Growth Metrics

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) EBT Margin (2009 - 2026)

Warner Bros. Discovery posted quarterly EBT Margin of 35.08% for Q1 2026, down 3025.0% year-on-year from 1.2% in Q1 2025, and down 713.46% on a QoQ basis from 4.31% in Q4 2025.

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has 18 years of EBT Margin data on file, last reported at 35.08% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, EBT Margin fell 3025.0% year-over-year to 35.08%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 2.81% (up 2588.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 4.39%, up 3336.0% from the prior year.
  • EBT Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 35.08%, down from 4.31% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, EBT Margin topped out at 25.01% in Q2 2025 and bottomed at 103.32% in Q2 2024.
  • The 5-year median for EBT Margin is 5.96% (2023), against an average of 14.52%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2024, when EBT Margin slumped 8903 bps; it then soared 12833 bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of EBT Margin shows it stood at 23.08% in 2022, then soared by 74 bps to 5.96% in 2023, then jumped by 40 bps to 3.55% in 2024, then decreased by 21 bps to 4.31% in 2025, then slumped by 713 bps to 35.08% in 2026.
  • The last three EBT Margin figures came in at 35.08% (Q1 2026), 4.31% (Q4 2025), and 0.3% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBT Margin (Qtr)
1 Netflix 362.63 Bn 350.34 Bn 11.41 Bn 53.45%
2 Walt Disney 181.67 Bn 188.27 Bn 23.68 Bn 13.38%
3 Warner Bros. Discovery 67.91 Bn 65.77 Bn 4.25 Bn -35.08%
4 Live Nation Entertainment 39.56 Bn 31.10 Bn 1.31 Bn -10.86%
5 Fox 26.01 Bn 22.51 Bn - 5.91%
6 Liberty Media 21.20 Bn 21.87 Bn 298.00 Mn 8.16%
7 Roku 19.03 Bn 16.65 Bn 564.94 Mn 7.10%
8 News 16.98 Bn 15.50 Bn - 8.65%
9 TKO Group Holdings 16.11 Bn 14.42 Bn 862.52 Mn 17.67%
10 Paramount Skydance 12.11 Bn 10.03 Bn - -97.49%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -35.08%
Dec 31, 2025 -4.31%
Sep 30, 2025 0.30%
Jun 30, 2025 25.01%
Mar 31, 2025 -4.83%
Dec 31, 2024 -3.55%
Sep 30, 2024 -1.85%
Jun 30, 2024 -103.32%
Mar 31, 2024 -8.22%
Dec 31, 2023 -5.96%
Sep 30, 2023 -5.33%
Jun 30, 2023 -14.29%
Mar 31, 2023 -11.57%
Dec 31, 2022 -23.08%
Sep 30, 2022 -29.02%
Jun 30, 2022 -43.19%
Mar 31, 2022 21.40%
Dec 31, 2021 5.74%
Sep 30, 2021 7.40%
Jun 30, 2021 23.51%
Mar 31, 2021 10.64%
Dec 31, 2020 14.41%
Sep 30, 2020 12.46%
Jun 30, 2020 17.95%
Mar 31, 2020 20.01%
Dec 31, 2019 19.59%
Sep 30, 2019 16.58%
Jun 30, 2019 24.82%
Mar 31, 2019 21.09%
Dec 31, 2018 17.59%
Sep 30, 2018 6.87%
Jun 30, 2018 12.90%
Mar 31, 2018 -0.74%
Dec 31, 2017 -56.33%
Sep 30, 2017 9.93%
Jun 30, 2017 27.11%
Mar 31, 2017 17.11%
Dec 31, 2016 27.51%
Sep 30, 2016 20.63%
Jun 30, 2016 29.86%
Mar 31, 2016 24.34%
Dec 31, 2015 20.84%
Sep 30, 2015 26.53%
Jun 30, 2015 25.88%
Mar 31, 2015 24.40%
Dec 31, 2014 21.72%
Sep 30, 2014 28.19%
Jun 30, 2014 36.77%
Mar 31, 2014 24.73%
Dec 31, 2013 29.86%
Sep 30, 2013 30.47%
Jun 30, 2013 32.79%
Mar 31, 2013 32.61%
Dec 31, 2012 33.75%
Sep 30, 2012 32.43%
Jun 30, 2012 37.39%
Mar 31, 2012 31.61%
Dec 31, 2011 31.28%
Sep 30, 2011 33.98%
Jun 30, 2011 37.98%
Mar 31, 2011 48.29%
Dec 31, 2010 32.91%
Sep 30, 2010 26.67%
Jun 30, 2010 15.68%
Mar 31, 2010 25.32%
Dec 31, 2009 -21.78%
Sep 30, 2009 18.15%
Jun 30, 2009 50.62%
Mar 31, 2009 23.68%