Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) Change in Acquisitions & Divestments (2016 - 2026)
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) posted Change in Acquisitions & Divestments of $25 million for Q1 2026, up 78.6% from $14 million a year earlier and up 733.3% from the prior quarter.
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Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) Change in Acquisitions & Divestments (2016 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Warner Bros. Discovery's Change in Acquisitions & Divestments came in at $100 million, down 8.3% from FY2024.
- Annual Change in Acquisitions & Divestments has declined for four consecutive years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of -11.2% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Warner Bros. Discovery's Change in Acquisitions & Divestments was $109 million in FY2024 (-2.7%), $112 million in FY2023 (-33.3%), $168 million in FY2022 (-8.7%) and $184 million in FY2021 (+1.7%).
- Quarterly Change in Acquisitions & Divestments has run from a low of $3 million in Q4 2025 to a high of $71 million in Q3 2025 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Change in Acquisitions & Divestments increased in two of the last eight quarters, with an average decline of 13.6%.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Change in Acquisitions & Divestments in the past five years was Q1 2024, with growth of 307.7%; the weakest was Q4 2024, with a decline of 76.2%.
- According to Business Quant data, Change in Acquisitions & Divestments for the three prior quarters was $3 million (Q4 2025), $71 million (Q3 2025) and $12 million (Q2 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warner Bros. Discovery | 77.70 Bn | 63.36 Bn | 4.10 Bn |
| 2 | Fox | 28.70 Bn | 14.61 Bn | - |
| 3 | Omnicom | 22.56 Bn | 4.63 Bn | 1.36 Bn |
| 4 | News | 17.11 Bn | 9.30 Bn | - |
| 5 | Pearson | 11.61 Bn | 8.74 Bn | - |
| 6 | New York Times | 11.17 Bn | 8.65 Bn | 394.61 Mn |
| 7 | Sirius Xm Holdings | 9.31 Bn | 8.89 Bn | 1.44 Bn |
| 8 | Skydance | 7.66 Bn | 5.58 Bn | - |
| 9 | Wpp | 5.73 Bn | -6.07 Bn | - |
| 10 | Nexstar Media | 5.16 Bn | 3.96 Bn | 1.06 Bn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | -25.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -3.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -71.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -12.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -14.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -5.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -36.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -15.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -53.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -21.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -46.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -32.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -13.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -31.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -28.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -67.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -42.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -47.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -32.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2021 | -50.00 Mn |
API Access
Warner Bros. Discovery Change in Acquisitions & Divestments API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=change-in-acquisitions-and-divestments&ticker=WBD&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "change-in-acquisitions-and-divestments", "ticker": "WBD", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=change-in-acquisitions-and-divestments&ticker=WBD&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();