AERA vs WBD vs SIEB Stock Comparison

AI Era, Warner Bros. Discovery and Siebert Financial Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
AERA AI Era Corp.
$0.02 -85.7% 1M -96.0% 1Y
Market cap
$116.03K
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$10.01M
Div. yield
–
Film and Television Communication Services
2 wins
WBD Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.
$30.98 +9.7% 1M +62.4% 1Y
Market cap
$77.70B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$36.12B
Div. yield
–
Television Broadcasting Communication Services
4 wins
SIEB Siebert Financial Corp
$1.80 -18.2% 1M -46.3% 1Y
Market cap
$77.04M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$105.05M
Div. yield
–
Retail Brokerage Financial Services
3 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Warner Bros. Discovery leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Warner Bros. Discovery 4, Siebert Financial 3, AI Era 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAERAWBDSIEBLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $116.03K $77.70B $77.04M WBD
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -0.3x -24.6x -68.7x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — — — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +102.4% -6.1% +21.6% AERA
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -3.1% -8.8% -1.1% SIEB
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — -1.6% -1.1% SIEB
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.0x 7.5x -67.7x SIEB
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -96.0% +62.4% -46.3% WBD
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -81.2%/yr +3.2%/yr -10.2%/yr WBD
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 404.5% 26.7% 58.2% WBD
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 77/100 31/100 52/100 AERA

Percentile Scorecard

AERAWBDSIEB

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisAERAWBDSIEB
Valuation 91 #12 of 124 23 #42 of 54 87 #14 of 97
Growth 89 #13 of 108 25 #34 of 45 37 #43 of 68
Profitability 71 #32 of 106 36 #28 of 43 26 #50 of 67
Financial Health 59 #55 of 132 41 #37 of 62 57 #42 of 97
Shareholder Returns – – –
Overall 77 31 52
  • AERA ranked among 135 companies in Communication Services
  • WBD ranked among 62 companies in Advertising and Media
  • SIEB ranked among 112 companies in Capital Markets

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodAERAWBDSIEBSPY
1 month -85.7%+9.7%-18.2% -0.8%
3 months -96.1%+18.6%+8.4% +3.5%
6 months -98.0%+13.2%-2.2% +7.0%
Year to date -97.8%+7.5%-48.7% +12.2%
1 year -96.0%+62.4%-46.3% +13.0%
3 years -98.0%+201.4%+16.9% +86.3%
3 years, per year -72.9%+44.5%+5.3% +23.1%
5 years -100.0%+17.1%-41.6% +68.6%
5 years, per year -81.2%+3.2%-10.2% +11.0%
10 years -100.0%+11.3%+47.5% +258.0%
10 years, per year -72.1%+1.1%+4.0% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureAERAWBDSIEBSPY
Volatility, 1Y 404.5%26.7%58.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 447.6%18.6%55.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.810.500.60 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.242.34-0.79 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -100.0%-78.5%-70.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -98.7%0.0%-55.7% -1.8%
52-week high $1.52$30.98$4.06 $779.14
52-week low $0.02$17.10$1.60 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleAERAWBDSIEB
P/E now vs peer median -0.3xmedian 16.7x -24.6xmedian 18.4x -65.7xmedian 29.4x
P/S now vs peer median 0.0xmedian 1.1x 2.2xmedian 0.6x 0.7xmedian 2.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 0.0xmedian 9.6x 28.0xmedian 11.0x 197.5xmedian 13.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 0.0xmedian 9.3x 35.6xmedian 9.1x 5.2xmedian 16.0x
P/B now vs peer median 0.0xmedian 1.6x 2.3xmedian 1.6x 0.8xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median 0.00median 0.29 -1.04median 0.44 2.13median 0.52

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsAERAWBDSIEB
Revenue $10.01M $36.12B $105.05M
Gross profit – $17.06B –
Operating income $3.28M -$1.27B -$2.44M
Net income -$313.02K -$3.15B -$1.12M
Free cash flow $2.58M $2.18B $14.16M
EPS (diluted) $-0.06 $-1.23 $-0.03
Cash & equivalents $115.84K $3.37B $16.10M
Total debt $3.47M $32.02B $43.70M
Shares (diluted) 5.46M 2.58B 40.98M
Enterprise value -$534.20K $63.36B -$70.96M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricAERAWBDSIEB
P/E -0.3x -24.6x -65.7x
P/FCF 0.0x 35.6x 5.2x
P/Operating cash flow 0.0x 22.7x 4.8x
P/S 0.0x 2.2x 0.7x
P/B 0.0x 2.3x 0.8x
P/Tangible book 0.0x 9.6x 0.8x
EV/EBITDA 0.0x 28.0x 197.5x
EV/EBIT 0.1x -83.6x -22.6x
EV/Revenue 0.0x 2.9x 0.5x
EV/FCF 0.2x 48.8x 3.9x
EV/Operating cash flow 0.2x 31.1x 3.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.00 -1.04 2.13

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAERAWBDSIEB
Revenue growth (1Y) 102.4% -6.1% 21.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 65.5% -4.8% 19.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 2.6% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 2.2% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 249.5% -675.6% -121.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 44.1% 38.8% -30.3%
Net income growth (1Y) -134.8% -595.1% -111.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 54.6% 22.3% -32.3%
EPS growth (1Y) -40,365% -500.2% -111.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -164.0% 23.6% -30.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 167.3% -32.9% 236.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 57.6% -7.7% 30.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 167.3% -46.4% 281.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 57.6% -10.9% 30.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAERAWBDSIEB
Gross margin – 47.2% –
EBITDA margin 117.6% 10.5% 0.3%
Operating margin 32.8% -3.5% -2.3%
Pretax margin -3.1% -10.4% -2.3%
Net margin -3.1% -8.8% -1.1%
FCF margin 25.8% 6.0% 13.5%
Operating cash flow margin 25.8% 9.5% 14.7%
Return on equity -7.1% -9.3% -1.3%
Return on assets -3.3% -3.2% -0.1%
Return on invested capital – -1.6% -1.1%
Return on capital employed 156.1% -1.6% –
Asset turnover 1.0x 0.4x 0.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -8.3x -1.1x -13.8x
Stock comp / revenue – 2.3% 1.7%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAERAWBDSIEB
Debt / assets 4.1% 32.9% 1.1%
Debt / equity 0.2x 0.9x 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.0x 7.5x -67.7x
Debt / FCF 0.2x 14.7x 0.8x
Liabilities / assets 73.9% 65.0% 90.8%
Equity / assets 26.1% 35.0% 9.2%
Interest coverage 46.9x -0.6x -3.4x
Current ratio 0.1x 0.8x 1.1x
Quick ratio 0.1x 0.5x 0.0x
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.2x 0.0x
Altman Z-score -0.43 0.82 0.29

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAERAWBDSIEB
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield -449.1% – –
Shareholder yield -449.1% 0.0% 0.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusAERAWBDSIEB
EPS, next fiscal year – $-1.08FY2026 –
EPS growth, next FY – -472.4%FY2026 –
Revenue, next fiscal year – $34.48BFY2026 –
Revenue growth, next FY – -7.6%FY2026 –
Revenue growth, the year after – +11.6% –

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAERAWBDSIEB
Held by institutions – 77.8% 5.8%
Institutions holding – 1,319 49
Change in shares held, QoQ – +10.9% -25.5%
Institutions buying – 628 24
Institutions selling – 436 23
Buyers to sellers – 1.44 1.04

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

AERAWBDSIEB
AERA 1.00 -0.06 0.08
WBD -0.06 1.00 0.01
SIEB 0.08 0.01 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AERA, WBD and SIEB?

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) is the largest by market capitalisation: AI Era (AERA) $116.03K, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) $77.70B, Siebert Financial (SIEB) $77.04M.

Which company is growing faster?

AI Era (AERA) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: AI Era (AERA) +102.4%, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) -6.1%, Siebert Financial (SIEB) +21.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Siebert Financial (SIEB) has the highest net margin (AI Era (AERA) -3.1%, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) -8.8%, Siebert Financial (SIEB) -1.1%). On return on invested capital, Siebert Financial (SIEB) leads (Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) -1.6%, Siebert Financial (SIEB) -1.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) returned the most: AI Era (AERA) -96.0%, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) +62.4%, Siebert Financial (SIEB) -46.3%. Over five years, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) compounded fastest (AI Era (AERA) -81.2%/yr, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) +3.2%/yr, Siebert Financial (SIEB) -10.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has been the steadiest (AI Era (AERA) 404.5%, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) 26.7%, Siebert Financial (SIEB) 58.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AERA, WBD and SIEB?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) leads on 4. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.