Growth Metrics

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

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has disclosed Return on Invested Capital for 15 consecutive years, with 0.01% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Return on Invested Capital rose 14.0% year-over-year to 0.01%, compared with a TTM value of 0.01% through Dec 2025, up 14.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 0.01%, up 13.0% over the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital was 0.01% for Q4 2025 at Warner Bros. Discovery, up from 0.0% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 0.07% in Q2 2021 and bottomed at 0.13% in Q4 2024.
  • Average Return on Invested Capital over 5 years is 0.03%, with a median of 0.02% recorded in 2023.
  • The sharpest move saw Return on Invested Capital fell -14bps in 2022, then grew 14bps in 2025.
  • Year by year, Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.06% in 2021, then tumbled by -234bps to 0.08% in 2022, then surged by 83bps to 0.01% in 2023, then plummeted by -883bps to 0.13% in 2024, then soared by 107bps to 0.01% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Invested Capital for WBD at 0.01% in Q4 2025, 0.0% in Q3 2025, and 0.0% in Q2 2025.