Growth Metrics

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average) (2009 - 2026)

Warner Bros. Discovery posted quarterly Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average) of $2.5 billion for Q1 2026, up 1.22% year-on-year from $2.5 billion in Q1 2025, and down 1.5% on a QoQ basis from $2.5 billion in Q4 2025.

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has 18 years of Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average) data on file, last reported at $2.5 billion in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average) rose 1.22% year-over-year to $2.5 billion; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $2.5 billion (up 1.22% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $2.5 billion, up 3.27% from the prior year.
  • Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average) for Q1 2026 stood at $2.5 billion, down from $2.5 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average) topped out at $2.5 billion in Q4 2025 and bottomed at $665.0 million in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average) is $2.4 billion (2024), against an average of $2.3 billion.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average) declined 0.3%; it then surged 265.71% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average) shows it stood at $1.9 billion in 2022, then advanced by 25.57% to $2.4 billion in 2023, then increased by 0.57% to $2.4 billion in 2024, then rose by 3.27% to $2.5 billion in 2025, then decreased by 1.5% to $2.5 billion in 2026.
  • The last three Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average) figures came in at $2.5 billion (Q1 2026), $2.5 billion (Q4 2025), and $2.5 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Shares (Diluted Avg.) (Qtr)
1 Netflix 362.63 Bn 350.34 Bn 11.41 Bn 4.30 Bn
2 Walt Disney 181.67 Bn 188.27 Bn 23.68 Bn 1.77 Bn
3 Warner Bros. Discovery 67.91 Bn 65.77 Bn 4.25 Bn 2.49 Bn
4 Live Nation Entertainment 39.56 Bn 31.10 Bn 1.31 Bn 232.40 Mn
5 Fox 26.01 Bn 22.51 Bn - 443.00 Mn
6 Liberty Media 21.20 Bn 21.87 Bn 298.00 Mn -
7 Roku 19.03 Bn 16.65 Bn 564.94 Mn 151.02 Mn
8 News 16.98 Bn 15.50 Bn - -
9 TKO Group Holdings 16.11 Bn 14.42 Bn 862.52 Mn -
10 Paramount Skydance 12.11 Bn 10.03 Bn - 1.10 Bn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 2.49 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 2.53 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 2.48 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 2.50 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 2.46 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 2.45 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 2.47 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 2.45 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 2.44 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 2.44 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 2.44 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 2.43 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 2.43 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 1.94 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 1.78 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 2.29 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 665.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 664.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 663.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 666.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 667.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 672.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 677.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2020 674.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2020 685.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 711.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2019 714.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2019 716.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2019 714.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2018 688.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2018 713.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2018 712.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2018 609.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 576.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2017 581.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2017 578.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2017 588.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 610.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2016 615.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2016 623.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2016 630.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2015 8.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2015 658.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2015 661.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2015 667.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2014 687.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2014 44.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2014 44.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2013 45.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2013 45.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2013 363.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2013 367.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2012 759.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2012 383.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2012 384.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2012 390.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2011 405.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2011 401.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2011 410.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2010 429.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2010 430.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2010 429.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2009 425.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2009 424.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2009 423.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2009 422.00 Mn