Growth Metrics

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2026)

Warner Bros. Discovery filings provide 13 years of FCF Payout Ratio readings, the most recent being 0.01 for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, FCF Payout Ratio fell 16.37% to 0.01 in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.06, a 47.08% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.06, up 47.08% from a year prior.
  • FCF Payout Ratio hit 0.01 in Q4 2025 for Warner Bros. Discovery, down from 0.02 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 1.02 in Q1 2021 to a low of 0.25 in Q1 2023.
  • Median FCF Payout Ratio over the past 5 years was 0.02 (2025), compared with a mean of 0.14.
  • Biggest five-year swings in FCF Payout Ratio: plummeted 548.78% in 2022 and later soared 230.8% in 2024.
  • Warner Bros. Discovery's FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.03 in 2021, then tumbled by 77.89% to 0.01 in 2022, then rose by 1.77% to 0.01 in 2023, then soared by 50.61% to 0.01 in 2024, then decreased by 16.37% to 0.01 in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for FCF Payout Ratio were 0.01 (Q4 2025), 0.02 (Q3 2025), and 0.02 (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.