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

Warner Bros. Discovery has reported Return on Capital Employed for 18 years, with the latest figure at 2.04% in Q1 2026.

• For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed rose 911.0% year-over-year to 2.04%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 2.04% (up 911.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.82%, up 1107.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 stood at 2.04%, down from 0.84% in the prior quarter.
• The five-year high for Return on Capital Employed was 6.44% in Q1 2022, with the low at 11.34% in Q3 2024.
• Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 4.1% across 5 years, with a median of 3.33% in 2022.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Return on Capital Employed tumbled 1359 bps — and 2025, when it jumped 1203 bps.
• Warner Bros. Discovery's Return on Capital Employed stood at 6.14% in 2022, then surged by 77 bps to 1.43% in 2023, then plunged by 680 bps to 11.19% in 2024, then jumped by 108 bps to 0.84% in 2025, then sank by 343 bps to 2.04% in 2026.
• The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 2.04% (Q1 2026), 0.84% (Q4 2025), and 0.62% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.