Growth Metrics

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) Retained Earnings (2016 - 2026)

Warner Bros. Discovery filings provide 17 years of Retained Earnings readings, the most recent being -$11.5 billion for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Retained Earnings rose 5.94% to -$11.5 billion in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was -$11.5 billion, a 5.94% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at -$11.5 billion, up 5.94% from a year prior.
  • Retained Earnings hit -$11.5 billion in Q4 2025 for Warner Bros. Discovery, down from -$11.3 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Retained Earnings ranged from a high of $8.7 billion in Q1 2021 to a low of -$12.7 billion in Q1 2025.
  • Median Retained Earnings over the past 5 years was -$1.0 billion (2022), compared with a mean of -$3.4 billion.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Retained Earnings: soared 700.56% in 2022 and later crashed 11214.29% in 2024.
  • Warner Bros. Discovery's Retained Earnings stood at -$830.0 million in 2021, then crashed by 83.49% to -$1.5 billion in 2022, then soared by 51.35% to -$741.0 million in 2023, then plummeted by 1551.69% to -$12.2 billion in 2024, then increased by 5.94% to -$11.5 billion in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Retained Earnings were -$11.5 billion (Q4 2025), -$11.3 billion (Q3 2025), and -$11.1 billion (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.