---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001319161-25-000032"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WMG"
cik: "0001319161"
company_name: "Warner Music Group Corp."
filed_at: "2025-11-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T17:54:24.974117+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.78
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.78
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Warner Music reports Q4 record revenue $1.87B (+15% YoY); net income $109M, double prior year

## Summary
- Q4 revenue $1,868M (+15% YoY); Recorded Music $1,534M (+15%), Music Publishing $337M (+14%).
- Q4 net income $109M (vs $48M); Adjusted OIBDA $405M (+15%).
- Full-year revenue $6,707M (+4%); net income $370M (down 23% from $478M in FY2024).
- FY2026 outlook: cost savings expected to contribute 150-200 bps of margin improvement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001319161-25-000032
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WMG
- cik: 0001319161
- company_name: Warner Music Group Corp.
- filed_at: 2025-11-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.78
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.78
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1319161/000131916125000032/0001319161-25-000032-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1319161/000131916125000032/wmg-20251120.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001319161-25-000032
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001319161-25-000032.txt

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