Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) Retained Earnings (2009 - 2026)

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) posted Retained Earnings of $55.9 billion for Q1 2026, little changed on a QoQ basis from $56.1 billion in Q4 2025, and up 6750.6% year-over-year from $815.5 million in Q1 2025.

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) Retained Earnings (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Warner Bros. Discovery's Retained Earnings history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $55.9 billion for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Retained Earnings rose 6750.6% year-over-year to $55.9 billion in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $55.9 billion (up 6750.6% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $56.1 billion, up 5353.51% from the prior year.
  • Retained Earnings was $55.9 billion for Q1 2026 at Warner Bros. Discovery, roughly flat from $56.1 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Retained Earnings topped out at $56.1 billion in Q4 2025 and bottomed at -$11.9 billion in Q2 2024.
  • A 5-year average of $8.3 billion and a median of -$913.0 million in 2024 frame the typical range for Retained Earnings.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2025 — Retained Earnings sank 2707.98% — and 2026, when it surged 6750.6%.
  • Warner Bros. Discovery's Retained Earnings stood at $54.6 billion in 2022, then tumbled by 101.7% to -$928.0 million in 2023, then declined by 14.98% to -$1.1 billion in 2024, then surged by 5353.51% to $56.1 billion in 2025, then slipped by 0.34% to $55.9 billion in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows WBD's Retained Earnings at $55.9 billion in Q1 2026, $56.1 billion in Q4 2025, and -$11.3 billion in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Retained Earnings (Qtr)
1 Netflix 286.85 Bn 277.73 Bn 6.52 Bn 50.97 Bn
2 Walt Disney 176.45 Bn 177.38 Bn 10.75 Bn -2.95 Bn
3 Warner Bros. Discovery 71.03 Bn 68.89 Bn 4.25 Bn 55.87 Bn
4 Live Nation Entertainment 40.94 Bn 32.48 Bn 1.31 Bn -85.54 Mn
5 Liberty Media 29.72 Bn 29.06 Bn 298.00 Mn -111.00 Mn
6 Roku 20.90 Bn 18.52 Bn 564.94 Mn -1.50 Bn
7 TKO Group Holdings 20.86 Bn 19.17 Bn 862.52 Mn -1.38 Bn
8 Fox 20.85 Bn 17.36 Bn - -124.00 Mn
9 News 16.48 Bn 15.01 Bn - -452.00 Mn
10 Sirius Xm Holdings 10.04 Bn 9.96 Bn 2.09 Bn 11.77 Bn

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 55.87 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 56.06 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 -11.26 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 -11.11 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 -840.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -1.07 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 -401.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -11.88 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 -913.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -928.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 -1.43 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 -1.04 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 1.13 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 54.63 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 4.31 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 -1.45 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 11.12 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 9.58 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 -717.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 -585.00 Mn