Warner Bros Discovery (WBD)

Communication Services · Entertainment · S&P 500
$30.95 +0.00% on the day Market cap $77.6B 52-week range $17.08 to $30.99 Prices as of Oct 7, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Free cash flow growth the price needs
8% a year for 10 years

At a market value of $77.6B, Warner Bros Discovery's free cash flow of $3.1B (fiscal 2025) would need to grow about 8% a year for the stock to be worth today's price. That is close to what the company has delivered over the last 9 years.

Assumes a 9% discount rate and 3% growth after year 10, on free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital spending) from Warner Bros Discovery's SEC filings. Change any assumption, or model revenue and margins instead, in the Modeling tab, or try your own numbers in the reverse DCF calculator.

Implied by the price8.0% a year
Free cash flow, last 9 years10.2% a year
Revenue, same period21.4% a year
Price to free cash flow25.1x

Fundamental grade

F

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from WBD's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation4
Profitability0
Growth0
Financial health2
Cash efficiency4

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)105.6x
P/E (forward)2839.4x
Price / free cash flow25.1x
EV / EBITDA30.0x
Price / sales2.15x
Price / book2.37x
Revenue growth-11.2%
Operating margin-3.5%
Net margin-8.8%
Return on equity-9.6%
Dividend yield—
Debt / equity1.93x

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from Warner Bros Discovery's 10-K filings. The deep dive has 15+ years, quarters and every line.

Fiscal year20212022202320242025
Revenue$12.2B$33.8B$41.3B$39.3B$37.3B
Net income$1.0B-$7.4B-$3.1B-$11.3B$727M
Free cash flow$2.4B$3.3B$6.2B$4.4B$3.1B
EPS (diluted)$1.54-$3.82-$1.28-$4.62$0.29
Operating margin16.5%-21.8%-3.7%-25.5%2.0%

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by segments, fiscal 2025.

Global Linear Networks$17.7B43%
Studios$12.6B31%
Streaming$10.9B26%

Superinvestors who own WBD

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 7 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
Dan Loeb
Third Point LLC
New position $533M11.4%Q2 2026
Bill Nygren
Harris Associates LP
Trimmed $128M0.17%Q2 2026
Andrew Redleaf
Whitebox Advisors
Trimmed $70M2.0%Q2 2026
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Added $41M0.01%Q2 2026
Mario Gabelli
GAMCO Investors
Trimmed $35M0.31%Q2 2026
Joel Greenblatt
Gotham Asset Management
Added $33M0.08%Q2 2026
Prem Watsa
Fairfax Financial Holdings
Added $2M0.08%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by Warner Bros Discovery's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

DateInsiderSharesPriceValue
Jan 23, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$28.58—
Jan 23, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$28.58—
Jan 23, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$28.58—
Jan 9, 2026 Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.
0$28.89—
Jan 9, 2026 Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.
0$28.89—
Jan 9, 2026 Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.
0$28.89—

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Questions

What growth does Warner Bros Discovery's stock price imply?

At a market value of $77.6B, Warner Bros Discovery would need its free cash flow to grow about 8% a year for 10 years (discounted at 9%, 3% growth after that) to be worth today's price. Over the last 9 years its free cash flow grew 10% a year.

Are Warner Bros Discovery insiders buying the stock?

6 open-market insider purchases of WBD in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own Warner Bros Discovery?

7 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold WBD in their latest 13F, including Dan Loeb, Bill Nygren, Andrew Redleaf.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 7, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.