WBD vs Peers Stock Comparison

Warner Bros. Discovery Prices as of Oct 6, 2026 Peers: Industry group

Percentile Scorecard

WBD

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

AxisWBD
Valuation 53 #10 of 20
Growth 36 #8 of 12
Profitability 44 #6 of 10
Financial Health 46 #15 of 27
Shareholder Returns –
Overall 45
  • WBD ranked among 27 companies in Advertising and Media

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodWBDSPY
1 month +9.7% -0.8%
3 months +18.6% +3.5%
6 months +13.2% +7.0%
Year to date +7.5% +12.2%
1 year +62.4% +13.0%
3 years +201.4% +86.3%
3 years, per year +44.5% +23.1%
5 years +17.1% +68.6%
5 years, per year +3.2% +11.0%
10 years +11.3% +258.0%
10 years, per year +1.1% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureWBDSPY
Volatility, 1Y 26.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 18.6% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.50 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 2.34 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -78.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high 0.0% -1.8%
52-week high $30.98 $779.14
52-week low $17.10 $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.

MultipleWBD
P/E now vs peer median -24.6xmedian 23.5x
P/S now vs peer median 2.2xmedian 1.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 28.0xmedian 18.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 35.6xmedian 9.4x
P/B now vs peer median 2.3xmedian 0.6x
PEG now vs peer median -1.04median 0.34

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 monthsWBD
Revenue $36.12B
Gross profit $17.06B
Operating income -$1.27B
Net income -$3.15B
Free cash flow $2.18B
EPS (diluted) $-1.23
Cash & equivalents $3.37B
Total debt $32.02B
Shares (diluted) 2.58B
Enterprise value $63.36B

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
MetricWBD
P/E -24.6x
P/FCF 35.6x
P/Operating cash flow 22.7x
P/S 2.2x
P/B 2.3x
P/Tangible book 9.6x
EV/EBITDA 28.0x
EV/EBIT -83.6x
EV/Revenue 2.9x
EV/FCF 48.8x
EV/Operating cash flow 31.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -1.04

Growth

14 metrics
MetricWBD
Revenue growth (1Y) -6.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -4.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 2.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 2.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) -675.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 38.8%
Net income growth (1Y) -595.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 22.3%
EPS growth (1Y) -500.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 23.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -32.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -7.7%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -46.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -10.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricWBD
Gross margin 47.2%
EBITDA margin 10.5%
Operating margin -3.5%
Pretax margin -10.4%
Net margin -8.8%
FCF margin 6.0%
Operating cash flow margin 9.5%
Return on equity -9.3%
Return on assets -3.2%
Return on invested capital -1.6%
Return on capital employed -1.6%
Asset turnover 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -1.1x
Stock comp / revenue 2.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricWBD
Debt / assets 32.9%
Debt / equity 0.9x
Net debt / EBITDA 7.5x
Debt / FCF 14.7x
Liabilities / assets 65.0%
Equity / assets 35.0%
Interest coverage -0.6x
Current ratio 0.8x
Quick ratio 0.5x
Cash ratio 0.2x
Altman Z-score 0.82

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricWBD
Dividend yield –
Net buyback yield –
Shareholder yield 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.

ConsensusWBD
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
HoldersWBD
Held by institutions 77.8%
Institutions holding 1,319
Change in shares held, QoQ +10.9%
Institutions buying 628
Institutions selling 436
Buyers to sellers 1.44

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