Growth Metrics

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 13 consecutive years, with 0.01% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed rose 12.0% year-over-year to 0.01%, compared with a TTM value of 0.01% through Dec 2025, up 12.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 0.01%, up 11.0% over the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 0.01% for Q4 2025 at Warner Bros. Discovery, up from 0.01% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 0.07% in Q2 2021 and bottomed at 0.11% in Q3 2024.
  • Average Return on Capital Employed over 5 years is 0.02%, with a median of 0.02% recorded in 2023.
  • The sharpest move saw Return on Capital Employed fell -14bps in 2023, then increased 12bps in 2025.
  • Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.07% in 2021, then tumbled by -194bps to 0.06% in 2022, then surged by 77bps to 0.01% in 2023, then tumbled by -680bps to 0.11% in 2024, then surged by 108bps to 0.01% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Capital Employed for WBD at 0.01% in Q4 2025, 0.01% in Q3 2025, and 0.0% in Q2 2025.