Growth Metrics

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) Shares Repurchased (2016 - 2020)

Warner Bros. Discovery filings provide 12 years of Shares Repurchased readings, the most recent being $228.0 million for Q4 2020.

  • On a quarterly basis, Shares Repurchased fell 31.53% to $228.0 million in Q4 2020 year-over-year; TTM through Sep 2021 was $228.0 million, a 78.77% decrease, with the full-year FY2020 number at $969.0 million, up 53.08% from a year prior.
  • Shares Repurchased hit $228.0 million in Q4 2020 for Warner Bros. Discovery, up from $214.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Shares Repurchased ranged from a high of $527.0 million in Q1 2020 to a low of -$44.0 million in Q4 2018.
  • Median Shares Repurchased over the past 5 years was $207.0 million (2017), compared with a mean of $207.7 million.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Shares Repurchased: tumbled 71.2% in 2016 and later skyrocketed 856.82% in 2019.
  • Warner Bros. Discovery's Shares Repurchased stood at $108.0 million in 2016, then fell by 5.56% to $102.0 million in 2017, then tumbled by 143.14% to -$44.0 million in 2018, then skyrocketed by 856.82% to $333.0 million in 2019, then tumbled by 31.53% to $228.0 million in 2020.
  • The last three reported values for Shares Repurchased were $228.0 million (Q4 2020), $214.0 million (Q3 2020), and $527.0 million (Q1 2020) per Business Quant data.