Growth Metrics

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) Shares Repurchased (2009 - 2020)

Warner Bros. Discovery posted quarterly Shares Repurchased of $228.0 million for Q4 2020, down 31.53% year-on-year from $333.0 million in Q1 2020, and up 6.54% on a QoQ basis from $214.0 million in Q3 2020.

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has 12 years of Shares Repurchased data on file, last reported at $228.0 million in Q4 2020.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2020, Shares Repurchased fell 31.53% year-over-year to $228.0 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Sep 2021 stood at $228.0 million (down 78.77% YoY), and the FY2020 full-year result was $969.0 million, up 53.08% from the prior year.
  • Shares Repurchased for Q4 2020 stood at $228.0 million, up from $214.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Shares Repurchased topped out at $527.0 million in Q1 2020 and bottomed at -$587.0 million in Q4 2017.
  • The 5-year median for Shares Repurchased is $200.0 million (2017), against an average of $148.0 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2017, when Shares Repurchased plunged 643.52%; it then surged 856.82% in 2019.
  • A 5-year view of Shares Repurchased shows it stood at $108.0 million in 2016, then slumped by 643.52% to -$587.0 million in 2017, then jumped by 92.5% to -$44.0 million in 2018, then soared by 856.82% to $333.0 million in 2019, then plunged by 31.53% to $228.0 million in 2020.
  • The last three Shares Repurchased figures came in at $228.0 million (Q4 2020), $214.0 million (Q3 2020), and $527.0 million (Q1 2020), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Shares Repurchased (Qtr)
1 Netflix 362.63 Bn 350.34 Bn 11.41 Bn 1.27 Bn
2 Walt Disney 181.67 Bn 188.27 Bn 23.68 Bn 3.47 Bn
3 Warner Bros. Discovery 67.91 Bn 65.77 Bn 4.25 Bn -
4 Live Nation Entertainment 39.56 Bn 31.10 Bn 1.31 Bn -
5 Fox 26.01 Bn 22.51 Bn - 100.00 Mn
6 Liberty Media 21.20 Bn 21.87 Bn 298.00 Mn -
7 Roku 19.03 Bn 16.65 Bn 564.94 Mn 100.00 Mn
8 News 16.98 Bn 15.50 Bn - 192.00 Mn
9 TKO Group Holdings 16.11 Bn 14.42 Bn 862.52 Mn 838.31 Mn
10 Paramount Skydance 12.11 Bn 10.03 Bn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2020 228.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 228.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 214.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 214.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2020 527.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2020 527.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 333.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 333.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2019 300.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2019 300.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2018 -44.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2018 -44.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 -587.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 -587.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2017 60.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2017 60.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2017 200.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2017 200.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 108.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 108.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2016 121.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2016 121.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2016 91.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2016 91.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2016 373.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2016 373.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2015 375.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2015 375.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2015 52.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2015 52.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2015 84.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2015 84.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2015 317.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2015 317.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2014 355.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2014 355.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2014 110.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2014 110.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2014 503.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2014 503.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2014 266.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2014 266.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2013 592.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2013 592.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2013 448.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2013 448.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2013 265.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2013 265.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2013 256.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2013 256.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2012 234.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2012 234.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2012 454.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2012 454.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2012 404.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2012 404.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2012 288.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2012 288.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2011 265.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2011 265.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2011 355.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2011 355.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2011 210.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2011 210.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2011 167.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2011 167.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2010 567.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2010 567.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2010 -16.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2010 -16.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2010 46.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2010 46.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2010 8.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2010 8.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2009 19.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2009 19.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2009 -6.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2009 -6.00 Mn