Warner Music Group Corp. WMG

Communication Services · Entertainment · valued as of 2026-11-03 · statements 2025-09-30

Average Intrinsic Value
$7.03B
Market Cap
$14.16B
Margin of Safety
-101.6%
Intrinsic / Market Ratio
0.50

How Each Value Is Built

The screener's three formulas on the reported figures. Each card reads the same way: the value as a sum of numbered terms, each term's calculation opened under it, from the reported figures to the value. The list ranks companies by their plain average over the market cap.

EPV + Growth

2.70B USD

what the normal year's earnings are worth for ever, plus growth that pays

Profit

15.53B USD

15 years of cash the shareholders can take out, and the equity left at year 15

FCFF

2.85B USD

15 years of cash for shareholders and lenders, less what is owed

Intrinsic Value

7.03B USD

the plain average of the three, uncapped, as the screener averages them

Intrinsic Value

7.03B USD

from the sum above

Market Cap

14.16B USD

today's price times the shares

Intrinsic Value ÷ Market Cap

0.50×

the ratio the screener ranks by; Margin of Safety -101.6% (1 − Market Cap ÷ Intrinsic Value)

Each card below builds one of the three values from the reported years.

Earnings power value plus growth: 2.70B USD
What the normal year's operating profit after tax is worth if it lasts for ever, plus what the new investment adds beyond its cost, less the net debt that comes before the shareholders (or plus the net cash).
①EPV (earnings power value)7.01B USD
−②Net Debt Today4.31B USD
+③Growth Value0 USD
=Value2.70B USD

EPV of the Operations (NOPAT over WACC)

7.01B USD

Net debt today

-4.31B USD

Growth Value

0 USD

Value

2.70B USD

①EPV (earnings power value)

7.01B USD

②Net Debt Today

4.31B USD

③Growth Value

0 USD

Market value

Market Cap14.16B USD

Today's price times the shares.

Value vs market

Margin of Safety-424.5%

1 minus the market cap as a share of the value.

Profit value: today's value of the shareholders' equity, from the cash it can pay them (FCFE): 15.53B USD
Fifteen years of free cash flow to equity (FCFE), each brought to today at the cost of equity, plus the equity at year 15 brought to today.
①Present Value of the 15 Years of FCFE13.61B USD
+②Equity at Year 15, Today1.92B USD
=Value15.53B USD
FCFE: the net income left for the shareholders once the business keeps what next year's growth needsEquity reinvestment: the part of the year's net income kept in the business to grow the next year; below zero, capital the business releases to the shareholdersPresent value of the FCFEColoured bars show the FCFE, grey bars the equity reinvestment. With a positive equity reinvestment the two stacked are the year's normalized income; with a negative one the grey is below zero, capital the business releases, and the normalized income is the FCFE plus that negative amount. Shaded, years 6 to 10: the growth falling to its long-run rate and the ROE on new investment falling to the cost of equity. Axes linear.

①Present Value of the 15 Years of FCFE

13.61B USD

②Equity at Year 15, Today

1.92B USD

Market value

Market Cap14.16B USD

Today's price times the shares.

Value vs market

Margin of Safety+8.8%

1 minus the market cap as a share of the value.

FCFF value: today's value of the shareholders' equity, from the cash the firm can pay its shareholders and lenders (FCFF): 2.85B USD
Fifteen years of free cash flow to the firm (FCFF), each brought to today at the WACC, plus the invested capital at year 15 brought to today, less the net debt today (or plus the net cash).
①Present Value of the 15 Years of FCFF5.22B USD
+②Invested Capital at Year 15, Today1.93B USD
−③Net Debt Today4.31B USD
=Value2.85B USD
FCFF: the NOPAT left for the shareholders and the lenders once the business reinvests what next year's growth needsReinvestment: the part of the year's NOPAT put back into the business to grow the next year; below zero, capital the business releasesPresent value of the FCFFColoured bars show the FCFF, grey bars the reinvestment. With a positive reinvestment the two stacked are the year's NOPAT; with a negative one the grey is below zero, capital the business releases, and the NOPAT is the FCFF plus that negative amount. Shaded, years 6 to 10: the growth falling to its long-run rate and the ROIC on new investment falling to the WACC. Axes linear.

①Present Value of the 15 Years of FCFF

5.22B USD

②Invested Capital at Year 15, Today

1.93B USD

③Net Debt Today

4.31B USD

Market value

Market Cap14.16B USD

Today's price times the shares.

Value vs market

Margin of Safety-397.1%

1 minus the market cap as a share of the value.

The Rates and the Capital the Values Read

The WACC and the cost of equity each value is discounted at, the book value and the net debt each starts from, and the seven quality metrics, from the same run.

WACC: 9.78%
weighted average cost of capital: the yearly return the shareholders and the lenders together require, weighted by what each puts in; the rate that brings the firm's future cash to today.
Cost of Equity =Risk-Free Rate 4.50%+Beta 1.30×Market Risk Premium 6.00%= 12.31%

The yearly return the shareholders require for the risk they carry; it is the rate that brings their future cash to today.

Tax Rate for WACC =Tax Provision 120.12M USDPretax Income 490.49M USD= 24.49%

The tax the interest saves.

Interest Expense =EBIT 652.65M USD−Pretax Income 490.49M USD= 162.16M USD

The interest the company paid: EBIT is the profit before tax plus the interest.

Cost of Debt =Interest Expense 162.16M USDTotal Debt 4.92B USD×(1 − Tax Rate for WACC 24.49%)= 2.49%

What the lenders are paid a year after the tax the interest saves.

Debt Weight =Total Debt 4.92B USDMarket Cap + Total Debt 14.16B USD + 4.92B USD= 25.80%

The part of the capital the lenders put in, at market value.

WACC =Equity Weight 74.20%×Cost of Equity 12.31%+Debt Weight 25.80%×Cost of Debt 2.49%= 9.78%

Weighted average cost of capital: the yearly return the shareholders and the lenders together require, weighted by what each puts in; the rate that brings the firm's future cash to today.

Book value and net debt today
Both from the balance sheet of the newest quarter, 2026-06-30.

Total Assets 10.74B USD − Total Liabilities 9.65B USD = Book Value Today 1.09B USD

Total Debt 4.92B USD − Cash and Short-Term Investments 618.62M USD = Net Debt Today 4.31B USD

The book value is what Profit starts from and what stands when a projection is not made; the book value plus the net debt is what FCFF starts from; the net debt comes off Greenwald's and FCFF's values before the shareholders.

Quality metrics
Read beside the value, never a condition for it: every company is valued, and a filter in the list is the reader's choice.
MetricFrom
Share dilutionShares Today ÷ Shares Two Years Back − 11.4%at most 5%passes523,109,000 / 515,995,173
Accrual quality(Operating Cash Flow − Net Income) ÷ Total Assets2.9%at least -10.0%passes(678.68M USD − 365.36M USD) ÷ 10.74B USD
Price to bookMarket Cap ÷ Book Value Today13.03×at most 3×does not pass14.16B USD ÷ 1.09B USD
Operating marginOperating Income ÷ Revenue13.8%above 10.0%passes928.93M USD ÷ 6.71B USD
Revenue growthRevenue ÷ Revenue a Year Before − 14.4%above 10.0%does not pass6.71B USD / 6.43B USD
Net cash(Cash − Total Debt) ÷ Market Cap-30.4%above -30%does not pass(618.62M USD − 4.92B USD) ÷ 14.16B USD
Operating efficiencyOperating Income ÷ Gross Profit30.2%above 25.0%passes928.93M USD ÷ 3.08B USD

Market Data

The provider's ratios and the analysts' consensus beside the argument; none of them enters a value.

Market data
The data provider's own ratios and the analysts' consensus, read beside the valuation, never in it.

Share price

27 USD

Enterprise value

18.70B USD

market cap plus net debt

EV / EBITDA

11.17×

Price / book

16.56×

the provider's book

Price / earnings

21.64×

Return on equity

70.1%

the provider's, not the engine's

Profit margin

9.2%

Revenue growth

10.4%

Analyst target, mean

38 USD

Analysts

16

opinions in the consensus

Financial Statements

The income statement, the balance sheet and the cash flow the screener holds, year by year, in USD.

Financial statements, year by year
The annual lines the screener holds today, in USD at each period's rate; the figures this valuation read are in its calculation above.
USD2022202320242025
Income statement

Revenue

5.92B6.04B6.43B6.71B

Gross profit

2.84B2.86B3.07B3.08B

Operating income

714.71M789.79M968.97M928.93M

EBITDA

operating income before depreciation and amortisation

1.21B1.08B1.09B1.03B

Pretax income

740.74M609.61M601.60M490.49M

Net income

551.55M430.43M435.43M365.36M

Normalized income

net income without one-off items, as the data provider prints it; Profit's line when printed

551.55M432.59M550.87M542.24M

R&D

————
Balance sheet, year end

Total assets

7.84B8.55B9.16B9.84B

Total liabilities

7.67B8.12B8.49B9.08B

Shareholders' equity

the equity the parent's shareholders own, as printed, without minority interest; the book value the values read is total assets less total liabilities, in Book Value and Net Debt above

152.15M307.31M518.52M647.65M

Total debt

4.02B4.26B4.29B4.61B

Cash and equivalents

584.58M641.64M694.69M532.53M

Net PP&E

fixed assets after depreciation

641.64M703.70M706.71M630.63M

Working capital

current assets less current liabilities

-1.23B-1.14B-1.26B-1.43B
Cash flow

Operating cash flow

742.74M687.69M754.75M678.68M

Capital expenditure

paid out, so below zero

-326.33M-241.24M-303.30M-334.33M

Depreciation and amortisation

339.34M332.33M327.33M376.38M

Free cash flow

operating cash flow plus capital expenditure

416.42M446.45M451.45M344.34M