Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) Interest Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) posted Interest Expenses of $581.0 million for Q1 2026, down 26.83% on a QoQ basis from $794.0 million in Q4 2025, and up 24.15% year-over-year from $468.0 million in Q1 2025.

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) Interest Expenses (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Warner Bros. Discovery's Interest Expenses history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $581.0 million for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Interest Expenses rose 24.15% year-over-year to $581.0 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $2.4 billion (up 22.23% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $4.7 billion, up 133.07% from the prior year.
  • Interest Expenses was $581.0 million for Q1 2026 at Warner Bros. Discovery, down from $794.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Interest Expenses topped out at $2.6 billion in Q3 2022 and bottomed at $186.0 million in Q1 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $789.2 million and a median of $570.0 million in 2025 frame the typical range for Interest Expenses.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Interest Expenses soared 1549.68% — and 2023, when it tumbled 77.85%.
  • Warner Bros. Discovery's Interest Expenses stood at $234.0 million in 2022, then soared by 114.53% to $502.0 million in 2023, then slipped by 2.39% to $490.0 million in 2024, then surged by 62.04% to $794.0 million in 2025, then fell by 26.83% to $581.0 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows WBD's Interest Expenses at $581.0 million in Q1 2026, $794.0 million in Q4 2025, and $570.0 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Interest Expense (Qtr)
1 Netflix 286.85 Bn 277.73 Bn 6.52 Bn 175.69 Mn
2 Walt Disney 176.45 Bn 177.38 Bn 10.75 Bn 473.00 Mn
3 Warner Bros. Discovery 71.03 Bn 68.89 Bn 4.25 Bn 581.00 Mn
4 Live Nation Entertainment 40.94 Bn 32.48 Bn 1.31 Bn 90.52 Mn
5 Liberty Media 29.72 Bn 29.06 Bn 298.00 Mn 123.00 Mn
6 Roku 20.90 Bn 18.52 Bn 564.94 Mn 26.96 Mn
7 TKO Group Holdings 20.86 Bn 19.17 Bn 862.52 Mn 63.21 Mn
8 Fox 20.85 Bn 17.36 Bn - 89.00 Mn
9 News 16.48 Bn 15.01 Bn - 25.00 Mn
10 Sirius Xm Holdings 10.04 Bn 9.96 Bn 2.09 Bn 205.00 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 581.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 581.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 794.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 794.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 570.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 570.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 463.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 463.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 468.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 468.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 490.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 490.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 494.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 494.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 518.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 518.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 867.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 867.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 502.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 502.00 Mn