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

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

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

Warner Bros. Discovery's Cost of Revenue history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $4.6 billion for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Cost of Revenue fell 9.51% year-over-year to $4.6 billion in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $20.4 billion (down 7.47% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $20.9 billion, down 9.08% from the prior year.
  • Cost of Revenue was $4.6 billion for Q1 2026 at Warner Bros. Discovery, 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.
  • A 5-year average of $5.5 billion and a median of $5.6 billion in 2022 frame the typical range for Cost of Revenue.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Cost of Revenue jumped 551.73% — and 2025, when it fell 15.3%.
  • Warner Bros. Discovery's Cost of Revenue stood at $7.0 billion in 2022, then declined by 15.21% to $5.9 billion in 2023, then fell by 6.26% to $5.5 billion in 2024, then declined by 5.5% to $5.2 billion in 2025, then fell by 11.1% to $4.6 billion in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows WBD's Cost of Revenue at $4.6 billion in Q1 2026, $5.2 billion in Q4 2025, and $4.6 billion in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Cost of Rev (Qtr)
1 Netflix 295.51 Bn 286.39 Bn 6.52 Bn 6.04 Bn
2 Walt Disney 170.79 Bn 165.11 Bn 10.75 Bn 14.42 Bn
3 Warner Bros. Discovery 63.06 Bn 59.80 Bn 4.25 Bn 4.64 Bn
4 Live Nation Entertainment 41.67 Bn 32.60 Bn 1.31 Bn 2.48 Bn
5 Liberty Media 30.19 Bn 28.86 Bn 298.00 Mn 413.00 Mn
6 Fox 21.54 Bn 17.94 Bn - -
7 TKO Group Holdings 21.23 Bn 19.51 Bn 862.52 Mn 734.36 Mn
8 Roku 21.08 Bn 18.70 Bn 564.94 Mn 683.94 Mn
9 News 17.12 Bn 14.95 Bn - -
10 Sirius Xm Holdings 10.51 Bn 10.43 Bn 2.09 Bn 2.00 Mn

Historic Data

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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