Warner Music Group (WBO:WMG) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %

: 2.00 (As of Today)

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Warner Music Group's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.00.

The historical rank and industry rank for Warner Music Group's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % or its related term are showing as below:

WBO:WMG' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.32 Med: 1.82 Max: 2.68
Current: 2

During the past 13 years, Warner Music Group's highest Yield on Cost was 2.68. The lowest was 0.32. And the median was 1.82.

WBO:WMG's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is ranked worse than
67.62% of 383 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 3.41 vs WBO:WMG: 2.00

Competitive Comparison

For the Entertainment subindustry, Warner Music Group's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %, along with its competitors' market caps and 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % 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 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Warner Music Group's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Warner Music Group's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % falls into.

Warner Music Group 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Calculation

Dividend Yield % and dividend growth of a stock is an important factor for income investors. But if company A raises its dividend constantly faster than company B, company A's future dividend yield might be much higher than Company B's even if their yields are the same now and their stock prices do not change.

Yield on Cost assumes that you buy and the stock today, and hold it for 5 years. If the company raises it dividends at the same rate as it did over the past 5 years, the dividends investors receive annually in 5 years relative to the stock price today.

Therefore, Yield-on-Cost of Warner Music Group is calculated as

Yield-on-Cost

Dividend Yield %

Dividend Growth Rate)^5

Warner Music Group (WBO:WMG) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Explanation

Of course the risk here is that the company may not raise its dividends as it did before. The key is to select the companies that can consistently raise its dividends. Usually companies with long history of raising dividends tend to do so.

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Warner Music Group (WBO:WMG) Business Description

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Traded in Other Exchanges

WMG:USA WA4:Germany W1MG34:Brazil

Address

1633 Broadway, New York, NY, USA, 10019

Website

https://www.wmg.com

Warner Music Group is the third largest of the three major global record labels, with Vivendi's Universal Music in first and Sony Music in second. Warner's larger segment, recorded music, consists of iconic labels like Atlantic Records, Warner Records, and Parlophone Records and popular artists such as Ed Sheeran, Cardi B, Dua Lipa, and Blake Shelton. Warner Chappell, the firm's publishing arm, is the home to over 65,000 composers and songwriters with over 1 million copyrights represented. Warner is controlled by Access Industries, which owns an 84% economic interest and 99% of voting rights.