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Warner Music Group (WMG) Stock Forecast & Price Target

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$32.69 -0.12 (-0.37%)
Closing price 09/5/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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Warner Music Group - Analysts' Recommendations and Stock Price Forecast (2025)

Consensus Rating

Sell
0
Hold
10
Buy
9

Based on 19 Wall Street analysts who have issued ratings for Warner Music Group in the last 12 months, the stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy." Out of the 19 analysts, 10 have given a hold rating, 8 have given a buy rating, and 1 has given a strong buy rating for WMG.

Consensus Price Target

$33.88
3.65% Upside
According to the 19 analysts' twelve-month price targets for Warner Music Group, the average price target is $33.88. The highest price target for WMG is $44.00, while the lowest price target for WMG is $30.00. The average price target represents a forecasted upside of 3.65% from the current price of $32.69.
MarketBeat calculates consensus analyst ratings for stocks using the most recent rating from each Wall Street analyst that has rated a stock within the last twelve months. Each analyst's rating is normalized to a standardized rating score of 1 (sell), 2 (hold), 3 (buy) or 4 (strong buy). Analyst consensus ratings scores are calculated using the mean average of the number of normalized sell, hold, buy and strong buy ratings from Wall Street analysts. Each stock's consensus analyst rating is derived from its calculated consensus ratings score (0 to .5 = Strong Sell, .5 to 1 = Sell, 1 to 1.5 = Reduce, 1.5 to 2.5 = Hold, 2.5 to 3.0 = Moderate Buy, 3.0 to 3.5 = Buy, >3.5 = Strong Buy). MarketBeat's consensus price targets are a mean average of the most recent available price targets set by each analyst that has set a price target for the stock in the last twelve months. MarketBeat's consensus ratings and consensus price targets may differ from those calculated by other firms due to differences in methodology and available data.
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WMG Analyst Ratings Over Time

TypeCurrent Forecast
9/6/24 to 9/6/25
1 Month Ago
8/7/24 to 8/7/25
3 Months Ago
6/8/24 to 6/8/25
1 Year Ago
9/7/23 to 9/6/24
Strong Buy
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
Buy
8 Buy rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
Hold
10 Hold rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
Sell
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Sell rating(s)
1 Sell rating(s)
Consensus Price Target$33.88$33.72$33.95$37.19
Forecasted Upside3.65% Upside8.26% Upside28.73% Upside34.74% Upside
Consensus RatingModerate BuyModerate BuyHoldModerate Buy

WMG Analyst Recommendations By Month

The chart below shows how a company's ratings by analysts have changed over time. Each bar represents the previous year of ratings for that month. Within each bar, the sell ratings are shown in red, the hold ratings are shown in yellow, the buy ratings are shown in green, and the strong buy ratings are shown in dark green.
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WMG Price Targets by Month

The chart below shows how a company's share price and consensus price target have changed over time. The dark blue line represents the company's actual price. The lighter blue line represents the stock's consensus price target. The even lighter blue range in the background of the two lines represents the low price target and the high price target for each stock.
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Warner Music Group Stock vs. The Competition

TypeWarner Music GroupConsumer Discretionary CompaniesS&P 500
Consensus Rating Score
2.53
2.61
2.53
Consensus RatingModerate BuyModerate BuyModerate Buy
Predicted Upside3.65% Upside74.27% Upside10.35% Upside
News Sentiment Rating
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DateBrokerageAnalystActionRatingPrice TargetReport Date
Upside/Downside
Details
8/12/2025The Goldman Sachs Group
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Boost TargetNeutral$28.00 ➝ $31.00-1.38%
8/8/2025UBS Group
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Batya Levi
Not Rated
Reiterated RatingBuy$38.00 ➝ $40.00+26.22%
8/8/2025Wells Fargo & Company
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Omar Mejias
Not Rated
Boost TargetEqual Weight$30.00 ➝ $34.00+7.20%
8/7/2025Cowen
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 Reiterated RatingBuy
7/15/2025Rothschild & Co Redburn
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 UpgradeSellNeutral$30.00-1.51%
7/15/2025Redburn Atlantic
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UpgradeStrong SellHold$30.00-1.51%
7/9/2025Barclays
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Boost TargetEqual Weight$28.00 ➝ $30.00-0.85%
7/9/2025Bank of America
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UpgradeUnderperformNeutral$28.00 ➝ $33.00+11.90%
7/7/2025JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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Boost TargetOverweight$32.00 ➝ $33.00+12.36%
7/3/2025Sanford C. Bernstein
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Boost TargetOutperform$32.00 ➝ $34.00+15.60%
5/29/2025Citigroup
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Reiterated RatingBuy$35.00 ➝ $34.00+29.28%
5/9/2025Guggenheim
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Lower TargetBuy$40.00 ➝ $37.00+35.48%
5/9/2025Morgan Stanley
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Lower TargetEqual Weight$32.00 ➝ $31.00+13.39%
5/8/2025Wolfe Research
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UpgradeStrong-Buy
3/28/2025FBN Securities
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Initiated CoverageSector Perform$35.00+8.49%
1/30/2025Macquarie
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Reiterated RatingNeutral$30.00 ➝ $30.00-6.92%
1/9/2025Evercore ISI
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 Lower TargetOutperform$36.00 ➝ $35.00+19.45%
11/25/2024Loop Capital
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 Lower TargetHold$38.00 ➝ $35.00+9.89%
9/12/2024Tigress Financial
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Lower TargetBuy$52.00 ➝ $44.00+54.01%
8/13/2024Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft
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 Lower TargetBuy$42.00 ➝ $36.00+30.86%
7/11/2024Jefferies Financial Group
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 Initiated CoverageBuy$43.00 ➝ $38.00+28.77%
9/21/2023Truist Financial
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 Reiterated RatingBuy$37.00+21.67%

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Should I Buy Warner Music Group Stock? WMG Pros and Cons Explained

These pros and cons were generated based on recent news and financial data from MarketBeat in order to provide readers with the fastest and most accurate insights. They were last updated on Tuesday, September 2, 2025. Please send any questions or comments about these Warner Music Group pros and cons to contact@marketbeat.com.

Warner Music Group
Bull Case

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Here are some ways that investors could benefit from investing in Warner Music Group Corp.:

  • The current stock price is around $31, reflecting a recent increase of approximately 3.4%, indicating positive market sentiment.
  • Warner Music Group Corp. has shown strong revenue growth, with a reported increase of 8.7% year-over-year, suggesting robust business performance.
  • The company has a solid market capitalization of approximately $16.93 billion, which can provide stability and investor confidence.
  • Analysts have a favorable outlook, with a majority rating the stock as a "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of around $33.88, indicating potential for price appreciation.
  • Warner Music Group Corp. recently increased its quarterly dividend to $0.19, reflecting a commitment to returning value to shareholders, despite a high dividend payout ratio.

Warner Music Group
Bear Case

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Investors should be bearish about investing in Warner Music Group Corp. for these reasons:

  • The company reported a loss of $0.03 earnings per share (EPS) in its latest quarter, missing analysts' expectations, which may raise concerns about profitability.
  • With a high price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 56.96, the stock may be considered overvalued, suggesting that investors are paying a premium for earnings.
  • The dividend payout ratio is currently at 133.33%, indicating that the company is paying out more in dividends than it earns, which could be unsustainable in the long run.
  • Warner Music Group Corp. has a relatively high beta of 1.26, suggesting that the stock is more volatile than the market, which could pose risks for conservative investors.
  • Recent analyst upgrades have not significantly boosted the stock price, indicating potential market skepticism about the company's future performance.

WMG Forecast - Frequently Asked Questions

According to the research reports of 19 Wall Street equities research analysts, the average twelve-month stock price forecast for Warner Music Group is $33.88, with a high forecast of $44.00 and a low forecast of $30.00.

19 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Warner Music Group in the last twelve months. There are currently 10 hold ratings, 8 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" WMG shares.

According to analysts, Warner Music Group's stock has a predicted upside of 3.65% based on their 12-month stock forecasts.

Over the previous 90 days, Warner Music Group's stock had 3 upgrades by analysts.

Analysts like Warner Music Group less than other "consumer discretionary" companies. The consensus rating score for Warner Music Group is 2.53 while the average consensus rating score for "consumer discretionary" companies is 2.61. Learn more on how WMG compares to other companies.


This page (NASDAQ:WMG) was last updated on 9/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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