Warner Music Group Corp.
US ˙ NasdaqGS ˙ US9345502036

SecurityWMG / Warner Music Group Corp.
InstitutionCitadel Advisors Llc
ManagerKen Griffin
Latest Disclosed Ownership3,074,369 shares
Latest Disclosed Value $ 78,519,384
Citadel Advisors Llc ownership in WMG / Warner Music Group Corp.

On May 15, 2026 - Citadel Advisors Llc filed a 13F-HR form disclosing ownership of 3,074,369 shares of Warner Music Group Corp. (US:WMG) valued at $78,519,384 USD as of March 31, 2026. The entity filed a previous 13F-HR on February 17, 2026 disclosing 2,393,859 shares of Warner Music Group Corp.. This represents a change in shares of 28.43% during the quarter. The current value of the position is $92,015,864 USD.

Citadel Advisors Llc has a history of taking positions in derivatives of the underlying security (WMG) in the form of stock options. The firm currently holds call options representing 455,300 of underlying shares valued at $11,628,362 USD and put options representing 8,200 of underlying shares valued at $209,428 USD .

Note: prior versions of this page mistakenly stated that the share values represented the number of options, not the number of underlying shares. For more information on the data backing these reports, please see the SEC document Frequently Asked Questions About Form 13F.

Institutional Ownership: 13F and NPORT Filings

The Security and Class in the table below are shown exactly as filed by the investor. We do our best to track continuity of investments through acquisitions, and this will be reflected in the table as changes in names. In addition to descriptive data, performance of the investment is shown over time. To calculate quarterly performance, we first calculate cost basis of the shares purchased during the quarter, then use that to calculate gross profit. Quarterly return is Gross Profit / Starting Portfolio value.

Note that cost basis is calculated and stored in thousands, so small quarterly changes in shares frequently result in a cost basis of zero.

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In addition to reporting standard equity and debt issues, institutions with more than 100MM assets under management must also disclose their put and call option holdings. Since put options generally indicate negative sentiment, and call options indicate positive sentiment, we can get a sense of the overall institutional sentiment by plotting the ratio of puts to calls. The chart to the right plots the historical put/call ratio for this instrument.

Using Put/Call Ratio as an indicator of investor sentiment overcomes one of the key deficiencies of using total institutional ownership, which is that a significant amount of assets under management are invested passively to track indices. Passively-managed funds do not typically buy options, so the put/call ratio indicator more closely tracks the sentiment of actively-managed funds.

WMG / Warner Music Group Corp. Historical Put/Call Ratio
Disclosed Equity Positions (from 13F/NPORT Filings)
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Avg Price
Paid (Est)
Reported
Shares
ΔShares ΔShares
(%)
Reported
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Alloc
(%)
ΔAlloc ΔAlloc (%) Cost Basis
(x1000)
Unrealized
Gain/Loss
(x1000)
2026-05-15 2026-03-31 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP COM CL A 934550203 3,074,369 680,510 28.43 78,519 6.95 0.0112
2026-02-17 2025-12-31 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP COM CL A 934550203 2,393,859 1,237,838 107.08 73,420 86.47 0.0110
2025-11-14 2025-09-30 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP COM CL A 934550203 1,156,021 -934,586 -44.70 39,374 -30.86 0.0060
2025-08-14 2025-06-30 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP COM CL A 934550203 2,090,607 2,016,893 2,736.11 56,948 2,365.28 0.0099
2025-05-15 2025-03-31 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP COM CL A 934550203 73,714 -283,797 -79.38 2,311 -79.16 0.0004
2025-02-14 2024-12-31 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP COM CL A 934550203 357,511 357,370 253,453.90 11,083 276,950.00 0.0019
2024-11-14 2024-09-30 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP COM CL A 934550203 141 141 4 0.0000
2024-08-14 2024-06-30 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP COM CL A 934550203 0 -3,927,108 -100.00 0 -100.00
2024-05-15 2024-03-31 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP COM CL A 934550203 3,927,108 -93,431 -2.32 129,673 -9.88 0.0250
2024-02-14 2023-12-31 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP COM CL A 934550203 4,020,539 172,762 4.49 143,895 19.10 0.0288
2023-11-14 2023-09-30 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP COM CL A 934550203 3,847,777 187,652 5.13 120,820 26.52 0.0259
2023-08-14 2023-06-30 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP COM CL A 934550203 3,660,125 3,466,554 1,790.84 95,493 1,378.43 0.0197
2023-05-15 2023-03-31 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP COM CL A 934550203 193,571 -1,572,479 -89.04 6,459 -89.56 0.0014
2023-02-14 2022-12-31 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP COM CL A 934550203 1,766,050 1,732,786 5,209.19 61,847 7,911.27 0.0144
2022-11-14 2022-09-30 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP COM CL A 934550203 33,264 -696,878 -95.44 772 -95.66 0.0002
2022-08-15 2022-06-30 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP COM CL A 934550203 730,142 87,013 13.53 17,786 -26.94 0.0046
2022-05-16 2022-03-31 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP COM CL A 934550203 643,129 345,450 116.05 24,343 89.38 0.0050
2022-02-14 2021-12-31 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP COM CL A 934550203 297,679 149,723 101.19 12,854 103.26 0.0026
2021-11-15 2021-09-30 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP Cmn 934550203 147,956 -491,260 -76.85 6,324 -72.55 0.0013
2021-08-16 2021-06-30 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP COM CL A 934550203 639,216 -205,540 -24.33 23,038 -20.56 0.0052
2021-05-21 2021-03-31 13F/A-1 WARNER MUSIC GROUP COM CL A 934550203 844,756 213,135 33.74 29,001 20.86 0.0071
2021-05-17 2021-03-31 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP COM CL A 934550203 844,756 213,135 29,001 0.0071
2021-02-16 2020-12-31 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP COM CL A 934550203 631,621 631,621 23,995 0.0062
2020-11-16 2020-09-30 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP Cmn 934550203 0 -440,672 -100.00 0 -100.00
2020-08-14 2020-06-30 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP Cmn 934550203 440,672 440,672 12,999 0.0046
Disclosed Call Options
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Opt Avg Share
Price
Shares ΔShares
(%)
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Prior Allocation
(%)
Allocation
(%)
ΔAllocation
(%)
Cost Basis
(x1000)
Profit
(x1000)
Return
(%)
2026-05-15 2026-03-31 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP COM CL A Call 455,300 50.71 11,628 25.50 n/a n/a n/a
2026-02-17 2025-12-31 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP COM CL A Call 302,100 -40.67 9,265 -46.58 n/a n/a n/a
2025-11-14 2025-09-30 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP COM CL A Call 509,200 72.20 17,343 115.33 n/a n/a n/a
2025-08-14 2025-06-30 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP COM CL A Call 295,700 -7.54 8,055 -19.66 n/a n/a n/a
2025-05-15 2025-03-31 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP COM CL A Call 319,800 52.65 10,026 54.37 n/a n/a n/a
2025-02-14 2024-12-31 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP COM CL A Call 209,500 -34.59 6,494 -35.22 n/a n/a n/a
2024-11-14 2024-09-30 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP COM CL A Call 320,300 78.14 10,025 81.94 n/a n/a n/a
2024-08-14 2024-06-30 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP COM CL A Call 179,800 46.78 5,511 36.25 n/a n/a n/a
2024-05-15 2024-03-31 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP COM CL A Call 122,500 -74.32 4,045 -76.31 n/a n/a n/a
2024-02-14 2023-12-31 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP COM CL A Call 477,000 55.32 17,072 77.05 n/a n/a n/a
2023-11-14 2023-09-30 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP COM CL A Call 307,100 4.07 9,643 25.24 n/a n/a n/a
2023-08-14 2023-06-30 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP COM CL A Call 295,100 -25.59 7,699 -41.82 n/a n/a n/a
2023-05-15 2023-03-31 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP COM CL A Call 396,600 43.85 13,235 37.07 n/a n/a n/a
2023-02-14 2022-12-31 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP COM CL A Call 275,700 38.68 9,655 109.25 n/a n/a n/a
2022-11-14 2022-09-30 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP COM CL A Call 198,800 -25.52 4,614 -29.04 n/a n/a n/a
2022-08-15 2022-06-30 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP COM CL A Call 266,900 32.85 6,502 -14.49 n/a n/a n/a
2022-05-16 2022-03-31 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP COM CL A Call 200,900 33.31 7,604 16.86 n/a n/a n/a
2022-02-14 2021-12-31 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP COM CL A Call 150,700 -54.69 6,507 -54.22 n/a n/a n/a
2021-11-15 2021-09-30 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP Cmn Call 332,600 52.43 14,215 80.76 n/a n/a n/a
2021-08-16 2021-06-30 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP COM CL A Call 218,200 481.87 7,864 511.03 n/a n/a n/a
2021-05-21 2021-03-31 13F/A WARNER MUSIC GROUP COM CL A Call 37,500 7.76 1,287 -2.65 n/a n/a n/a
2021-05-17 2021-03-31 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP COM CL A Call 37,500 1,287 n/a n/a n/a
2021-02-16 2020-12-31 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP COM CL A Call 34,800 -47.59 1,322 -30.71 n/a n/a n/a
2020-11-16 2020-09-30 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP COM CL A Call 66,400 52.64 1,908 48.71 n/a n/a n/a
2020-08-14 2020-06-30 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP Cmn Call 43,500 1,283 n/a n/a n/a
Disclosed Put Options
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Opt Avg Share Price Shares ΔShares
(%)
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Prior Allocation
(%)
Allocation
(%)
ΔAllocation
(%)
Cost Basis
(x1000)
Profit
(x1000)
Return
(%)
2026-05-15 2026-03-31 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP COM CL A Put 8,200 -47.10 209 -56.00 n/a n/a n/a
2026-02-17 2025-12-31 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP COM CL A Put 15,500 -32.31 475 -39.02 n/a n/a n/a
2025-11-14 2025-09-30 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP COM CL A Put 22,900 70.90 780 113.42 n/a n/a n/a
2025-08-14 2025-06-30 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP COM CL A Put 13,400 -45.08 365 -52.23 n/a n/a n/a
2025-05-15 2025-03-31 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP COM CL A Put 24,400 159.57 765 162.54 n/a n/a n/a
2025-02-14 2024-12-31 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP COM CL A Put 9,400 -79.70 291 -79.92 n/a n/a n/a
2024-11-14 2024-09-30 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP COM CL A Put 46,300 -68.93 1,449 -68.27 n/a n/a n/a
2024-08-14 2024-06-30 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP COM CL A Put 149,000 234.08 4,567 210.19 n/a n/a n/a
2024-05-15 2024-03-31 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP COM CL A Put 44,600 -74.01 1,473 -76.03 n/a n/a n/a
2024-02-14 2023-12-31 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP COM CL A Put 171,600 -20.59 6,142 -9.49 n/a n/a n/a
2023-11-14 2023-09-30 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP COM CL A Put 216,100 350.21 6,786 441.93 n/a n/a n/a
2023-08-14 2023-06-30 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP COM CL A Put 48,000 -70.61 1,252 -77.02 n/a n/a n/a
2023-05-15 2023-03-31 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP COM CL A Put 163,300 10.04 5,449 4.87 n/a n/a n/a
2023-02-14 2022-12-31 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP COM CL A Put 148,400 102.73 5,197 205.83 n/a n/a n/a
2022-11-14 2022-09-30 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP COM CL A Put 73,200 -26.65 1,699 -30.11 n/a n/a n/a
2022-08-15 2022-06-30 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP COM CL A Put 99,800 91.19 2,431 23.03 n/a n/a n/a
2022-05-16 2022-03-31 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP COM CL A Put 52,200 245.70 1,976 203.07 n/a n/a n/a
2022-02-14 2021-12-31 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP COM CL A Put 15,100 -75.53 652 -75.27 n/a n/a n/a
2021-11-15 2021-09-30 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP Cmn Put 61,700 52.35 2,637 80.62 n/a n/a n/a
2021-08-16 2021-06-30 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP COM CL A Put 40,500 48.90 1,460 56.32 n/a n/a n/a
2021-05-21 2021-03-31 13F/A WARNER MUSIC GROUP COM CL A Put 27,200 0.74 934 -8.97 n/a n/a n/a
2021-05-17 2021-03-31 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP COM CL A Put 27,200 934 n/a n/a n/a
2021-02-16 2020-12-31 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP COM CL A Put 27,000 7.57 1,026 42.30 n/a n/a n/a
2020-11-16 2020-09-30 13F WARNER MUSIC GROUP COM CL A Put 25,100 721 n/a n/a n/a
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Shares
The total number of shares held by the institution at the end of the reporting period (the effective date). This is provided in the filing.
Value
The total value of the shares as of the effective date. This is provided in the filing.
Avg. Share Price
The weighted average share price of the shares held by the institution. We use FIFO accounting to determine this price
Class
This is the security class as indicated by the filer. There are a variety of values for this field. Common values include "EC" = equity common, "EP" - equity preferred
Allocation (%)
The percent of the institution's portfolio that this position represents. This is provided in NPORT filings. For 13F filings, we calculate it.
Change in Allocation
The change in allocation from the prior reporting period. This is calculated as current allocation - prior allocation.
Change in Allocation (%)
The percent change in allocation from the prior reporting period. This is calculated as (current allocation - prior allocation) / prior allocation.
Cost Basis
The total cost of the shares held. This is calculated as reported shares * avg. share price
Unrealized Gain/Loss
This is the market value of the position as of the effective date minus the cost basis.