Growth Metrics

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

Warner Bros. Discovery's Return on Capital Employed history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.01% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed rose 12.0% year-over-year to 0.01%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.01%, up 12.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.01%, 11.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed reached 0.01% in Q4 2025 per WBD's latest filing, up from 0.01% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.07% in Q2 2021 to a low of 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.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: fell -14bps in 2023, then increased 12bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it 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.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for WBD's Return on Capital Employed are 0.01% (Q4 2025), 0.01% (Q3 2025), and 0.0% (Q2 2025).