Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Warner Bros. Discovery's FCF Payout Ratio history runs 15 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.27 for Q1 2026.

• Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio fell 152.13% year-over-year to 0.27 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.07 (up 45.15% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.06, up 47.08% from the prior year.
• FCF Payout Ratio was 0.27 for Q1 2026 at Warner Bros. Discovery, down from 0.01 in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 0.94 in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 0.27 in Q1 2026.
• A 5-year average of 0.08 and a median of 0.02 in 2024 frame the typical range for FCF Payout Ratio.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — FCF Payout Ratio plunged 548.78% — and 2024, when it jumped 230.8%.
• Warner Bros. Discovery's FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.01 in 2022, then climbed by 1.77% to 0.01 in 2023, then soared by 50.61% to 0.01 in 2024, then declined by 16.37% to 0.01 in 2025, then plunged by 3848.05% to 0.27 in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows WBD's FCF Payout Ratio at 0.27 in Q1 2026, 0.01 in Q4 2025, and 0.02 in Q3 2025.