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WMG (Warner Music Group) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 79.45 (As of May. 24, 2025)


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What is Warner Music Group Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2025-05-24), Warner Music Group's current share price is $26.22. Warner Music Group's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $0.33. Warner Music Group's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 79.45.

The historical rank and industry rank for Warner Music Group's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

WMG' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 41.45   Med: 67.43   Max: 113.44
Current: 78.01

During the past years, Warner Music Group's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 113.44. The lowest was 41.45. And the median was 67.43.

WMG's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
99.85% of 670 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 1.09 vs WMG: 78.01

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted book value per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Warner Music Group's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $1.090. Add all the adjusted book value per share for the past 10 years together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share, which is $0.33 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Warner Music Group Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Warner Music Group's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Warner Music Group Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

Warner Music Group Annual Data
Trend Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23 Sep24
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
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Warner Music Group Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 104.68 98.35 99.91 96.86 93.80

Competitive Comparison of Warner Music Group's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Entertainment subindustry, Warner Music Group's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Warner Music Group's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Warner Music Group's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Warner Music Group's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio falls into.


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Warner Music Group Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio takes the Book Value per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/B calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPB Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio.

Warner Music Group's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=26.22/0.33
=79.45

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Warner Music Group's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, Warner Music Group's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=1.09/134.9266*134.9266
=1.090

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Warner Music Group Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201506 0.506 100.684 0.678
201509 0.440 100.392 0.591
201512 0.444 99.792 0.600
201603 0.440 100.470 0.591
201606 0.434 101.688 0.576
201609 0.388 101.861 0.514
201612 0.247 101.863 0.327
201703 0.339 102.862 0.445
201706 0.614 103.349 0.802
201709 0.584 104.136 0.757
201712 0.612 104.011 0.794
201803 0.377 105.290 0.483
201806 0.349 106.317 0.443
201809 -0.665 106.507 -0.842
201812 -0.323 105.998 -0.411
201903 -0.279 107.251 -0.351
201906 -0.303 108.070 -0.378
201909 -0.576 108.329 -0.717
201912 -0.373 108.420 -0.464
202003 -0.600 108.902 -0.743
202006 -0.075 108.767 -0.093
202009 -0.124 109.815 -0.152
202012 0.031 109.897 0.038
202103 0.111 111.754 0.134
202106 0.157 114.631 0.185
202109 0.060 115.734 0.070
202112 0.297 117.630 0.341
202203 0.299 121.301 0.333
202206 0.303 125.017 0.327
202209 0.295 125.227 0.318
202212 0.524 125.222 0.565
202303 0.488 127.348 0.517
202306 0.545 128.729 0.571
202309 0.595 129.860 0.618
202312 0.894 129.419 0.932
202403 0.836 131.776 0.856
202406 0.933 132.554 0.950
202409 1.000 133.029 1.014
202412 1.049 133.157 1.063
202503 1.090 134.927 1.090

Add all the adjusted book value per share together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Warner Music Group  (NAS:WMG) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PB Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of book value during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio should give similar results to regular PB Ratio.


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Warner Music Group Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1633 Broadway, New York, NY, USA, 10019
Warner Music is the third-largest of the three major record companies. Recorded music accounts for most of the firm's revenue, with the segment housing notable record labels including Atlantic Records, Warner Records, Elektra Records. Some of the most successful current artists signed to record deals with Warner include Ed Sheeran, Bruno Mars, Cardi B, and Dua Lipa. Warner's remaining revenue comes from its publishing business, where Warner Chappell represents more than 180,000 songwriters and composers, some of whom are also Warner recording artists but many of whom are not recording artists or are attached to other labels. Warner Chappell controls more than 1 million musical compositions. Access Industries controls 98% of Warner's voting rights, while holding a 72% economic interest.
Executives
Timothy Matusch officer: EVP Strategy & Operations C/O WARNER MUSIC GROUP CORP., 1633 BROADWAY, NEW YORK NY 10019
Valentin Blavatnik director C/O WARNER MUSIC GROUP CORP., 1633 BROADWAY, NEW YORK NY 10019
Maria Osherova officer: EVP, Chief Human Res. Officer C/O WARNER MUSIC GROUP CORP., 1633 BROADWAY, NEW YORK NY 10019
Lincoln E Benet director C/O LYONDELLBASELL INDUSTRIES N.V., DELFTSEPLEIN 27E, ROTTERDAM P7 3013AA
Max Lousada director, officer: CEO, Recorded Music C/O WARNER MUSIC GROUP CORP., 1633 BROADWAY, NEW YORK NY 10019
Carletta Higginson officer: EVP, Chief Digital Officer C/O WARNER MUSIC GROUP CORP., 1633 BROADWAY, NEW YORK NY 10019
Bryan Castellani officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O WARNER MUSIC GROUP CORP., 1633 BROADWAY, NEW YORK NY 10019
Entertainment Holdings Ii Llc 10 percent owner 40 WEST 57TH STREET, 28TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Robert Kyncl officer: Co-CEO C/O WARNER MUSIC GROUP CORP., 1633 BROADWAY, NEW YORK NY 10019
Nancy Dubuc director C/O WARNER MUSIC GROUP CORP., 1633 BROADWAY, NEW YORK NY 10019
Ai Entertainment Holdings Llc 10 percent owner C/O ACCESS INDUSTRIES, LLC, 40 WEST 57TH ST, 28TH FLR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Louis Dickler officer: Acting CFO & Corp. Contr. C/O WARNER MUSIC GROUP CORP., 1633 BROADWAY, NEW YORK NY 10019
Thomas H Lee director C/O THOMAS H. LEE CAPITAL LLC, 767 FIFTH AVENUE, 6TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10153
Michael Lynton director 2000 AVENUE OF THE STARS 12TH FL, LOS ANGELES CA 90067
Ynon Kreiz director 333 CONTINENTAL BOULEVARD, M1: 1518, EL SEGUNDO CA 90245