Growth Metrics

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) Cost of Revenue (2009 - 2026)

Warner Bros. Discovery posted quarterly Cost of Revenue of $4.6 billion for Q1 2026, down 9.51% year-on-year from $5.1 billion in Q1 2025, and down 11.1% on a QoQ basis from $5.2 billion in Q4 2025.

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has 18 years of Cost of Revenue data on file, last reported at $4.6 billion in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Cost of Revenue fell 9.51% year-over-year to $4.6 billion; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $20.4 billion (down 7.47% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $20.9 billion, down 9.08% from the prior year.
  • Cost of Revenue for Q1 2026 stood at $4.6 billion, down from $5.2 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Cost of Revenue topped out at $7.0 billion in Q4 2022 and bottomed at $1.2 billion in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Cost of Revenue is $5.6 billion (2022), against an average of $5.5 billion.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Cost of Revenue jumped 551.73%; it then slipped 15.3% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Cost of Revenue shows it stood at $7.0 billion in 2022, then dropped by 15.21% to $5.9 billion in 2023, then declined by 6.26% to $5.5 billion in 2024, then dropped by 5.5% to $5.2 billion in 2025, then declined by 11.1% to $4.6 billion in 2026.
  • The last three Cost of Revenue figures came in at $4.6 billion (Q1 2026), $5.2 billion (Q4 2025), and $4.6 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Cost of Rev (Qtr)
1 Netflix 362.63 Bn 350.34 Bn 11.41 Bn 842.22 Mn
2 Walt Disney 181.67 Bn 188.27 Bn 23.68 Bn 1.48 Bn
3 Warner Bros. Discovery 67.91 Bn 65.77 Bn 4.25 Bn 4.64 Bn
4 Live Nation Entertainment 39.56 Bn 31.10 Bn 1.31 Bn 2.48 Bn
5 Fox 26.01 Bn 22.51 Bn - -
6 Liberty Media 21.20 Bn 21.87 Bn 298.00 Mn 413.00 Mn
7 Roku 19.03 Bn 16.65 Bn 564.94 Mn 221.22 Mn
8 News 16.98 Bn 15.50 Bn - -
9 TKO Group Holdings 16.11 Bn 14.42 Bn 862.52 Mn 734.36 Mn
10 Paramount Skydance 12.11 Bn 10.03 Bn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 4.64 Bn
Mar 31, 2026 4.64 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 5.22 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 5.22 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 4.56 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 4.56 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 5.97 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 5.97 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 5.13 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 5.13 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 5.53 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 5.53 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 5.18 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 5.18 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 6.20 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 6.20 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 6.06 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 6.06 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 5.90 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 5.90 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 5.31 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 5.31 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 6.64 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 6.64 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 6.69 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 6.69 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 6.95 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 6.95 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 5.63 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 5.63 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 6.63 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 6.63 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 1.24 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 1.24 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 1.07 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 1.07 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 1.53 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 1.53 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 1.06 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 1.06 Bn
Mar 31, 2021 969.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 969.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 1.13 Bn
Dec 31, 2020 1.13 Bn
Sep 30, 2020 1.00 Bn
Sep 30, 2020 1.00 Bn
Jun 30, 2020 810.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2020 810.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2020 918.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2020 918.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 1.04 Bn
Dec 31, 2019 1.04 Bn
Sep 30, 2019 914.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2019 914.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2019 938.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2019 938.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2019 930.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2019 930.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2018 946.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2018 946.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2018 934.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2018 934.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2018 995.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2018 995.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2018 1.06 Bn
Mar 31, 2018 1.06 Bn
Dec 31, 2017 745.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 745.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2017 670.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2017 670.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2017 634.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2017 634.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2017 607.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2017 607.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 645.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 645.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2016 592.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2016 592.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2016 603.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2016 603.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2016 592.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2016 592.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2015 640.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2015 640.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2015 574.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2015 574.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2015 564.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2015 564.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2015 565.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2015 565.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2014 598.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2014 598.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2014 529.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2014 529.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2014 515.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2014 515.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2014 482.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2014 482.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2013 475.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2013 475.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2013 435.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2013 435.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2013 437.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2013 437.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2013 342.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2013 342.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2012 328.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2012 328.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2012 296.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2012 296.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2012 298.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2012 298.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2012 296.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2012 296.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2011 330.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2011 330.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2011 328.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2011 328.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2011 288.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2011 288.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2011 273.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2011 273.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2010 291.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2010 291.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2010 261.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2010 261.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2010 254.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2010 254.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2010 267.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2010 267.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2009 277.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2009 277.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2009 257.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2009 257.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2009 257.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2009 257.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2009 252.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2009 252.00 Mn