Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) Share-based Compensation (2009 - 2026)

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has 18 years of Share-based Compensation data on file, last reported at $152.0 million in Q1 2026.

• For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Share-based Compensation rose 23.58% year-over-year to $152.0 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $798.0 million (up 37.82% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $769.0 million, up 38.06% from the prior year.
• Share-based Compensation for Q1 2026 stood at $152.0 million, down from $229.0 million in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Share-based Compensation topped out at $242.0 million in Q3 2025 and bottomed at $60.0 million in Q1 2022.
• The 5-year median for Share-based Compensation is $138.0 million (2024), against an average of $140.6 million.
• The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Share-based Compensation soared 383.87%; it then dropped 9.01% in 2024.
• A 5-year view of Share-based Compensation shows it stood at $95.0 million in 2022, then gained by 14.74% to $109.0 million in 2023, then advanced by 26.61% to $138.0 million in 2024, then soared by 65.94% to $229.0 million in 2025, then tumbled 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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