$WMG
Warner Music Group Corp

2018 Q2 Form 10-Q Financial Statement

#000156459018019654 Filed on August 07, 2018

View on sec.gov

Income Statement

Concept 2018 Q2 2017 Q2 2016 Q3
Revenue $958.0M $917.0M $841.0M
YoY Change 4.47% 13.07% 12.13%
Cost Of Revenue $531.0M $519.0M $436.0M
YoY Change 2.31% 15.85% 16.27%
Gross Profit $427.0M $398.0M $405.0M
YoY Change 7.29% 9.64% 8.0%
Gross Profit Margin 44.57% 43.4% 48.16%
Selling, General & Admin $343.0M $296.0M $295.0M
YoY Change 15.88% 16.08% 7.66%
% of Gross Profit 80.33% 74.37% 72.84%
Research & Development
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Depreciation & Amortization $15.00M $13.00M $13.00M
YoY Change 15.38% 8.33% 8.33%
% of Gross Profit 3.51% 3.27% 3.21%
Operating Expenses $343.0M $296.0M $295.0M
YoY Change 15.88% 16.08% 7.66%
Operating Profit $28.00M $51.00M $55.00M
YoY Change -45.1% 13.33% 48.65%
Interest Expense -$33.00M -$36.00M -$42.00M
YoY Change -8.33% -16.28% -6.67%
% of Operating Profit -117.86% -70.59% -76.36%
Other Income/Expense, Net $394.0M -$21.00M -$7.000M
YoY Change -1976.19% 320.0% -22.22%
Pretax Income $382.0M -$9.000M -$8.000M
YoY Change -4344.44% 200.0% -52.94%
Income Tax $61.00M -$152.0M -$5.000M
% Of Pretax Income 15.97%
Net Earnings $320.0M $141.0M -$4.000M
YoY Change 126.95% -1666.67% -82.61%
Net Earnings / Revenue 33.4% 15.38% -0.48%
Basic Earnings Per Share
Diluted Earnings Per Share $627.5K $276.5K -$7.843K
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Balance Sheet

Concept 2018 Q2 2017 Q2 2016 Q3
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments $905.0M $567.0M $359.0M
YoY Change 59.61% 64.35% 45.93%
Cash & Equivalents $905.0M $567.0M $359.0M
Short-Term Investments
Other Short-Term Assets $196.0M $193.0M $179.0M
YoY Change 1.55% -6.31% -5.79%
Inventory $40.00M $38.00M $41.00M
Prepaid Expenses
Receivables $444.0M $380.0M $329.0M
Other Receivables $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Total Short-Term Assets $1.585B $1.178B $908.0M
YoY Change 34.55% 25.05% 3.3%
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment $203.0M $203.0M $203.0M
YoY Change 0.0% -1.46% -7.73%
Goodwill $1.627B
YoY Change -0.31%
Intangibles $2.030B $2.137B $2.317B
YoY Change -5.01% -10.47% -12.0%
Long-Term Investments
YoY Change
Other Assets $260.0M $331.0M $118.0M
YoY Change -21.45% 0.61% 3.51%
Total Long-Term Assets $4.179B $4.301B $4.461B
YoY Change -2.84% -5.51% -5.93%
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets $1.585B $1.178B $908.0M
Total Long-Term Assets $4.179B $4.301B $4.461B
Total Assets $5.764B $5.479B $5.369B
YoY Change 5.2% -0.27% -4.48%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable $168.0M $166.0M $204.0M
YoY Change 1.2% 6.41% 17.92%
Accrued Expenses $1.888B $1.558B $297.0M
YoY Change 21.18% 5.41% 0.34%
Deferred Revenue
YoY Change
Short-Term Debt $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
YoY Change
Long-Term Debt Due
YoY Change
Total Short-Term Liabilities $2.287B $1.938B $1.842B
YoY Change 18.01% -0.62% -0.81%
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt $2.814B $2.797B $2.812B
YoY Change 0.61% 0.07% -5.67%
Other Long-Term Liabilities $275.0M $260.0M $236.0M
YoY Change 5.77% 10.17% -2.48%
Total Long-Term Liabilities $3.089B $3.057B $3.048B
YoY Change 1.05% 0.86% -5.43%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities $2.287B $1.938B $1.842B
Total Long-Term Liabilities $3.089B $3.057B $3.048B
Total Liabilities $5.589B $5.171B $5.159B
YoY Change 8.08% -1.99% -4.14%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings -$715.0M
YoY Change -3.38%
Common Stock $1.128B
YoY Change 0.0%
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost)
YoY Change
Treasury Stock Shares
Shareholders Equity $175.0M $308.0M $195.0M
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity $5.764B $5.479B $5.369B
YoY Change 5.2% -0.27% -4.48%

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Concept 2018 Q2 2017 Q2 2016 Q3
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income $320.0M $141.0M -$4.000M
YoY Change 126.95% -1666.67% -82.61%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization $15.00M $13.00M $13.00M
YoY Change 15.38% 8.33% 8.33%
Cash From Operating Activities $129.0M $83.00M $135.0M
YoY Change 55.42% 137.14% 29.81%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures -$17.00M -$16.00M -$22.00M
YoY Change 6.25% 60.0% 37.5%
Acquisitions
YoY Change
Other Investing Activities $496.0M $22.00M $13.00M
YoY Change 2154.55% 266.67%
Cash From Investing Activities $479.0M $6.000M -$9.000M
YoY Change 7883.33% -250.0% -43.75%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid
YoY Change
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net
YoY Change
Debt Paid & Issued, Net
YoY Change
Cash From Financing Activities -304.0M -4.000M -111.0M
YoY Change 7500.0% -20.0% 2675.0%
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities 129.0M 83.00M 135.0M
Cash From Investing Activities 479.0M 6.000M -9.000M
Cash From Financing Activities -304.0M -4.000M -111.0M
Net Change In Cash 304.0M 85.00M 15.00M
YoY Change 257.65% 226.92% -82.14%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities $129.0M $83.00M $135.0M
Capital Expenditures -$17.00M -$16.00M -$22.00M
Free Cash Flow $146.0M $99.00M $157.0M
YoY Change 47.47% 120.0% 30.83%

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(&#8220;Access&#8221;), and Airplanes Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (&#8220;Merger Sub&#8221;), on July 20, 2011 (the &#8220;Merger Closing Date&#8221;), Merger Sub merged with and into the Company with the Company surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (the &#8220;Merger&#8221;). In connection with the Merger, the Company delisted its common stock from the NYSE. The Company continues voluntarily to file with the SEC current and periodic reports that would be required to be filed with the SEC pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;) as provided for in certain covenants contained in the agreements governing its outstanding indebtedness. </p> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:18pt;text-indent:0%;font-style:italic;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Recorded Music Operations </p> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:6pt;text-indent:4.54%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The Company&#8217;s Recorded Music business primarily consists of the discovery and development of artists and the related marketing, distribution and licensing of recorded music produced by such artists. 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The Company also conducts its Recorded Music operations through a collection of additional record labels, including Asylum, Big Beat, Canvasback, East West, Elektra, Erato, FFRR, Fueled by Ramen, Nonesuch, Parlophone, Reprise, Roadrunner, Sire, Spinnin&#8217;, Warner Classics and Warner Music Nashville. </p> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:12pt;text-indent:4.54%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Outside the United States, Recorded Music activities are conducted in more than 50 countries through various subsidiaries, affiliates and non-affiliated licensees. Internationally, the Company engages in the same activities as in the United States: discovering and signing artists and distributing, marketing and selling their recorded music. In most cases, the Company also markets and distributes the music of those artists for whom the Company&#8217;s domestic record labels have international rights. In certain smaller markets, the Company licenses the right to distribute the Company&#8217;s records to non-affiliated third-party record labels. The Company&#8217;s international artist services operations include a network of concert promoters through which it provides resources to coordinate tours for the Company&#8217;s artists and other artists as well as management companies that guide artists with respect to their careers.</p> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:12pt;text-indent:4.54%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The Company&#8217;s Recorded Music distribution operations include Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation (&#8220;WEA Corp.&#8221;), which markets and sells music and video products to retailers and wholesale distributors; Alternative Distribution Alliance (&#8220;ADA&#8221;), which distributes the products of independent labels to retail and wholesale distributors; and various distribution centers and ventures operated internationally.</p> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:12pt;text-indent:4.54%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">In addition to the Company&#8217;s Recorded Music products being sold in physical retail outlets, Recorded Music products are also sold in physical form to online physical retailers such as Amazon.com and bestbuy.com and in digital form to an expanded universe of digital partners, including digital streaming services such as Amazon, Apple Music, Deezer, Napster, Soundcloud, Spotify and YouTube, digital radio services such as iHeart Radio, Pandora and Sirius XM and digital download services such as Apple&#8217;s iTunes and Google Play. </p> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:12pt;text-indent:4.54%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The Company has integrated the exploitation of digital content into all aspects of its business, including artist and repertoire (&#8220;A&amp;R&#8221;), marketing, promotion and distribution. The Company&#8217;s business development executives work closely with A&amp;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. The Company also works side by side with its online and mobile partners to test new concepts. The Company believes existing and new digital businesses will be a significant source of growth and will provide new opportunities to successfully monetize its assets and create new revenue streams. The proportion of digital revenues attributed to each distribution channel varies by region and proportions may change as the roll out of new technologies continues. As an owner of music content, the Company believes it is well positioned to take advantage of growth in digital distribution and emerging technologies to maximize the value of its assets. </p> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:12pt;text-indent:4.54%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The Company has diversified its revenues beyond its traditional businesses by entering into expanded-rights deals with recording artists in order to partner with artists in other aspects of their careers. Under these agreements, the Company provides services to and participates in artists&#8217; activities outside the traditional recorded music business such as touring, merchandising and sponsorships. The Company has built artist services capabilities and platforms for exploiting this broader set of music-related rights and participating more widely in the monetization of the artist brands it helps create. </p> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:12pt;text-indent:4.54%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The Company believes that entering into expanded-rights deals and enhancing its artist services capabilities in areas such as concert promotion and management have permitted it to diversify revenue streams and capitalize on other revenue opportunities. 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IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDepreciationAndAmortization
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IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDepreciationAndAmortization
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us-gaap Revenues
Revenues
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IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDepreciationAndAmortization
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InterestPaidNet
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InterestPaidNet
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InterestPaidNet
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InterestPaidNet
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IncomeTaxesPaidNet
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IncomeTaxesPaidNet
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us-gaap Income Taxes Paid Net
IncomeTaxesPaidNet
35000000
us-gaap Income Taxes Paid Net
IncomeTaxesPaidNet
30000000
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ProceedsFromIncomeTaxRefunds
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ProceedsFromIncomeTaxRefunds
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us-gaap Proceeds From Income Tax Refunds
ProceedsFromIncomeTaxRefunds
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us-gaap Proceeds From Income Tax Refunds
ProceedsFromIncomeTaxRefunds
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DividendsCash
54000000
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DividendPayableDateToBePaidDayMonthAndYear
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DividendsPayableDateOfRecordDayMonthAndYear
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CY2017Q2 us-gaap Dividends Cash
DividendsCash
30000000
CY2017Q2 us-gaap Dividend Payable Date To Be Paid Day Month And Year
DividendPayableDateToBePaidDayMonthAndYear
2017-07-31
CY2017Q2 us-gaap Dividends Payable Date Of Record Day Month And Year
DividendsPayableDateOfRecordDayMonthAndYear
2017-06-30
CY2018Q1 us-gaap Dividends Cash
DividendsCash
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CY2018Q1 us-gaap Dividend Payable Date To Be Paid Day Month And Year
DividendPayableDateToBePaidDayMonthAndYear
2018-01-12
CY2018Q1 us-gaap Dividends Payable Date Of Record Day Month And Year
DividendsPayableDateOfRecordDayMonthAndYear
2018-01-11
CY2018Q2 us-gaap Dividends Cash
DividendsCash
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CY2018Q2 us-gaap Dividend Payable Date To Be Paid Day Month And Year
DividendPayableDateToBePaidDayMonthAndYear
2018-05-11
CY2018Q2 us-gaap Dividends Payable Date Of Record Day Month And Year
DividendsPayableDateOfRecordDayMonthAndYear
2018-05-07
CY2018Q2 us-gaap Fair Value Net Asset Liability
FairValueNetAssetLiability
-2000000
CY2017Q3 us-gaap Contractual Obligation
ContractualObligation
5000000
CY2018Q2 wmg Other Non Operating Income Expense Excluding Equity Method Investments
OtherNonOperatingIncomeExpenseExcludingEquityMethodInvestments
394000000
CY2017Q2 us-gaap Income Loss From Equity Method Investments
IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
1000000
CY2017Q2 wmg Other Non Operating Income Expense Excluding Equity Method Investments
OtherNonOperatingIncomeExpenseExcludingEquityMethodInvestments
-22000000
us-gaap Income Loss From Equity Method Investments
IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
1000000
wmg Other Non Operating Income Expense Excluding Equity Method Investments
OtherNonOperatingIncomeExpenseExcludingEquityMethodInvestments
-22000000
wmg Depreciation Depletion Amortization And Recoveries
DepreciationDepletionAmortizationAndRecoveries
205000000
wmg Tender Or Call Premiums Paid And Redemption Deposit
TenderOrCallPremiumsPaidAndRedemptionDeposit
23000000
us-gaap Proceeds From Payments To Minority Shareholders
ProceedsFromPaymentsToMinorityShareholders
-3000000
wmg Depreciation Depletion Amortization And Recoveries
DepreciationDepletionAmortizationAndRecoveries
190000000
us-gaap Proceeds From Divestiture Of Businesses Net Of Cash Divested
ProceedsFromDivestitureOfBusinessesNetOfCashDivested
43000000
us-gaap Proceeds From Payments To Minority Shareholders
ProceedsFromPaymentsToMinorityShareholders
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