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title: "What To Expect From Warner Music Group’s (WMG) Q2 Earnings"
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description: "Warner Music Group (WMG) reports Q2 earnings this Wednesday. Last quarter, WMG beat revenue and EPS estimates with $1.73 billion in sales, up 16.7% YoY. For the current quarter, analysts expect 6.2% revenue growth, slowing from last year's pace. Despite recent misses, analyst estimates remain stable. Peer results show mixed performance, while WMG shares are down 7.4% recently, trading below the average price target of $37.71."
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# What To Expect From Warner Music Group’s (WMG) Q2 Earnings

Global music entertainment company Warner Music Group will be announcing earnings results this Wednesday afternoon. Here’s what investors should know.

Warner Music Group beat analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $1.73 billion, up 16.7% year on year. It was a stunning quarter for the company, with a beat of analysts’ EPS estimates and an impressive beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates.

Is Warner Music Group a buy or sell going into earnings? Read our full analysis here, it’s free for active Edge members.

This quarter, the market is expecting Warner Music Group’s revenue to grow 6.2% year on year, slowing from the 8.6% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year.

Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business will stay the course heading into earnings. Warner Music Group has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates multiple times over the last two years.

Looking at Warner Music Group’s peers in the consumer discretionary segment, some have already reported their Q2 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Scholastic’s revenues decreased 6.3% year on year, missing analysts’ expectations by 7.9%, and AMC Entertainment reported revenues up 14.2%, topping estimates by 8.7%. Scholastic traded down 7.1% following the results while AMC Entertainment was up 13.4%.

Read our full analysis of Scholastic’s results here and AMC Entertainment’s results here.

Investors in the consumer discretionary segment have had steady hands going into earnings, with share prices flat over the last month. Warner Music Group is down 7.4% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $37.71 (compared to the current share price of $25.37).

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