2021 Q1 Form 10-Q Financial Statement
#000131916121000019 Filed on May 04, 2021
Income Statement
Concept | 2021 Q1 | 2020 Q1 |
---|---|---|
Revenue | $1.250B | $1.071B |
YoY Change | 16.71% | -1.74% |
Cost Of Revenue | $623.0M | $535.0M |
YoY Change | 16.45% | -4.29% |
Gross Profit | $627.0M | $536.0M |
YoY Change | 16.98% | 0.94% |
Gross Profit Margin | 50.16% | 50.05% |
Selling, General & Admin | $418.0M | $538.0M |
YoY Change | -22.3% | 51.98% |
% of Gross Profit | 66.67% | 100.37% |
Research & Development | ||
YoY Change | ||
% of Gross Profit | ||
Depreciation & Amortization | $19.00M | $14.00M |
YoY Change | 35.71% | 0.0% |
% of Gross Profit | 3.03% | 2.61% |
Operating Expenses | $418.0M | $538.0M |
YoY Change | -22.3% | 51.98% |
Operating Profit | $151.0M | -$49.00M |
YoY Change | -408.16% | -140.16% |
Interest Expense | -$32.00M | -$33.00M |
YoY Change | -3.03% | -8.33% |
% of Operating Profit | -21.19% | |
Other Income/Expense, Net | $49.00M | -$4.000M |
YoY Change | -1325.0% | -113.79% |
Pretax Income | $168.0M | -$86.00M |
YoY Change | -295.35% | -174.78% |
Income Tax | $51.00M | -$12.00M |
% Of Pretax Income | 30.36% | |
Net Earnings | $117.0M | -$74.00M |
YoY Change | -258.11% | -210.45% |
Net Earnings / Revenue | 9.36% | -6.91% |
Basic Earnings Per Share | ||
Diluted Earnings Per Share | $227.5K | -$145.1K |
COMMON SHARES | ||
Basic Shares Outstanding | 1.069K shares | |
Diluted Shares Outstanding |
Balance Sheet
Concept | 2021 Q1 | 2020 Q1 |
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SHORT-TERM ASSETS | ||
Cash & Short-Term Investments | $588.0M | $484.0M |
YoY Change | 21.49% | 2.98% |
Cash & Equivalents | $588.0M | $484.0M |
Short-Term Investments | ||
Other Short-Term Assets | $306.0M | $271.0M |
YoY Change | 12.92% | 30.29% |
Inventory | $79.00M | $65.00M |
Prepaid Expenses | ||
Receivables | $783.0M | $763.0M |
Other Receivables | $0.00 | $0.00 |
Total Short-Term Assets | $1.756B | $1.583B |
YoY Change | 10.93% | 3.87% |
LONG-TERM ASSETS | ||
Property, Plant & Equipment | $339.0M | $294.0M |
YoY Change | 15.31% | -0.34% |
Goodwill | $1.842B | $1.761B |
YoY Change | 4.6% | |
Intangibles | $2.081B | $1.795B |
YoY Change | 15.93% | -8.18% |
Long-Term Investments | ||
YoY Change | ||
Other Assets | $202.0M | $123.0M |
YoY Change | 64.23% | -18.0% |
Total Long-Term Assets | $5.074B | $4.541B |
YoY Change | 11.74% | 3.72% |
TOTAL ASSETS | ||
Total Short-Term Assets | $1.756B | $1.583B |
Total Long-Term Assets | $5.074B | $4.541B |
Total Assets | $6.830B | $6.124B |
YoY Change | 11.53% | 3.76% |
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES | ||
YoY Change | ||
Accounts Payable | $235.0M | $246.0M |
YoY Change | -4.47% | 0.41% |
Accrued Expenses | $315.0M | $564.0M |
YoY Change | -44.15% | 37.9% |
Deferred Revenue | $298.0M | $167.0M |
YoY Change | 78.44% | -1.76% |
Short-Term Debt | $0.00 | $0.00 |
YoY Change | ||
Long-Term Debt Due | ||
YoY Change | ||
Total Short-Term Liabilities | $2.784B | $2.732B |
YoY Change | 1.9% | 8.5% |
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES | ||
Long-Term Debt | $3.354B | $2.983B |
YoY Change | 12.44% | -0.23% |
Other Long-Term Liabilities | $169.0M | $228.0M |
YoY Change | -25.88% | -19.72% |
Total Long-Term Liabilities | $3.523B | $3.211B |
YoY Change | 9.72% | -1.92% |
TOTAL LIABILITIES | ||
Total Short-Term Liabilities | $2.784B | $2.732B |
Total Long-Term Liabilities | $3.523B | $3.211B |
Total Liabilities | $6.757B | $6.409B |
YoY Change | 5.43% | 6.07% |
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY | ||
Retained Earnings | -$1.659B | -$1.166B |
YoY Change | 42.28% | |
Common Stock | $1.924B | $1.127B |
YoY Change | 70.72% | -0.09% |
Preferred Stock | ||
YoY Change | ||
Treasury Stock (at cost) | ||
YoY Change | ||
Treasury Stock Shares | ||
Shareholders Equity | $57.00M | -$306.0M |
YoY Change | ||
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity | $6.830B | $6.124B |
YoY Change | 11.53% | 3.76% |
Cashflow Statement
Concept | 2021 Q1 | 2020 Q1 |
---|---|---|
OPERATING ACTIVITIES | ||
Net Income | $117.0M | -$74.00M |
YoY Change | -258.11% | -210.45% |
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization | $19.00M | $14.00M |
YoY Change | 35.71% | 0.0% |
Cash From Operating Activities | $150.0M | $86.00M |
YoY Change | 74.42% | 1128.57% |
INVESTING ACTIVITIES | ||
Capital Expenditures | -$23.00M | -$20.00M |
YoY Change | 15.0% | -54.55% |
Acquisitions | ||
YoY Change | ||
Other Investing Activities | -$38.00M | $1.000M |
YoY Change | -3900.0% | -109.09% |
Cash From Investing Activities | -$61.00M | -$19.00M |
YoY Change | 221.05% | -65.45% |
FINANCING ACTIVITIES | ||
Cash Dividend Paid | $63.00M | |
YoY Change | ||
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net | ||
YoY Change | ||
Debt Paid & Issued, Net | ||
YoY Change | ||
Cash From Financing Activities | -64.00M | -38.00M |
YoY Change | 68.42% | 22.58% |
NET CHANGE | ||
Cash From Operating Activities | 150.0M | 86.00M |
Cash From Investing Activities | -61.00M | -19.00M |
Cash From Financing Activities | -64.00M | -38.00M |
Net Change In Cash | 25.00M | 29.00M |
YoY Change | -13.79% | -136.71% |
FREE CASH FLOW | ||
Cash From Operating Activities | $150.0M | $86.00M |
Capital Expenditures | -$23.00M | -$20.00M |
Free Cash Flow | $173.0M | $106.0M |
YoY Change | 63.21% | 107.84% |
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Income Loss From Continuing Operations Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest
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Income Loss From Continuing Operations Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest
IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
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Income Loss From Continuing Operations Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest
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Income Loss From Continuing Operations Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest
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Other Comprehensive Income Loss Net Of Tax
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CY2020Q1 | us-gaap |
Comprehensive Income Net Of Tax Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest
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Comprehensive Income Net Of Tax Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest
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Comprehensive Income Net Of Tax Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest
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CY2021Q1 | us-gaap |
Comprehensive Income Net Of Tax Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest
ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
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CY2020Q1 | us-gaap |
Comprehensive Income Net Of Tax Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest
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Comprehensive Income Net Of Tax Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest
ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
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Comprehensive Income Net Of Tax Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest
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Comprehensive Income Net Of Tax
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CY2020Q1 | us-gaap |
Comprehensive Income Net Of Tax
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Comprehensive Income Net Of Tax
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Comprehensive Income Net Of Tax
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Income Loss From Continuing Operations Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest
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us-gaap |
Income Loss From Continuing Operations Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest
IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
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48000000 | USD | |
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Depreciation Depletion And Amortization
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Depreciation Depletion And Amortization
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Foreign Currency Transaction Gain Loss Before Tax
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Foreign Currency Transaction Gain Loss Before Tax
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Deferred Income Tax Expense Benefit
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wmg |
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Employee Benefits And Share Based Compensation Noncash
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Employee Benefits And Share Based Compensation Noncash
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53000000 | USD | |
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Increase Decrease In Prepaid Royalties
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47000000 | USD | |
us-gaap |
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us-gaap |
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us-gaap |
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us-gaap |
Increase Decrease In Royalties Payable
IncreaseDecreaseInRoyaltiesPayable
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us-gaap |
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us-gaap |
Increase Decrease In Interest Payable Net
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wmg |
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wmg |
Increase Decrease In Operating Lease Liabilities
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us-gaap |
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us-gaap |
Increase Decrease In Contract With Customer Liability
IncreaseDecreaseInContractWithCustomerLiability
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us-gaap |
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us-gaap |
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us-gaap |
Net Cash Provided By Used In Operating Activities
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|
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us-gaap |
Net Cash Provided By Used In Operating Activities
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|
164000000 | USD | |
us-gaap |
Payments To Acquire Intangible Assets
PaymentsToAcquireIntangibleAssets
|
327000000 | USD | |
us-gaap |
Payments To Acquire Intangible Assets
PaymentsToAcquireIntangibleAssets
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18000000 | USD | |
us-gaap |
Payments To Acquire Property Plant And Equipment
PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment
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us-gaap |
Payments To Acquire Property Plant And Equipment
PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment
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28000000 | USD | |
us-gaap |
Payments To Acquire Businesses Net Of Cash Acquired
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us-gaap |
Payments To Acquire Businesses Net Of Cash Acquired
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us-gaap |
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us-gaap |
Net Cash Provided By Used In Investing Activities
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us-gaap |
Payments Of Debt Issuance Costs
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us-gaap |
Payments Of Debt Issuance Costs
PaymentsOfDebtIssuanceCosts
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Payments To Minority Shareholders
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Payments To Minority Shareholders
PaymentsToMinorityShareholders
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us-gaap |
Payments Of Dividends
PaymentsOfDividends
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125000000 | USD | |
us-gaap |
Payments Of Dividends
PaymentsOfDividends
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244000000 | USD | |
us-gaap |
Net Cash Provided By Used In Financing Activities
NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivities
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114000000 | USD | |
us-gaap |
Net Cash Provided By Used In Financing Activities
NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivities
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us-gaap |
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us-gaap |
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us-gaap |
Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents Period Increase Decrease Including Exchange Rate Effect
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35000000 | USD | |
us-gaap |
Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents Period Increase Decrease Including Exchange Rate Effect
CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecreaseIncludingExchangeRateEffect
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-135000000 | USD | |
CY2020Q3 | us-gaap |
Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents
CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalents
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553000000 | USD |
CY2019Q3 | us-gaap |
Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents
CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalents
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619000000 | USD |
CY2021Q1 | us-gaap |
Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents
CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalents
|
588000000 | USD |
CY2020Q1 | us-gaap |
Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents
CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalents
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484000000 | USD |
CY2020Q3 | us-gaap |
Stockholders Equity Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest
StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
|
-45000000 | USD |
us-gaap |
Income Loss From Continuing Operations Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest
IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
|
216000000 | USD | |
us-gaap |
Other Comprehensive Income Loss Net Of Tax
OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax
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13000000 | USD | |
us-gaap |
Common Stock Dividends Per Share Declared
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|
0.24 | ||
us-gaap |
Dividends Common Stock
DividendsCommonStock
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125000000 | USD | |
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Adjustments To Additional Paid In Capital Sharebased Compensation Requisite Service Period Recognition Value
AdjustmentsToAdditionalPaidInCapitalSharebasedCompensationRequisiteServicePeriodRecognitionValue
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17000000 | USD | |
us-gaap |
Minority Interest Decrease From Distributions To Noncontrolling Interest Holders
MinorityInterestDecreaseFromDistributionsToNoncontrollingInterestHolders
|
3000000 | USD | |
CY2021Q1 | us-gaap |
Stockholders Equity Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest
StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
|
73000000 | USD |
CY2020Q4 | us-gaap |
Stockholders Equity Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest
StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
|
33000000 | USD |
CY2021Q1 | us-gaap |
Income Loss From Continuing Operations Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest
IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
|
117000000 | USD |
CY2021Q1 | us-gaap |
Other Comprehensive Income Loss Net Of Tax
OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax
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-24000000 | USD |
CY2021Q1 | us-gaap |
Common Stock Dividends Per Share Declared
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|
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CY2021Q1 | us-gaap |
Dividends Common Stock
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63000000 | USD |
CY2021Q1 | us-gaap |
Adjustments To Additional Paid In Capital Sharebased Compensation Requisite Service Period Recognition Value
AdjustmentsToAdditionalPaidInCapitalSharebasedCompensationRequisiteServicePeriodRecognitionValue
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11000000 | USD |
CY2021Q1 | us-gaap |
Minority Interest Decrease From Distributions To Noncontrolling Interest Holders
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CY2021Q1 | us-gaap |
Stockholders Equity Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest
StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
|
73000000 | USD |
CY2019Q3 | us-gaap |
Stockholders Equity Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest
StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
|
-269000000 | USD |
us-gaap |
Income Loss From Continuing Operations Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest
IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
|
48000000 | USD | |
us-gaap |
Other Comprehensive Income Loss Net Of Tax
OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax
|
-28000000 | USD | |
us-gaap |
Common Stock Dividends Per Share Declared
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|
0.15 | ||
us-gaap |
Dividends Common Stock
DividendsCommonStock
|
75000000 | USD | |
wmg |
Number Of Songwriters And Composers
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|
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CY2021Q1 | us-gaap |
Number Of Countries In Which Entity Operates
NumberOfCountriesInWhichEntityOperates
|
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CY2021Q1 | us-gaap |
Number Of Countries In Which Entity Operates
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wmg |
Minimum Number Of Musical Compositions On Which Rights Are Owned Or Controlled
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us-gaap |
Minority Interest Decrease From Distributions To Noncontrolling Interest Holders
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us-gaap |
Stockholders Equity Other
StockholdersEquityOther
|
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CY2020Q1 | us-gaap |
Stockholders Equity Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest
StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
|
-285000000 | USD |
CY2019Q4 | us-gaap |
Stockholders Equity Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest
StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
|
-169000000 | USD |
CY2020Q1 | us-gaap |
Income Loss From Continuing Operations Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest
IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
|
-74000000 | USD |
CY2020Q1 | us-gaap |
Other Comprehensive Income Loss Net Of Tax
OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax
|
-38000000 | USD |
CY2020Q1 | us-gaap |
Common Stock Dividends Per Share Declared
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|
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CY2020Q1 | us-gaap |
Dividends Common Stock
DividendsCommonStock
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37000000 | USD |
CY2020Q1 | us-gaap |
Stockholders Equity Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest
StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
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us-gaap |
Nature Of Operations
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Description of Business<div style="margin-top:6pt;text-indent:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Warner Music Group Corp. (the “Company”) was formed on November 21, 2003. The Company is the direct parent of WMG Holdings Corp. (“Holdings”), which is the direct parent of WMG Acquisition Corp. (“Acquisition Corp.”). Acquisition Corp. is one of the world’s major music entertainment companies.</span></div><div style="margin-top:18pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Acquisition of Warner Music Group by Access Industries</span></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-indent:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 6, 2011 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among the Company, AI Entertainment Holdings LLC (formerly Airplanes Music LLC), a Delaware limited liability company (“Parent”) and an affiliate of Access Industries, Inc., and Airplanes Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), on July 20, 2011 (the “Merger Closing Date”), Merger Sub merged with and into the Company with the Company surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (the “Merger”). In connection with the Merger, the Company delisted its common stock from the New York Stock Exchange.</span></div><div style="margin-top:18pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Initial Public Offering</span></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-indent:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">On June 5, 2020, the Company completed an initial public offering (“IPO”) of 77,000,000 shares of Class A common stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share (“Class A Common Stock”) at a public offering price of $25 per share. The Company listed these shares on the NASDAQ stock market under the ticker symbol “WMG.” The offering consisted entirely of secondary shares sold by Access Industries, LLC (collectively with its affiliates, “Access”) and certain related selling stockholders. On July 7, 2020, the Company completed the sale of an additional 11,550,000 shares of Class A Common Stock from the selling stockholders to the underwriters of the Company’s IPO pursuant to the exercise by the underwriters of their option to purchase additional shares of Class A Common Stock. The Company did not receive any of the proceeds of the IPO or exercise of the underwriters’ option.</span></div><div style="margin-top:12pt;text-indent:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Following the completion of the IPO and the exercise in full of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares, Access and its affiliates held an aggregate of 421,450,000 shares of Class B common stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share (“Class B Common Stock”), representing approximately 99% of the total combined voting power of the Company’s outstanding common stock and approximately 83% of the economic interest. As a result, the Company is a “controlled company” within the meaning of the corporate governance standards of NASDAQ.</span></div><div style="margin-top:18pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Recorded Music Operations</span></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-indent:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Our Recorded Music business primarily consists of the discovery and development of recording artists and the related marketing, promotion, distribution, sale and licensing of music created by such recording artists. We play an integral role in virtually all aspects of the recorded music value chain from discovering and developing talent to producing, distributing and selling music to marketing and promoting recording artists and their music.</span></div><div style="margin-top:12pt;text-indent:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">In the United States, our Recorded Music business is conducted principally through our major record labels—Atlantic Records and Warner Records. In October 2018, we launched Elektra Music Group in the United States as a standalone label group, which comprises the Elektra, Fueled by Ramen and Roadrunner labels. Our Recorded Music business also includes Rhino Entertainment, a division that specializes in marketing our recorded music catalog through compilations, reissuances of previously released music and video titles and releasing previously unreleased material from our vault. We also conduct our Recorded Music business through a collection of additional record labels including Asylum, Big Beat, Canvasback, East West, Erato, FFRR, Nonesuch, Parlophone, Reprise, Sire, Spinnin’ Records, Warner Classics and Warner Music Nashville.</span></div><div style="margin-top:12pt;text-indent:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Outside the United States, our Recorded Music business is conducted in more than 70 countries through various subsidiaries, affiliates and non-affiliated licensees. Internationally, we engage in the same activities as in the United States: discovering and signing artists and distributing, selling, marketing and promoting their music. In most cases, we also market, promote, distribute and sell the music of those recording artists for whom our domestic record labels have international rights. In certain smaller markets, we license the right to distribute and sell our music to non-affiliated third-party record labels.</span></div><div style="margin-top:12pt;text-indent:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Our Recorded Music business’ distribution operations include Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation (“WEA Corp.”), which markets, distributes and sells music and video products to retailers and wholesale distributors; Alternative Distribution Alliance (“ADA”), which markets, distributes and sells the products of independent labels to retail and wholesale distributors; and various distribution centers and ventures operated internationally.</span></div><div style="margin-top:12pt;text-indent:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">In addition to our music being sold in physical retail outlets, our music is also sold in physical form to online physical retailers, such as amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com and bestbuy.com, and distributed in digital form to an expanded universe of digital partners, including streaming services such as those of Amazon, Apple, Deezer, SoundCloud, Spotify, Tencent Music Entertainment Group and YouTube, radio services such as iHeart Radio and SiriusXM and download services.</span></div><div style="margin-top:12pt;text-indent:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">We have integrated the marketing of digital content into all aspects of our business, including artists and repertoire (“A&R”) and distribution. Our business development executives work closely with A&R departments to ensure that while music is being produced, digital assets are also created with all distribution channels in mind, including streaming services, social networking sites, online portals and music-centered destinations. We also work side-by-side with our online and mobile partners to test new concepts. We believe existing and new digital businesses will be a significant source of growth and will provide new opportunities to successfully monetize our assets and create new revenue streams. The proportion of digital revenues attributable to each distribution channel varies by region and proportions may change as the introduction of new technologies continues. As one of the world’s largest music entertainment companies, we believe we are well positioned to take advantage of growth in digital distribution and emerging technologies to maximize the value of our assets.</span></div><div style="margin-top:12pt;text-indent:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">We have diversified our revenues beyond our traditional businesses by entering into expanded-rights deals with recording artists in order to partner with such artists in other aspects of their careers. Under these agreements, we provide services to and participate in recording artists’ activities outside the traditional recorded music business such as touring, merchandising and sponsorships. We have built and acquired artist services capabilities and platforms for marketing and distributing this broader set of music-related rights and participating more widely in the monetization of the artist brands we help create. We believe that entering into expanded-rights deals and enhancing our artist services capabilities in areas such as merchandising, VIP ticketing, fan clubs, concert promotion and management has permitted us to diversify revenue streams and capitalize on other revenue opportunities. This provides for improved long-term relationships with our recording artists and allows us to more effectively connect recording artists and fans.</span></div><div style="margin-top:18pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Music Publishing Operations</span></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-indent:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">While Recorded Music is focused on marketing, promoting, distributing and licensing a particular recording of a musical composition, Music Publishing is an intellectual property business focused on generating revenue from uses of the musical composition itself. In return for promoting, placing, marketing and administering the creative output of a songwriter, or engaging in those activities for other rightsholders, our Music Publishing business garners a share of the revenues generated from use of the musical compositions.</span></div><div style="margin-top:12pt;text-indent:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The operations of our Music Publishing business are conducted principally through Warner Chappell Music, our global music publishing company headquartered in Los Angeles, with operations in over 70 countries through various subsidiaries, affiliates and non-affiliated licensees and sub-publishers. We own or control rights to more than one million musical compositions, including numerous pop hits, American standards, folk songs and motion picture and theatrical compositions. Assembled over decades, our award-winning catalog includes over 80,000 songwriters and composers and a diverse range of genres including pop, rock, jazz, classical, country, R&B, hip-hop, rap, reggae, Latin, folk, blues, symphonic, soul, Broadway, techno, alternative and gospel. Warner Chappell Music also administers the music and soundtracks of several third-party television and film producers and studios. We have an extensive production music catalog collectively branded as Warner Chappell Production Music.</span></div> | ||
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