Growth Metrics

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

Warner Bros. Discovery posted quarterly Interest Expenses of $581.0 million for Q1 2026, up 24.15% year-on-year from $468.0 million in Q1 2025, and down 0.51% on a QoQ basis from $584.0 million in Q4 2025.

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has 18 years of Interest Expenses data on file, last reported at $581.0 million in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Interest Expenses rose 24.15% year-over-year to $581.0 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $2.2 billion (up 11.57% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $2.1 billion, up 3.37% from the prior year.
  • Interest Expenses for Q1 2026 stood at $581.0 million, down from $584.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Interest Expenses topped out at $584.0 million in Q4 2025 and bottomed at $153.0 million in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Interest Expenses is $518.0 million (2024), against an average of $510.6 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Interest Expenses surged 273.2%; it then declined 13.94% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Interest Expenses shows it stood at $558.0 million in 2022, then declined by 10.04% to $502.0 million in 2023, then decreased by 2.39% to $490.0 million in 2024, then advanced by 19.18% to $584.0 million in 2025, then fell by 0.51% to $581.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Interest Expenses figures came in at $581.0 million (Q1 2026), $584.0 million (Q4 2025), and $570.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Interest Expense (Qtr)
1 Netflix 362.63 Bn 350.34 Bn 11.41 Bn 262.08 Mn
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 581.00 Mn
4 Live Nation Entertainment 39.56 Bn 31.10 Bn 1.31 Bn 90.52 Mn
5 Fox 26.01 Bn 22.51 Bn - -
6 Liberty Media 21.20 Bn 21.87 Bn 298.00 Mn 68.00 Mn
7 Roku 19.03 Bn 16.65 Bn 564.94 Mn 624,000.00
8 News 16.98 Bn 15.50 Bn - -
9 TKO Group Holdings 16.11 Bn 14.42 Bn 862.52 Mn 60.57 Mn
10 Paramount Skydance 12.11 Bn 10.03 Bn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 581.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 581.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 584.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 584.00 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 515.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 515.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 502.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 502.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 574.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 574.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 574.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 574.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 571.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 571.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 558.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 558.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 555.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 555.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 511.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 511.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 153.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 153.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 154.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 154.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 159.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 159.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 157.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 157.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 163.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 163.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 163.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 163.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 161.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 161.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2020 161.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2020 161.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2020 163.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2020 163.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 162.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 162.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2019 163.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2019 163.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2019 161.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2019 161.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2019 182.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2019 182.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2018 171.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2018 171.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2018 185.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2018 185.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2018 196.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2018 196.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2018 177.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2018 177.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 157.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 157.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2017 136.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2017 136.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2017 91.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2017 91.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2017 91.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2017 91.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 86.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 86.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2016 91.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2016 91.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2016 91.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2016 91.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2016 85.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2016 85.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2015 82.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2015 82.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2015 82.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2015 82.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2015 77.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2015 77.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2015 89.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2015 89.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2014 81.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2014 81.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2014 83.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2014 83.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2014 83.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2014 83.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2014 81.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2014 81.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2013 78.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2013 78.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2013 80.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2013 80.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2013 80.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2013 80.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2013 68.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2013 68.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2012 64.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2012 64.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2012 68.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2012 68.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2012 61.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2012 61.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2012 55.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2012 55.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2011 54.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2011 54.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2011 56.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2011 56.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2011 49.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2011 49.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2011 49.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2011 49.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2010 48.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2010 48.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2010 49.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2010 49.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2010 48.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2010 48.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2010 58.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2010 58.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2009 65.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2009 65.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2009 66.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2009 66.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2009 -60.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2009 -60.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2009 57.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2009 57.00 Mn