Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) EBIT Margin (2009 - 2026)
Warner Bros. Discovery posted quarterly EBIT Margin of 27.76% for Q1 2026, down 2735.0% year-on-year from 1.05% in Q1 2025, and down 852.56% on a QoQ basis from 3.69% in Q4 2025.
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has 18 years of EBIT Margin data on file, last reported at 27.76% in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, EBIT Margin fell 2735.0% year-over-year to 27.76%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 4.55% (up 2101.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 1.98%, up 2749.0% from the prior year.
- EBIT Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 27.76%, down from 3.69% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, EBIT Margin topped out at 11.17% in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 105.1% in Q2 2024.
- The 5-year median for EBIT Margin is 1.89% (2025), against an average of 11.94%.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2024, when EBIT Margin plunged 9635 bps; it then surged 10321 bps in 2025.
- A 5-year view of EBIT Margin shows it stood at 17.21% in 2022, then surged by 90 bps to 1.77% in 2023, then jumped by 191 bps to 1.62% in 2024, then jumped by 128 bps to 3.69% in 2025, then sank by 853 bps to 27.76% in 2026.
- The last three EBIT Margin figures came in at 27.76% (Q1 2026), 3.69% (Q4 2025), and 6.76% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | EBIT Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netflix | 362.63 Bn | 350.34 Bn | 11.41 Bn | 32.30% |
| 2 | Walt Disney | 181.67 Bn | 188.27 Bn | 23.68 Bn | 9.16% |
| 3 | Warner Bros. Discovery | 67.91 Bn | 65.77 Bn | 4.25 Bn | -27.76% |
| 4 | Live Nation Entertainment | 39.56 Bn | 31.10 Bn | 1.31 Bn | -9.77% |
| 5 | Fox | 26.01 Bn | 22.51 Bn | - | 5.91% |
| 6 | Liberty Media | 21.20 Bn | 21.87 Bn | 298.00 Mn | 9.00% |
| 7 | Roku | 19.03 Bn | 16.65 Bn | 564.94 Mn | 4.15% |
| 8 | News | 16.98 Bn | 15.50 Bn | - | 8.65% |
| 9 | TKO Group Holdings | 16.11 Bn | 14.42 Bn | 862.52 Mn | 21.20% |
| 10 | Paramount Skydance | 12.11 Bn | 10.03 Bn | - | -92.99% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | -27.76% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 3.69% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 6.76% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -1.89% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -0.41% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 1.62% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 2.92% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -105.10% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -2.68% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -1.77% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 0.97% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -8.75% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -5.21% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -17.21% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -22.29% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -37.03% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 11.17% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 15.94% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 10.44% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 25.44% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 14.18% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 16.91% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 20.73% |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 28.22% |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 29.03% |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 24.53% |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 23.11% |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 31.58% |
| Mar 31, 2019 | 28.59% |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 25.31% |
| Sep 30, 2018 | 14.24% |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 22.85% |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 8.84% |
| Dec 31, 2017 | -44.90% |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 26.23% |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 36.10% |
| Mar 31, 2017 | 30.19% |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 31.40% |
| Sep 30, 2016 | 29.43% |
| Jun 30, 2016 | 34.31% |
| Mar 31, 2016 | 31.33% |
| Dec 31, 2015 | 26.79% |
| Sep 30, 2015 | 32.43% |
| Jun 30, 2015 | 33.68% |
| Mar 31, 2015 | 31.36% |
| Dec 31, 2014 | 28.40% |
| Sep 30, 2014 | 32.59% |
| Jun 30, 2014 | 39.75% |
| Mar 31, 2014 | 30.76% |
| Dec 31, 2013 | 33.96% |
| Sep 30, 2013 | 35.49% |
| Jun 30, 2013 | 37.42% |
| Mar 31, 2013 | 35.99% |
| Dec 31, 2012 | 40.08% |
| Sep 30, 2012 | 40.71% |
| Jun 30, 2012 | 43.34% |
| Mar 31, 2012 | 41.29% |
| Dec 31, 2011 | 38.16% |
| Sep 30, 2011 | 39.63% |
| Jun 30, 2011 | 42.46% |
| Mar 31, 2011 | 54.39% |
| Dec 31, 2010 | 38.82% |
| Sep 30, 2010 | 33.69% |
| Jun 30, 2010 | 38.63% |
| Mar 31, 2010 | 32.45% |
| Dec 31, 2009 | -29.42% |
| Sep 30, 2009 | 25.18% |
| Jun 30, 2009 | 55.16% |
| Mar 31, 2009 | 30.43% |