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Warner Music Group Corp (NASDAQ: WMG) closed the day trading at $32.75 up 0.15% from the previous closing price of $32.70. In other words, the price has increased by $0.15 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.48 million shares were traded. WMG stock price reached its highest trading level at $33.07 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $32.62.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of WMG, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 21.25 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 25.44. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.67 and its Current Ratio is at 0.69. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 7.75 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 7.66.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for the company, Citigroup on February 14, 2025, Upgraded its rating to Buy and sets its target price to $42 from $34 previously.
On January 08, 2025, Guggenheim reiterated its Buy rating and also upped its target price recommendation from $44 to $40.
BofA Securities Downgraded its Neutral to Underperform on October 04, 2024, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $33 to $30.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Feb 20 ’25 when Blavatnik Valentin sold 28,230 shares for $35.45 per share. The transaction valued at 1,000,754 led to the insider holds 68,264 shares of the business.
Matusch Timothy sold 1,103 shares of WMG for $40,248 on Feb 14 ’25. The EVP Strategy & Operations now owns 88,649 shares after completing the transaction at $36.49 per share. On Feb 12 ’25, another insider, Osherova Maria, who serves as the EVP, Chief Human Res. Officer of the company, sold 6,553 shares for $33.90 each. As a result, the insider received 222,147 and left with 44,699 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, WMG now has a Market Capitalization of 17041822720 and an Enterprise Value of 20595099648. As of this moment, Warner’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 33.60, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 21.88. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 4.72. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.69 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 31.23. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 3.246 whereas that against EBITDA is 16.09.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for WMG is 1.30, which has changed by 0.007692337 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.08275449 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, WMG has reached a high of $36.64, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $27.06. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 0.53%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 4.89%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, WMG traded about 1.85M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, WMG traded about 2202720 shares per day. A total of 144.30M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 136.01M. Insiders hold about 73.86% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 28.29% stake in the company. Shares short for WMG as of 1740700800 were 9860517 with a Short Ratio of 5.33, compared to 1738281600 on 8804595. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 9860517 and a Short% of Float of 6.83.
