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Warner Music Group Corp.

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services·NEW YORK, NY·FY end 09/30·CIK 1319161
OverviewFinancialsCompensationGovernanceInsidersFilings
CEO Pay Ratio
191:1
Robert Kyncl
CEO Total Comp
$15.9M
Robert Kyncl
Median Employee
$83,227
Revenue
$6.7B
FY 2025
Net Income
$365.0M
FY 2025
Free Cash Flow
$539.0M
FY 2025
Net Margin
5.4%
Insider Net (180d)
$2.0M
2 buys / 0 sales

CEO Pay Accountability

CEO comp as % of net income
4.36%
For every $1,000 of profit, $43.59 flows to the CEO.
CEO comp as % of buybacks
99.43%
CEO comp equals 994.3‰ of cash returned to shareholders via buybacks.

Financials

5-year history · USD
MetricFY 2025FY 2024FY 2023FY 2022FY 2021Trend
Revenue$6.7B$6.4B$6.0B$5.9B$5.3B
Gross Profit
Operating Income$694.0M$823.0M$790.0M$714.0M$609.0M
Net Income$365.0M$435.0M$430.0M$551.0M$304.0M
Operating CF$678.0M$754.0M$687.0M$742.0M$638.0M
Capex$139.0M$116.0M
Free Cash Flow$539.0M$638.0M
Buybacks$16.0M
Dividends
Gross Margin
Operating Margin10.3%12.8%13.1%12.1%11.5%
Net Margin5.4%6.8%7.1%9.3%5.7%
FCF Margin8.0%9.9%
R&D / Revenue
Effective Tax24.5%20.5%27.9%25.0%32.7%
Debt / Equity13.0315.5025.8249.11215.87
Buybacks / FCF3.0%

Named Executive Officers

FY 2025
ExecutiveSalaryStockOptionsBonus / Inc.OtherTotal
Robert KynclCEO
$2.0M$10.7M$3.2M$31.1K$15.9M
Armin ZerzaCFO
$484.6K$10.0M$1.8M$8.3K$12.3M
Guy MootCo-Chair and CEO, Warner Chappell Music
$2.2M$1.5M$2.3M$18.2K$6.0M
Carianne MarshallCo-Chair and COO, Warner Chappell Music
$1.6M$1.5M$2.3M$11.8K$5.4M
Carletta HigginsonChief Digital Officer
$1.1M$1.7M$2.0M$7.9K$4.8M
Bryan CastellaniFormer Chief Financial Officer
$1.1M$2.4M$1.1M$93.5K$4.7M