Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) Payables (2009 - 2026)
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) reported Payables of $1.06 billion for Q2 2026, down 1.3% from $1.07 billion a year earlier and down 4.5% from the prior quarter.
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Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) Payables (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2025, Warner Bros. Discovery posted Payables of $1.09 billion, up 3.6% from FY2024.
- Payables has a five-year compound annual growth rate of 22.5% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Payables came in at $1.06 billion in FY2024 (-16.3%), $1.26 billion in FY2023 (-13.3%), $1.45 billion in FY2022 (+252.9%) and $412 million in FY2021 (+3.8%).
- The Q2 2026 figure ranks as the lowest quarterly Payables since Q1 2025.
- Year over year, Payables gained in two of the last eight quarters, with an average decline of 6.1%.
- The high point for year-over-year Payables in five years was Q3 2021 (growth of 485.9%); the low point was Q1 2022 (a decline of 75.5%).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q2 2026 came in at $1.11 billion (Q1 2026), $1.09 billion (Q4 2025) and $1.08 billion (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Payables (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warner Bros. Discovery | 77.50 Bn | 63.16 Bn | 4.10 Bn | 1.06 Bn |
| 2 | Fox | 27.18 Bn | 13.09 Bn | - | 2.67 Bn |
| 3 | Omnicom | 20.60 Bn | 3.30 Bn | 1.30 Bn | 18.20 Bn |
| 4 | News | 16.19 Bn | 8.39 Bn | - | 412.00 Mn |
| 5 | Paramount Skydance | 11.39 Bn | 9.31 Bn | - | 906.00 Mn |
| 6 | New York Times | 10.30 Bn | 7.79 Bn | 394.61 Mn | 154.99 Mn |
| 7 | Pearson | 10.14 Bn | 7.28 Bn | - | -1.47 Bn |
| 8 | Sirius Xm Holdings | 8.74 Bn | 8.32 Bn | 1.44 Bn | 1.22 Bn |
| 9 | 36Kr Holdings | 6.25 Bn | 6.19 Bn | - | 7.58 Mn |
| 10 | Wpp | 5.52 Bn | -6.28 Bn | - | -14.89 Bn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 1.06 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 1.11 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 1.09 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 1.08 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 1.07 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 1.01 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 1.06 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 1.12 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 1.15 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 1.25 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 1.26 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 1.33 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 1.69 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 1.12 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 1.45 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 1.53 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 1.40 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 521.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 412.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 2.36 Bn |
API Access
Warner Bros. Discovery Payables API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=payables&ticker=WBD&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "payables", "ticker": "WBD", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=payables&ticker=WBD&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();