WMG Investment Buzz – What's Behind the Hype?

By Chris Stiles • Wednesday, November 19 15:28 • Permanent Link

We're taking a closer look at Warner Music today, as the chatter surrounding the stock has increased notably in the last few weeks. Today, its shares moved 2.7% compared to 1.0% for the S&P 500. Increased investor interest and volatility surrounding the stock are not reason enough to buy in -- you should first perform your own due diligence. Here are some figures that can get you started:

Warner Music Group Corp. operates as a music entertainment company in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and internationally.
Warner Music has moved -10.9% over the last year compared to 11.8% for the S&P 500 -- a difference of -22.7%
Its trailing 12 month earnings per share (EPS) is $0.57
Warner Music has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 53.7 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $1.4 and its forward P/E ratio is 21.9
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 27.08 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 4.74
Warner Music is part of the Consumer Discretionary sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 20.93 and an average P/B of 2.93
Warner Music has on average reported free cash flows of $508.67 Million over the last four years, during which time they have grown by an an average of 12.7%

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