Growth Metrics

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) Times Interest Earned (2009 - 2026)

Warner Bros. Discovery posted quarterly Times Interest Earned of -$4.25 for Q1 2026, down 5275.13% year-on-year from $0.08 in Q1 2025, and down 811.1% on a QoQ basis from $0.6 in Q4 2025.

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has 18 years of Times Interest Earned data on file, last reported at -$4.25 in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Times Interest Earned fell 5275.13% year-over-year to -$4.25; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at -$0.77 (up 84.51% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $0.35, up 107.12% from the prior year.
  • Times Interest Earned for Q1 2026 stood at -$4.25, down from $0.6 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Times Interest Earned topped out at $2.31 in Q1 2022 and bottomed at -$19.71 in Q2 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Times Interest Earned is -$0.4 (2025), against an average of -$2.19.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2024, when Times Interest Earned soared 236.6%; it then slumped 5275.13% in 2026.
  • A 5-year view of Times Interest Earned shows it stood at -$3.39 in 2022, then surged by 89.32% to -$0.36 in 2023, then surged by 191.19% to $0.33 in 2024, then soared by 80.76% to $0.6 in 2025, then tumbled by 811.1% to -$4.25 in 2026.
  • The last three Times Interest Earned figures came in at -$4.25 (Q1 2026), $0.6 (Q4 2025), and $1.07 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Times Interest Earned (Qtr)
1 Netflix 362.63 Bn 350.34 Bn 11.41 Bn 15.10
2 Walt Disney 181.67 Bn 188.27 Bn 23.68 Bn -
3 Warner Bros. Discovery 67.91 Bn 65.77 Bn 4.25 Bn -4.25
4 Live Nation Entertainment 39.56 Bn 31.10 Bn 1.31 Bn -4.09
5 Fox 26.01 Bn 22.51 Bn - -
6 Liberty Media 21.20 Bn 21.87 Bn 298.00 Mn 0.94
7 Roku 19.03 Bn 16.65 Bn 564.94 Mn 82.97
8 News 16.98 Bn 15.50 Bn - -
9 TKO Group Holdings 16.11 Bn 14.42 Bn 862.52 Mn 5.59
10 Paramount Skydance 12.11 Bn 10.03 Bn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -4.25
Dec 31, 2025 0.60
Sep 30, 2025 1.07
Jun 30, 2025 -0.40
Mar 31, 2025 -0.08
Dec 31, 2024 0.33
Sep 30, 2024 0.57
Jun 30, 2024 -19.71
Mar 31, 2024 -0.52
Dec 31, 2023 -0.36
Sep 30, 2023 0.17
Jun 30, 2023 -1.58
Mar 31, 2023 -0.98
Dec 31, 2022 -3.39
Sep 30, 2022 -3.95
Jun 30, 2022 -7.12
Mar 31, 2022 2.31
Dec 31, 2021 3.30
Sep 30, 2021 2.07
Jun 30, 2021 4.96
Mar 31, 2021 2.43
Dec 31, 2020 2.99
Sep 30, 2020 3.30
Jun 30, 2020 4.45
Mar 31, 2020 4.78
Dec 31, 2019 4.35
Sep 30, 2019 3.80
Jun 30, 2019 5.66
Mar 31, 2019 4.25
Dec 31, 2018 4.16
Sep 30, 2018 1.99
Jun 30, 2018 3.32
Mar 31, 2018 1.15
Dec 31, 2017 -5.33
Sep 30, 2017 3.18
Jun 30, 2017 6.92
Mar 31, 2017 5.35
Dec 31, 2016 6.10
Sep 30, 2016 5.03
Jun 30, 2016 6.44
Mar 31, 2016 5.75
Dec 31, 2015 5.38
Sep 30, 2015 6.16
Jun 30, 2015 7.23
Mar 31, 2015 5.42
Dec 31, 2014 5.88
Sep 30, 2014 6.16
Jun 30, 2014 7.71
Mar 31, 2014 5.36
Dec 31, 2013 6.69
Sep 30, 2013 6.10
Jun 30, 2013 6.86
Mar 31, 2013 6.12
Dec 31, 2012 7.52
Sep 30, 2012 6.44
Jun 30, 2012 8.00
Mar 31, 2012 8.15
Dec 31, 2011 7.81
Sep 30, 2011 7.64
Jun 30, 2011 9.08
Mar 31, 2011 10.37
Dec 31, 2010 8.21
Sep 30, 2010 6.37
Jun 30, 2010 7.75
Mar 31, 2010 4.86
Dec 31, 2009 5.09
Sep 30, 2009 3.26
Jun 30, 2009 -8.10
Mar 31, 2009 4.35