Warner Music Stock Forecast - Naive Prediction

WMG Stock  USD 29.73  0.06  0.20%   
The Naive Prediction forecasted value of Warner Music Group on the next trading day is expected to be 29.80 with a mean absolute deviation of 0.48 and the sum of the absolute errors of 29.48. Warner Stock Forecast is based on your current time horizon. We recommend always using this module together with an analysis of Warner Music's historical fundamentals, such as revenue growth or operating cash flow patterns.
As of 8th of January 2026 the relative strength index (rsi) of Warner Music's share price is below 20 . This entails that the stock is significantly oversold. The fundamental principle of the Relative Strength Index (RSI) is to quantify the velocity at which market participants are driving the price of a financial instrument upwards or downwards.

Momentum 0

 Sell Peaked

 
Oversold
 
Overbought
The successful prediction of Warner Music's future price could yield a significant profit. Please, note that this module is not intended to be used solely to calculate an intrinsic value of Warner Music and does not consider all of the tangible or intangible factors available from Warner Music's fundamental data. We analyze noise-free headlines and recent hype associated with Warner Music Group, which may create opportunities for some arbitrage if properly timed. Below are the key fundamental drivers impacting Warner Music's stock price prediction:
Quarterly Earnings Growth
1.679
EPS Estimate Next Quarter
0.4078
EPS Estimate Current Year
1.5597
EPS Estimate Next Year
1.6973
Wall Street Target Price
37.7778
Using Warner Music hype-based prediction, you can estimate the value of Warner Music Group from the perspective of Warner Music response to recently generated media hype and the effects of current headlines on its competitors. We also analyze overall investor sentiment towards Warner Music using Warner Music's stock options and short interest. It helps to benchmark the overall future attitude of investors towards Warner using crowd psychology based on the activity and movement of Warner Music's stock price.

Warner Music Short Interest

A significant increase or decrease in Warner Music's short interest from the previous month could be a good indicator of investor sentiment towards Warner. Short interest can provide insight into the potential direction of Warner Music stock and how bullish or bearish investors feel about the market overall.
200 Day MA
30.2222
Short Percent
0.047
Short Ratio
2.59
Shares Short Prior Month
6.5 M
50 Day MA
29.7595

Warner Music Group Hype to Price Pattern

Investor biases related to Warner Music's public news can be used to forecast risks associated with an investment in Warner. The trend in average sentiment can be used to explain how an investor holding Warner can time the market purely based on public headlines and social activities around Warner Music Group. Please note that most equities that are difficult to arbitrage are affected by market sentiment the most.
Some investors profit by finding stocks that are overvalued or undervalued based on market sentiment. The correlation of Warner Music's market sentiment to its price can help taders to make decisions based on the overall investors consensus about Warner Music.

Warner Music Implied Volatility

    
  0.41  
Warner Music's implied volatility exposes the market's sentiment of Warner Music Group stock's possible movements over time. However, it does not forecast the overall direction of its price. In a nutshell, if Warner Music's implied volatility is high, the market thinks the stock has potential for high price swings in either direction. On the other hand, the low implied volatility suggests that Warner Music stock will not fluctuate a lot when Warner Music's options are near their expiration.
The Naive Prediction forecasted value of Warner Music Group on the next trading day is expected to be 29.80 with a mean absolute deviation of 0.48 and the sum of the absolute errors of 29.48.

Warner Music after-hype prediction price

    
  USD 29.54  
There is no one specific way to measure market sentiment using hype analysis or a similar predictive technique. This prediction method should be used in combination with more fundamental and traditional techniques such as stock price forecasting, technical analysis, analysts consensus, earnings estimates, and various momentum models.
Check out Historical Fundamental Analysis of Warner Music to cross-verify your projections.
At this time, Warner Music's Asset Turnover is most likely to increase slightly in the upcoming years. . The Warner Music's current Common Stock Shares Outstanding is estimated to increase to about 1.2 B. The Warner Music's current Net Income Applicable To Common Shares is estimated to increase to about 665.3 M.

Open Interest Against 2026-04-17 Warner Option Contracts

Although open interest is a measure utilized in the options markets, it could be used to forecast Warner Music's spot prices because the number of available contracts in the market changes daily, and new contracts can be created or liquidated at will. Since open interest in Warner Music's options reflects these daily shifts, investors could use the patterns of these changes to develop long and short-term trading strategies for Warner Music stock based on available contracts left at the end of a trading day.
Please note that to derive more accurate forecasting about market movement from the current Warner Music's open interest, investors have to compare it to Warner Music's spot prices. As Ford's stock price increases, high open interest indicates that money is entering the market, and the market is strongly bullish. Conversely, if the price of Warner Music is decreasing and there is high open interest, that is a sign that the bearish trend will continue, and investors may react by taking short positions in Warner. So, decreasing or low open interest during a bull market indicates that investors are becoming uncertain of the depth of the bullish trend, and a reversal in sentiment will likely follow.

Warner Music Additional Predictive Modules

Most predictive techniques to examine Warner price help traders to determine how to time the market. We provide a combination of tools to recognize potential entry and exit points for Warner using various technical indicators. When you analyze Warner charts, please remember that the event formation may indicate an entry point for a short seller, and look at other indicators across different periods to confirm that a breakdown or reversion is likely to occur.

Warner Music Cash Forecast

Predicting cash flow or other financial metrics requires analysts to utilize a variety of statistical methods, techniques, and algorithms. These tools help uncover hidden patterns in the Warner Music's financial statements, enabling forecasts of their impact on future stock prices.
 
Cash  
First Reported
2004-12-31
Previous Quarter
527 M
Current Value
532 M
Quarterly Volatility
181 M
 
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Covid
A naive forecasting model for Warner Music is a special case of the moving average forecasting where the number of periods used for smoothing is one. Therefore, the forecast of Warner Music Group value for a given trading day is simply the observed value for the previous period. Due to the simplistic nature of the naive forecasting model, it can only be used to forecast up to one period.

Warner Music Naive Prediction Price Forecast For the 9th of January

Given 90 days horizon, the Naive Prediction forecasted value of Warner Music Group on the next trading day is expected to be 29.80 with a mean absolute deviation of 0.48, mean absolute percentage error of 0.37, and the sum of the absolute errors of 29.48.
Please note that although there have been many attempts to predict Warner Stock prices using its time series forecasting, we generally do not recommend using it to place bets in the real market. The most commonly used models for forecasting predictions are the autoregressive models, which specify that Warner Music's next future price depends linearly on its previous prices and some stochastic term (i.e., imperfectly predictable multiplier).

Warner Music Stock Forecast Pattern

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Warner Music Forecasted Value

In the context of forecasting Warner Music's Stock value on the next trading day, we examine the predictive performance of the model to find good statistically significant boundaries of downside and upside scenarios. Warner Music's downside and upside margins for the forecasting period are 28.18 and 31.41, respectively. We have considered Warner Music's daily market price to evaluate the above model's predictive performance. Remember, however, there is no scientific proof or empirical evidence that traditional linear or nonlinear forecasting models outperform artificial intelligence and frequency domain models to provide accurate forecasts consistently.
Market Value
29.73
29.80
Expected Value
31.41
Upside

Model Predictive Factors

The below table displays some essential indicators generated by the model showing the Naive Prediction forecasting method's relative quality and the estimations of the prediction error of Warner Music stock data series using in forecasting. Note that when a statistical model is used to represent Warner Music stock, the representation will rarely be exact; so some information will be lost using the model to explain the process. AIC estimates the relative amount of information lost by a given model: the less information a model loses, the higher its quality.
AICAkaike Information Criteria117.1078
BiasArithmetic mean of the errors None
MADMean absolute deviation0.4833
MAPEMean absolute percentage error0.016
SAESum of the absolute errors29.4819
This model is not at all useful as a medium-long range forecasting tool of Warner Music Group. This model is simplistic and is included partly for completeness and partly because of its simplicity. It is unlikely that you'll want to use this model directly to predict Warner Music. Instead, consider using either the moving average model or the more general weighted moving average model with a higher (i.e., greater than 1) number of periods, and possibly a different set of weights.

Predictive Modules for Warner Music

There are currently many different techniques concerning forecasting the market as a whole, as well as predicting future values of individual securities such as Warner Music Group. Regardless of method or technology, however, to accurately forecast the stock market is more a matter of luck rather than a particular technique. Nevertheless, trying to predict the stock market accurately is still an essential part of the overall investment decision process. Using different forecasting techniques and comparing the results might improve your chances of accuracy even though unexpected events may often change the market sentiment and impact your forecasting results.
Hype
Prediction
LowEstimatedHigh
27.9129.5431.17
Details
Intrinsic
Valuation
LowRealHigh
26.5333.8735.50
Details
19 Analysts
Consensus
LowTargetHigh
34.3837.7841.93
Details
Earnings
Estimates (0)
LowProjected EPSHigh
0.340.390.48
Details

Other Forecasting Options for Warner Music

For every potential investor in Warner, whether a beginner or expert, Warner Music's price movement is the inherent factor that sparks whether it is viable to invest in it or hold it better. Warner Stock price charts are filled with many 'noises.' These noises can hugely alter the decision one can make regarding investing in Warner. Basic forecasting techniques help filter out the noise by identifying Warner Music's price trends.

Warner Music Related Equities

One of the popular trading techniques among algorithmic traders is to use market-neutral strategies where every trade hedges away some risk. Because there are two separate transactions required, even if one position performs unexpectedly, the other equity can make up some of the losses. Below are some of the equities that can be combined with Warner Music stock to make a market-neutral strategy. Peer analysis of Warner Music could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing Warner Music by comparing valuation metrics with similar companies.
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Warner Music Group Technical and Predictive Analytics

The stock market is financially volatile. Despite the volatility, there exist limitless possibilities of gaining profits and building passive income portfolios. With the complexity of Warner Music's price movements, a comprehensive understanding of forecasting methods that an investor can rely on to make the right move is invaluable. These methods predict trends that assist an investor in predicting the movement of Warner Music's current price.

Warner Music Market Strength Events

Market strength indicators help investors to evaluate how Warner Music stock reacts to ongoing and evolving market conditions. The investors can use it to make informed decisions about market timing, and determine when trading Warner Music shares will generate the highest return on investment. By undertsting and applying Warner Music stock market strength indicators, traders can identify Warner Music Group entry and exit signals to maximize returns.

Warner Music Risk Indicators

The analysis of Warner Music's basic risk indicators is one of the essential steps in accurately forecasting its future price. The process involves identifying the amount of risk involved in Warner Music's investment and either accepting that risk or mitigating it. Along with some essential techniques for forecasting warner stock prices, we also provide a set of basic risk indicators that can assist in the individual investment decision or help in hedging the risk of your existing portfolios.
Please note, the risk measures we provide can be used independently or collectively to perform a risk assessment. When comparing two potential investments, we recommend comparing similar equities with homogenous growth potential and valuation from related markets to determine which investment holds the most risk.

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When determining whether Warner Music Group is a strong investment it is important to analyze Warner Music's competitive position within its industry, examining market share, product or service uniqueness, and competitive advantages. Beyond financials and market position, potential investors should also consider broader economic conditions, industry trends, and any regulatory or geopolitical factors that may impact Warner Music's future performance. For an informed investment choice regarding Warner Stock, refer to the following important reports:
Check out Historical Fundamental Analysis of Warner Music to cross-verify your projections.
You can also try the Stocks Directory module to find actively traded stocks across global markets.
Is Movies & Entertainment space expected to grow? Or is there an opportunity to expand the business' product line in the future? Factors like these will boost the valuation of Warner Music. If investors know Warner will grow in the future, the company's valuation will be higher. The financial industry is built on trying to define current growth potential and future valuation accurately. All the valuation information about Warner Music listed above have to be considered, but the key to understanding future value is determining which factors weigh more heavily than others.
Quarterly Earnings Growth
1.679
Dividend Share
0.73
Earnings Share
0.69
Revenue Per Share
12.885
Quarterly Revenue Growth
0.146
The market value of Warner Music Group is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Warner that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Warner Music's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Warner Music's true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because Warner Music's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Warner Music's underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between Warner Music's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Warner Music is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Warner Music's price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.