Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) FCF Payout Ratio (2010 - 2026)
Warner Bros. Discovery posted quarterly FCF Payout Ratio of 0.27 for Q1 2026, down 152.13% year-on-year from 0.52 in Q1 2025, and down 3848.05% on a QoQ basis from 0.01 in Q4 2025.
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has 14 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.27 in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, FCF Payout Ratio fell 152.13% year-over-year to 0.27; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.07 (up 45.15% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.06, up 47.08% from the prior year.
- FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 stood at 0.27, 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.
- The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.02 (2024), against an average of 0.08.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when FCF Payout Ratio tumbled 548.78%; it then jumped 230.8% in 2024.
- A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.01 in 2022, then advanced by 1.77% to 0.01 in 2023, then surged by 50.61% to 0.01 in 2024, then dropped by 16.37% to 0.01 in 2025, then sank by 3848.05% to 0.27 in 2026.
- The last three FCF Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.27 (Q1 2026), 0.01 (Q4 2025), and 0.02 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | FCF Cover (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netflix | 362.63 Bn | 350.34 Bn | 11.41 Bn | - |
| 2 | Walt Disney | 181.67 Bn | 188.27 Bn | 23.68 Bn | - |
| 3 | Warner Bros. Discovery | 67.91 Bn | 65.77 Bn | 4.25 Bn | -0.27 |
| 4 | Live Nation Entertainment | 39.56 Bn | 31.10 Bn | 1.31 Bn | 0.02 |
| 5 | Fox | 26.01 Bn | 22.51 Bn | - | 0.03 |
| 6 | Liberty Media | 21.20 Bn | 21.87 Bn | 298.00 Mn | - |
| 7 | Roku | 19.03 Bn | 16.65 Bn | 564.94 Mn | - |
| 8 | News | 16.98 Bn | 15.50 Bn | - | 0.11 |
| 9 | TKO Group Holdings | 16.11 Bn | 14.42 Bn | 862.52 Mn | 0.13 |
| 10 | Paramount Skydance | 12.11 Bn | 10.03 Bn | - | - |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | -0.27 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 0.01 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 0.02 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 0.02 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 0.52 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 0.01 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 0.02 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 0.03 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 0.33 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 0.01 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 0.01 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 0.02 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -0.25 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 0.01 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -0.11 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 0.05 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 0.94 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 0.03 |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 0.03 |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 0.04 |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 1.02 |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 0.09 |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 0.02 |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 0.03 |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 0.75 |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 0.02 |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 0.04 |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 0.05 |
| Mar 31, 2019 | 0.33 |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 0.02 |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 0.11 |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 0.02 |
| Dec 31, 2017 | 0.02 |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 0.00 |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 0.11 |
| Mar 31, 2017 | 0.01 |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 0.01 |
| Jun 30, 2016 | 0.05 |
| Mar 31, 2016 | 0.04 |
| Dec 31, 2015 | 0.01 |
| Sep 30, 2015 | 0.01 |
| Jun 30, 2015 | 0.12 |
| Mar 31, 2011 | 0.02 |
| Mar 31, 2010 | 0.02 |