Growth Metrics

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

Warner Bros. Discovery posted quarterly FCF Margin of 5.35% for Q1 2026, down 872.0% year-on-year from 0.69% in Q1 2025, and down 136.61% on a QoQ basis from 14.62% in Q4 2025.

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has 18 years of FCF Margin data on file, last reported at 5.35% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, FCF Margin fell 872.0% year-over-year to 5.35%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 6.21% (down 511.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 8.28%, down 298.0% from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 5.35%, down from 14.62% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Margin topped out at 32.19% in Q4 2023 and bottomed at 8.69% in Q1 2023.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 7.75% (2025), against an average of 9.95%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when FCF Margin slumped 2434 bps; it then surged 2259 bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 22.55% in 2022, then surged by 43 bps to 32.19% in 2023, then decreased by 25 bps to 24.22% in 2024, then slumped by 40 bps to 14.62% in 2025, then slumped by 137 bps to 5.35% in 2026.
  • The last three FCF Margin figures came in at 5.35% (Q1 2026), 14.62% (Q4 2025), and 7.75% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Margin (Qtr)
1 Netflix 362.63 Bn 350.34 Bn 11.41 Bn 41.59%
2 Walt Disney 181.67 Bn 188.27 Bn 23.68 Bn 19.63%
3 Warner Bros. Discovery 67.91 Bn 65.77 Bn 4.25 Bn -5.35%
4 Live Nation Entertainment 39.56 Bn 31.10 Bn 1.31 Bn 53.52%
5 Fox 26.01 Bn 22.51 Bn - 44.24%
6 Liberty Media 21.20 Bn 21.87 Bn 298.00 Mn 47.40%
7 Roku 19.03 Bn 16.65 Bn 564.94 Mn 15.91%
8 News 16.98 Bn 15.50 Bn - 18.26%
9 TKO Group Holdings 16.11 Bn 14.42 Bn 862.52 Mn 42.24%
10 Paramount Skydance 12.11 Bn 10.03 Bn - 22.70%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -5.35%
Dec 31, 2025 14.62%
Sep 30, 2025 7.75%
Jun 30, 2025 7.15%
Mar 31, 2025 3.36%
Dec 31, 2024 24.22%
Sep 30, 2024 6.57%
Jun 30, 2024 10.05%
Mar 31, 2024 3.92%
Dec 31, 2023 32.19%
Sep 30, 2023 20.63%
Jun 30, 2023 16.62%
Mar 31, 2023 -8.69%
Dec 31, 2022 22.55%
Sep 30, 2022 -1.95%
Jun 30, 2022 8.03%
Mar 31, 2022 7.53%
Dec 31, 2021 24.60%
Sep 30, 2021 22.38%
Jun 30, 2021 24.72%
Mar 31, 2021 6.41%
Dec 31, 2020 15.28%
Sep 30, 2020 30.73%
Jun 30, 2020 34.59%
Mar 31, 2020 8.57%
Dec 31, 2019 39.39%
Sep 30, 2019 33.01%
Jun 30, 2019 20.66%
Mar 31, 2019 18.40%
Dec 31, 2018 31.61%
Sep 30, 2018 34.99%
Jun 30, 2018 18.35%
Mar 31, 2018 4.85%
Dec 31, 2017 23.07%
Sep 30, 2017 42.34%
Jun 30, 2017 9.00%
Mar 31, 2017 12.90%
Dec 31, 2016 31.52%
Sep 30, 2016 26.86%
Jun 30, 2016 17.56%
Mar 31, 2016 3.01%
Dec 31, 2015 37.36%
Sep 30, 2015 15.03%
Jun 30, 2015 18.92%
Mar 31, 2015 1.89%
Dec 31, 2014 23.27%
Sep 30, 2014 25.06%
Jun 30, 2014 11.24%
Mar 31, 2014 16.58%
Dec 31, 2013 20.56%
Sep 30, 2013 31.85%
Jun 30, 2013 21.20%
Mar 31, 2013 9.08%
Dec 31, 2012 25.33%
Sep 30, 2012 32.81%
Jun 30, 2012 12.26%
Mar 31, 2012 20.92%
Dec 31, 2011 33.27%
Sep 30, 2011 29.07%
Jun 30, 2011 18.89%
Mar 31, 2011 22.06%
Dec 31, 2010 20.00%
Sep 30, 2010 37.37%
Jun 30, 2010 -4.57%
Mar 31, 2010 13.12%
Dec 31, 2009 -21.69%
Sep 30, 2009 4.45%
Jun 30, 2009 19.64%
Mar 31, 2009 16.20%