Growth Metrics

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) Gross Margin (2009 - 2025)

Warner Bros. Discovery posted annual Gross Margin of 44.0% for FY2025, up 5.82% year-over-year from 41.58% in FY2024.

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has 17 years of Gross Margin data on file, last reported at 44.0% in FY2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Gross Margin rose 493.0% year-over-year to 47.79%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 45.18% (up 267.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 44.0%, up 242.0% from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin for FY2025 stood at 44.0%, up from 41.58% in the prior year.
  • Across five years, Gross Margin topped out at 62.1% in FY2021 and bottomed at 39.55% in FY2022.
  • The 5-year median for Gross Margin is 41.58% (2024), against an average of 45.58%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Gross Margin tumbled 2255 bps; it then jumped 242 bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Gross Margin shows it stood at 62.1% in 2021, then sank by 36 bps to 39.55% in 2022, then increased by 3 bps to 40.65% in 2023, then climbed by 2 bps to 41.58% in 2024, then rose by 6 bps to 44.0% in 2025.
  • The last three Gross Margin figures came in at 44.0% (FY2025), 41.58% (FY2024), and 40.65% (FY2023), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Gross Margin (Yr)
1 Netflix 363.24 Bn 350.96 Bn 11.41 Bn -
2 Walt Disney 179.83 Bn 186.44 Bn 23.68 Bn -
3 Warner Bros. Discovery 67.31 Bn 65.17 Bn 4.25 Bn -
4 Live Nation Entertainment 39.14 Bn 30.68 Bn 1.31 Bn -
5 Fox 24.96 Bn 21.47 Bn - -
6 Liberty Media 21.08 Bn 21.75 Bn 298.00 Mn -
7 Roku 19.20 Bn 16.82 Bn 564.94 Mn -
8 News 16.52 Bn 15.05 Bn - -
9 TKO Group Holdings 15.87 Bn 14.17 Bn 862.52 Mn -
10 Paramount Skydance 11.69 Bn 9.61 Bn - 31.47%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 44.00%
Dec 31, 2024 41.58%
Dec 31, 2023 40.65%
Dec 31, 2022 39.55%
Dec 31, 2021 62.10%
Dec 31, 2020 63.83%
Dec 31, 2019 65.73%
Dec 31, 2018 62.71%
Dec 31, 2017 61.36%
Dec 31, 2016 62.57%
Dec 31, 2015 22.00%
Dec 31, 2014 31.24%
Dec 31, 2013 38.34%
Dec 31, 2012 40.21%
Dec 31, 2011 36.50%
Dec 31, 2010 38.42%
Dec 31, 2009 26.84%