<div id="readability-page-1"><p>Warner Music Group Corp. (NASDAQ:WMG - Get Free Report) has received a consensus rating of &#34;Moderate Buy&#34; from the twenty-one analysts that are currently  covering the stock, Marketbeat.com reports. Ten equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and eleven have issued  a buy recommendation on  the company. The average 1 year target price among brokerages that have covered the stock in the last year is $34.9444.</p><div><p><span></span><span>Get <strong>Warner Music Group</strong> alerts:</span></p></div><ul><li>Big 3 Music Giant Warner: Streaming Boom Sends Shares Higher</li></ul><p>Several analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Jefferies Financial Group reduced their price target on Warner Music Group from $38.00 to $35.00 and set a &#34;buy&#34; rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Wells Fargo &amp; Company  set a $39.00 price target on shares of Warner Music Group and gave the company an &#34;overweight&#34; rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 14th. UBS Group  set a $33.00 price objective on shares of Warner Music Group in a research note on Friday, November 21st. JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co. raised their target price on Warner Music Group from $36.00 to $40.00 and gave the stock an &#34;overweight&#34; rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Finally, Weiss Ratings  reiterated a &#34;hold (c)&#34; rating on shares of Warner Music Group in a research report on Monday.</p><p><b>Check Out Our Latest Research Report on WMG</b></p><h2>Institutional Trading of Warner Music Group</h2><ul><li>How to Invest in Music Stocks </li></ul><p>A number of large investors have recently bought and sold shares of WMG. Independent Franchise Partners LLP lifted its holdings in shares of  Warner Music Group by 127.0% in the 1st quarter. Independent Franchise Partners LLP now owns 13,378,864 shares of the company's stock worth $419,427,000 after purchasing an additional 7,483,839 shares in the last quarter.  Thrivent Financial for Lutherans lifted its stake in shares of  Warner Music Group by 6,227.3% in the third quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 2,173,417 shares of the company's stock valued at $74,027,000 after buying an additional 2,139,067 shares in the last quarter.  Millennium Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of  Warner Music Group by 178.5% during the third quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 3,183,654 shares of the company's stock valued at $108,435,000 after buying an additional 2,040,425 shares during the last quarter.  Vanguard Group Inc. grew its holdings in shares of  Warner Music Group by 12.2% during the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 16,914,577 shares of the company's stock valued at $576,110,000 after buying an additional 1,837,801 shares during the last quarter.  Finally, Barclays PLC increased its position in shares of  Warner Music Group by 5,055.5% during the third quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 1,860,687 shares of the company's stock worth $63,375,000 after acquiring an additional 1,824,596 shares in the last quarter. 96.88% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds. </p><h2>Warner Music Group Stock Performance</h2><p>NASDAQ WMG opened at $29.35 on Friday. The firm's fifty day moving average price is $30.13 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $30.59. The stock has a market cap of $15.33 billion, a PE ratio of 41.93, a PEG ratio of 0.69 and a beta of 1.32. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.77, a quick ratio of 0.64 and a current ratio of 0.66. Warner Music Group has a fifty-two week low of $25.56 and a fifty-two week high of $36.64. </p><ul><li>The Market Is Suddenly All Ears on Warner Music Group</li></ul><p>Warner Music Group (NASDAQ:WMG - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, November 20th. The company reported $0.21 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.35 by ($0.14). Warner Music Group had a net margin of 5.44% and a return on equity of 47.78%. The firm had revenue of $1.87 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.68 billion. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.08 EPS. The company's revenue was up 14.6% compared to the same quarter last year.  On average, equities analysts expect that  Warner Music Group will post 1.39 EPS for the current fiscal year. </p><h2>Warner Music Group Announces Dividend</h2><p>The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 2nd. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, November 19th were given a dividend of $0.19 per share. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, November 19th. This represents a $0.76 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.6%. Warner Music Group's dividend payout ratio  is 108.57%. </p><h2>Warner Music Group Company Profile</h2> (Get Free Report)<p>Warner Music Group is a major global music company that operates across recorded music and music publishing. Its recorded-music business comprises a portfolio of well-known labels—including Atlantic, Warner Records and Parlophone—as well as distribution and artist-services operations that support both established and emerging artists. The company's publishing arm, Warner Chappell Music, manages songwriting catalogs and administers rights for compositions across multiple media, providing licensing for film, television, advertising and other commercial uses.  </p><p>WMG's activities span the full music value chain: signing and developing artists, producing and marketing recordings, distributing music through physical channels and streaming platforms, and monetizing rights through licensing, synchronization and neighboring-rights collection.</p><h2>Further Reading</h2><ul><li>Five stocks we like better than Warner Music Group</li><li>Stock Dividend Cuts Happen Are You Ready?</li><li>Nike Beats on Earnings But Struggles in China and Faces Tariffs</li><li>Best of the list of Dividend Aristocrats: Build wealth with the aristocrat index</li><li>Is the AI Boom a Bubble? 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<p>Warner Music Group Corp. (NASDAQ:WMG) has received a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" from twenty-one analysts. Ten analysts rated the stock as hold, while eleven issued a buy recommendation. The average 1-year target price is $34.9444. Several analysts have adjusted their price targets, with Jefferies Financial Group setting it at $35.00 and Wells Fargo at $39.00. Institutional investors have significantly increased their holdings in WMG. The company reported a 14.6% revenue increase in the last quarter but missed earnings estimates. A quarterly dividend of $0.19 per share was recently paid.</p>

Warner Music Group Corp. (NASDAQ:WMG) Receives Average Recommendation of "Moderate Buy" from Analysts