Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026)

Warner Bros. Discovery's Return on Capital Employed history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 2.04% for Q1 2026.

• Quarterly Return on Capital Employed rose 911.0% year-over-year to 2.04% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 2.04% (up 911.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.82%, up 1107.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed was 2.04% for Q1 2026 at Warner Bros. Discovery, down from 0.84% in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 6.44% in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 11.34% in Q3 2024.
• A 5-year average of 4.1% and a median of 3.33% in 2022 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Return on Capital Employed slumped 1359 bps — and 2025, when it jumped 1203 bps.
• Warner Bros. Discovery's Return on Capital Employed stood at 6.14% in 2022, then jumped by 77 bps to 1.43% in 2023, then slumped by 680 bps to 11.19% in 2024, then soared by 108 bps to 0.84% in 2025, then tumbled by 343 bps to 2.04% in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows WBD's Return on Capital Employed at 2.04% in Q1 2026, 0.84% in Q4 2025, and 0.62% in Q3 2025.