secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Warner Music Group Corp. (WMG)
CIK:        0001319161
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-08-07T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001319161-25-000022
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Warner Music Group Q3 FY2025: Revenue up 9%, but net loss of $16M; dividend declared
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- Total revenue $1,689M (+9% YoY); Recorded Music $1,354M (+8%), Music Publishing $336M (+10%).
- Adjusted OIBDA $373M (+18% YoY); operating income fell 18% to $169M; net loss $16M vs $141M income.
- Quarterly dividend of $0.19/share declared, payable Sept 3, 2025 to holders of record Aug 20, 2025.
- Free cash flow $7M, down 96% from $160M; cash from operations $46M vs $188M prior year.
- CEO cites chart hits and market share gains; restructuring plan and catalog JV announced.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1319161/000131916125000022/0001319161-25-000022-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1319161/000131916125000022/wmg-20250807.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001319161-25-000022

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