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

Warner Bros. Discovery's Share-based Compensation history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $152.0 million for 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 was $152.0 million for Q1 2026 at Warner Bros. Discovery, 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.
• 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 retreated 9.01%.
• Warner Bros. Discovery's Share-based Compensation stood at $95.0 million in 2022, then advanced by 14.74% to $109.0 million in 2023, then climbed by 26.61% to $138.0 million in 2024, then jumped by 65.94% to $229.0 million in 2025, then slumped by 33.62% to $152.0 million in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows WBD's Share-based Compensation at $152.0 million in Q1 2026, $229.0 million in Q4 2025, and $242.0 million in Q3 2025.