Growth Metrics

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Warner Bros. Discovery posted quarterly Debt Ratio of 0.33 for Q1 2026, down 9.85% year-on-year from 0.37 in Q1 2025, and up 1.98% on a QoQ basis from 0.33 in Q4 2025.

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has 18 years of Debt Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.33 in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Debt Ratio fell 9.85% year-over-year to 0.33; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.33 (down 9.85% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.33, down 13.88% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio for Q1 2026 stood at 0.33, up from 0.33 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Debt Ratio topped out at 0.43 in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 0.33 in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Debt Ratio is 0.37 (2022), against an average of 0.36.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Debt Ratio declined 15.22%; it then gained 6.21% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Debt Ratio shows it stood at 0.37 in 2022, then slipped by 2.71% to 0.36 in 2023, then advanced by 6.21% to 0.38 in 2024, then dropped by 13.88% to 0.33 in 2025, then grew by 1.98% to 0.33 in 2026.
  • The last three Debt Ratio figures came in at 0.33 (Q1 2026), 0.33 (Q4 2025), and 0.33 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 Netflix 362.63 Bn 350.34 Bn 11.41 Bn 0.24
2 Walt Disney 181.67 Bn 188.27 Bn 23.68 Bn 0.23
3 Warner Bros. Discovery 67.91 Bn 65.77 Bn 4.25 Bn 0.33
4 Live Nation Entertainment 39.56 Bn 31.10 Bn 1.31 Bn 0.33
5 Fox 26.01 Bn 22.51 Bn - 0.30
6 Liberty Media 21.20 Bn 21.87 Bn 298.00 Mn 0.32
7 Roku 19.03 Bn 16.65 Bn 564.94 Mn -
8 News 16.98 Bn 15.50 Bn - 0.13
9 TKO Group Holdings 16.11 Bn 14.42 Bn 862.52 Mn 0.29
10 Paramount Skydance 12.11 Bn 10.03 Bn - 0.32

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.33
Dec 31, 2025 0.33
Sep 30, 2025 0.33
Jun 30, 2025 0.34
Mar 31, 2025 0.37
Dec 31, 2024 0.38
Sep 30, 2024 0.38
Jun 30, 2024 0.38
Mar 31, 2024 0.36
Dec 31, 2023 0.36
Sep 30, 2023 0.36
Jun 30, 2023 0.37
Mar 31, 2023 0.37
Dec 31, 2022 0.37
Sep 30, 2022 0.37
Jun 30, 2022 0.37
Mar 31, 2022 0.43
Dec 31, 2021 0.43
Sep 30, 2021 0.43
Jun 30, 2021 0.44
Mar 31, 2021 0.45
Dec 31, 2020 0.45
Sep 30, 2020 0.46
Jun 30, 2020 0.46
Mar 31, 2020 0.48
Dec 31, 2019 0.46
Sep 30, 2019 0.47
Jun 30, 2019 0.49
Mar 31, 2019 0.50
Dec 31, 2018 0.52
Sep 30, 2018 0.53
Jun 30, 2018 0.55
Mar 31, 2018 0.56
Dec 31, 2017 0.66
Sep 30, 2017 0.64
Jun 30, 2017 0.51
Mar 31, 2017 0.51
Dec 31, 2016 0.51
Sep 30, 2016 0.50
Jun 30, 2016 0.51
Mar 31, 2016 0.50
Dec 31, 2015 0.49
Sep 30, 2015 0.44
Jun 30, 2015 0.46
Mar 31, 2015 0.47
Dec 31, 2014 0.45
Sep 30, 2014 0.44
Jun 30, 2014 0.44
Mar 31, 2014 0.45
Dec 31, 2013 0.43
Sep 30, 2013 0.44
Jun 30, 2013 0.44
Mar 31, 2013 0.45
Dec 31, 2012 0.41
Sep 30, 2012 0.41
Jun 30, 2012 0.41
Mar 31, 2012 0.36
Dec 31, 2011 0.36
Sep 30, 2011 0.36
Jun 30, 2011 0.36
Mar 31, 2011 0.33
Dec 31, 2010 0.33
Mar 31, 2010 0.32
Dec 31, 2009 0.32
Sep 30, 2009 0.33
Jun 30, 2009 0.32