Investment Analysts’ Weekly Ratings Updates for Warner Music Group (WMG)

Several analysts have recently updated their ratings and price targets for Warner Music Group (NASDAQ: WMG):

• 6/29/2026 – Warner Music Group was upgraded by Wall Street Zen from “hold” to “buy”.
• 6/24/2026 – Warner Music Group had its “hold (c)” rating reaffirmed by Weiss Ratings.
• 6/22/2026 – Warner Music Group was downgraded by Zacks Research from “strong-buy” to “hold”.
• 6/21/2026 – Warner Music Group was downgraded by Wall Street Zen from “buy” to “hold”.
• 6/13/2026 – Warner Music Group was upgraded by Wall Street Zen from “hold” to “buy”.
• 5/11/2026 – Warner Music Group was upgraded by Zacks Research from “hold” to “strong-buy”.
• 5/8/2026 – Warner Music Group had its price target raised by UBS Group AG from $40.00 to $42.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 5/8/2026 – Warner Music Group was given a new $39.00 price target by Morgan Stanley.
• 5/8/2026 – Warner Music Group had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by Evercore Inc. They now have a $43.00 price target on the stock.
• 5/8/2026 – Warner Music Group was given a new $39.00 price target by UBS Group AG.
• 5/8/2026 – Warner Music Group had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by Sanford C. Bernstein.
• 5/8/2026 – Warner Music Group had its price target raised by Guggenheim from $34.00 to $36.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 5/8/2026 – Warner Music Group had its price target raised by JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $40.00 to $43.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.

Warner Music Group Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 2nd. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, May 26th were given a dividend of $0.19 per share. This represents a $0.76 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.8%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, May 26th. Warner Music Group’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 89.41%.

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.

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.