Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) Share-based Compensation (2009 - 2026)
Warner Bros. Discovery's (WBD) quarterly Share-based Compensation came in at $152.0 million in Q1 2026, up 23.58% YoY from $123.0 million in Q1 2025, and down 33.62% on a QoQ basis from $229.0 million in Q4 2025.
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) Share-based Compensation (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has 18 years of Share-based Compensation data on file, last reported at $152.0 million in Q1 2026.
- Quarterly Share-based Compensation rose 23.58% year-over-year to $152.0 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $798.0 million (up 37.82% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $769.0 million, up 38.06% from the prior year.
- Share-based Compensation retreated to $152.0 million in Q1 2026, from $229.0 million in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Share-based Compensation ranged from a high of $242.0 million in Q3 2025 to a low of $60.0 million in Q1 2022.
- A 5-year average of $140.6 million and a median of $138.0 million in 2024 frame the typical range for Share-based Compensation.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Share-based Compensation soared 383.87% — and 2024, when it dropped 9.01%.
- Tracing WBD's Share-based Compensation over 5 years: stood at $95.0 million in 2022, then rose by 14.74% to $109.0 million in 2023, then gained by 26.61% to $138.0 million in 2024, then surged by 65.94% to $229.0 million in 2025, then plunged by 33.62% to $152.0 million in 2026.
- The last three Share-based Compensation figures came in at $152.0 million (Q1 2026), $229.0 million (Q4 2025), and $242.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 190.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 190.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 152.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 152.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 229.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 229.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 242.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 242.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 175.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 175.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 123.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 123.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 138.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 138.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 159.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 159.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 159.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 159.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 101.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 101.00 Mn |