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Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) Share-based Compensation (2016 - 2026)

Warner Bros. Discovery filings provide 17 years of Share-based Compensation readings, the most recent being $229.0 million for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Share-based Compensation rose 65.94% to $229.0 million in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was $769.0 million, a 38.06% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at $769.0 million, up 38.06% from a year prior.
  • Share-based Compensation hit $229.0 million in Q4 2025 for Warner Bros. Discovery, down from $242.0 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 $31.0 million in Q2 2021.
  • Median Share-based Compensation over the past 5 years was $117.0 million (2023), compared with a mean of $120.8 million.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Share-based Compensation: surged 1700.0% in 2021 and later fell 9.01% in 2024.
  • Warner Bros. Discovery's Share-based Compensation stood at $44.0 million in 2021, then skyrocketed by 115.91% to $95.0 million in 2022, then increased by 14.74% to $109.0 million in 2023, then rose by 26.61% to $138.0 million in 2024, then skyrocketed by 65.94% to $229.0 million in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Share-based Compensation were $229.0 million (Q4 2025), $242.0 million (Q3 2025), and $175.0 million (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.