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How Warner Music Group Corp. stacks up
WMG · against 60 other Communication Services companies of similar size
Profitability
73/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #29 of 61 · scores higher than 53% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score9 peers with a profitability score of 70–79, including WMG · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 73?
Weighted metrics compared with all Communication Services companies.Mainly thanks to its return on assets, return on invested capital and operating margin, which are stronger than most Communication Services peers.
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 65% of peers. Operating margin: 13.7% vs peer median 8.2%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 77% of peers. Return on assets: 6.3% vs peer median 2.7%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 77% of peers. Return on invested capital: 16.0% vs peer median 6.0%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = WMG, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | WMG | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 57 reported | 16.0% | 11.2% | 64% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 61 reported | 13.7% | 18.6% | 38% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 58 reported | 6.3% | 4.9% | 61% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 57 reported | 70.1% | 11.0% | 100% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 61 reported | 45.8% | 53.2% | 33% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around WMG| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1.62T JPY (≈$11.0B) | 100 | 79 | |
| 2 | 21.7B AUD (≈$14.4B) | 99 | 65 | |
| 3 | 3.54T JPY (≈$24.1B) | 98 | 77 | |
| 4 | 18.5B USD | 96 | 81 | |
| 5 | 9.0B USD | 94 | 53 | |
| 24 | 23.8B USD | 78 | 61 | |
| 26 | 19.2B USD | 77 | 67 | |
| 27 | 43.7B SAR (≈$11.8B) | 75 | 71 | |
| 27 | 179.1B NOK (≈$17.0B) | 75 | 52 | |
| 29 | 16.3B USD | 73 | 45 | |
| 30 | 46.4B BRL (≈$8.4B) | 72 | 72 | |
| 31 | 1.40T JPY (≈$9.5B) | 71 | 65 | |
| 32 | 91.9B HKD (≈$11.8B) | 68 | 48 | |
| 32 | 14.8B USD | 68 | 50 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score