In the current trading session, Warner Music Group Corp.’s (WMG) stock is trading at the price of $30.62, a gain of 2.07% over last night’s close. So, the stock is trading at a price that is -39.04% less than its 52-week high of $50.23 and 29.01% better than its 52-week low of $23.74.
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The 200-day Simple moving average is often placed more emphasis on by traders because of daily price changes. Investors will use the SMA-200 in different situations in trading activity as a key indicator to determine their support and resistance levels, and at the moment, WMG’s SMA-200 is $36.17.
Furthermore, one should take into account the price to sales ratio of a company for the last year, which is 2.65. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the last twelve months stands at 191.27. WMG’s price to book ratio for the most recent quarter was 100.00, resulting in an 39.25 price to cash per share for the period.
How does Warner Music Group Corp. (WMG) stock rate among analysts? Buy, sell, or hold?
The key to trading is to concentrate on the future rather than on the past. During uncertain times, it can be hard to make decisions. The analysts who understand how a market works are usually the most accurate at forecasting its future. Currently, there are 11 brokerage firms that recommend the stock as a Moderate Buy. The ratings are commonly aggregated into a single number between 1 and 5. Buy or strong buy is scored 5, outperform is scored 4, hold is scored 3, underperform is scored 2 and strong sell is 1. Using a scale of 1-5, the current average recommendation is 4.36 in simple terms.
Warner Music Group Corp. (WMG): Earnings History
If we examine Warner Music Group Corp.’s recent earnings history, in the last quarter ended on 3/30/2022, it posted adjusted earnings per share of $0.18, beating the consensus of $0.21. In other words, it topped the consensus by -$0.03, resulting in a -14.30% surprise. In the 3 months period before the previous quarter which was closed on 3/30/2022, the stock recorded adjusted earnings per share of $0.18 in contrast with the Outlook of $0.21. That was a difference of -$0.03 and a surprise of -14.30%.
Warner Music Group Corp. (WMG): Earnings History
Most analysts expect public companies to report earnings and revenue in line with their projections, but sometimes these figures vary from what they actually expected. In the current quarter, the company had earnings predictions made by 5 different analysts, who are expecting earnings to fall in between the range of 0.19 and 0.16 with an average Earnings Estimate of 0.18 which is in contrast with the last year earnings estimate of 0.14 and also replicates 28.57% growth rate year over year.
Warner Music Group Corp. (NASDAQ: WMG) Ownership Details
I will give a breakdown of the key shareholders in Warner Music Group Corp. (WMG). Recent figures show that the company’s insiders hold 16.67% of shares. A total of 254 institutional investors hold shares in the company, making 84.92% of its stock and 101.91% of its float.
Mar 30, 2022, it was reported that the Company’s largest institutional holder is FMR, LLC holding total of 18.9 million shares that make 13.77% of the company’s total number of shares and are currently priced at 582.46 million.
The securities firm Sands Capital Management, LLC holds 11.82 million shares of WMG, making it the second largest institutional shareholder. Taking this into account, the holding percentage comes to 8.62%, and the holding percentage of shares is valued at 364.38 million.
An overview of Warner Music Group Corp.’s technicals
In order to learn about trade movements and investor behavior, it is best to analyze the short, medium, and long term technical indicators along with the average volume of a stock. A 20-day average of the stock’s daily volume suggests Warner Music Group Corp. (WMG) traded 892,490 shares per day, with a moving average of $27.08 and price change of +5.83. With the moving average of $27.18 and a price change of +1.27, about 931,730 shares changed hands on average over the past 50 days. Finally, WMG’s 100-day average volume is 1,346,572 shares, alongside a moving average of $30.31 and a price change of -1.37.
