results release: Form 8-K filed 2026-08-05 (on EDGAR). Newest filing: Form 144, 2026-10-07. Filings on record since 2005. Read from EDGAR 2026-10-12.
Where the revenue comes from
By geography: United States 43%, All other territories 37%, United Kingdom 13%, Germany 8%. As tagged in its annual report (Form 10-K, filed 2025-11-20).
Who runs it
Kyncl, Robert (CEO); Moot, Guy (Co-Chair & CEO Warner Chappell); Marshall, Carianne (Co-Chair & COO Warner Chappell); Dickler, Louis (CAO & Acting CFO); Zerza, Armin (COO & CFO); Corson, Thomas Charles (Chief Operating Officer); Karp, Hannah Jasmine (EVP, Chief Comm. Officer); Higginson, Carletta (EVP, Chief Digital Officer); Osherova, Maria (EVP, Chief Human Res. Officer); Steven, James (EVP, Chief Comm. Officer); and 9 more. 19 officers and directors have filed their own trades in the last fifteen months, names and titles as filed with the SEC, through 2026-09-30.
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