Warner Bros. Discovery Ownership

Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?

Recent Insider Transactions

BIT:1WBD Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
Date	Value	Name	Entity	Shares	Max Price
31 Oct 25	Sell€4,334,762	Gunnar Wiedenfels	Individual	222,210	€19.51
12 Aug 25	Buy€3,040,930	Anton Levy	Individual	325,000	€9.42
30 Jun 25	Sell€934,095,500	Advance Publications, Inc.	Company	100,000,000	€9.34
03 Mar 25	Buy€188,556	Samuel Di Piazza	Individual	17,346	€10.87

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: Insufficient data to determine if insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of 1WBD?
Owner Type	Number of Shares	Ownership Percentage
State or Government	2,737,293	0.11%
Individual Insiders	30,430,997	1.23%
Private Companies	98,181,832	3.96%
General Public	561,706,141	22.7%
Institutions	1,786,831,078	72.1%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 53.33% of the company

Ownership	Name	Shares	Current Value	Change %	Portfolio %
11.4%	The Vanguard Group, Inc.	283,180,433	€6.9b	0.7%	0.09%
7.82%	BlackRock, Inc.	193,825,639	€4.7b	5.02%	0.07%
5.29%	State Street Global Advisors, Inc.	131,066,834	€3.2b	-17.2%	0.11%
3.96%	Advance Publications, Inc.	98,181,749	€2.4b	0%	no data
3.18%	Harris Associates L.P.	78,854,809	€1.9b	-17.8%	2.27%
2.69%	Geode Capital Management, LLC	66,597,575	€1.6b	1.57%	0.1%
1.95%	UBS Asset Management AG	48,391,940	€1.2b	15.5%	0.1%
1.86%	Pentwater Capital Management LP	46,075,000	€1.1b	70.3%	11.36%
1.84%	Sessa Capital IM, L.P.	45,565,629	€1.1b	-9.99%	25.85%
1.58%	The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.	39,290,140	€956.4m	754%	0.42%
1.57%	Norges Bank Investment Management	38,994,003	€949.2m	45.6%	0.07%
1.23%	Invesco Capital Management LLC	30,580,896	€744.4m	0%	0.24%
1.03%	Millennium Management LLC	25,610,999	€623.4m	419%	0.47%
0.98%	FMR LLC	24,238,035	€590.0m	-34.1%	0.03%
0.92%	Northern Trust Global Investments	22,797,285	€554.9m	-2.98%	0.08%
0.78%	Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.	19,452,808	€473.5m	1.88%	0.07%
0.73%	John Malone	18,061,775	€439.7m	0%	no data
0.73%	Dimensional Fund Advisors LP	18,041,885	€439.2m	-4.14%	0.06%
0.61%	Legal & General Investment Management Limited	15,045,260	€366.2m	5.32%	0.08%
0.56%	Eaton Vance Management	13,946,174	€339.5m	8.89%	0.07%
0.54%	Morgan Stanley	13,304,256	€323.9m	0.5%	0.03%
0.53%	Amundi Asset Management SAS	13,165,666	€320.5m	-18.1%	0.06%
0.52%	BNY Asset Management	12,982,023	€316.0m	-0.01%	0.06%
0.51%	Independent Franchise Partners, LLP	12,697,174	€309.1m	-3.13%	1.61%
0.5%	Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC	12,452,042	€303.1m	58.6%	0.26%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2026/02/18 13:09
End of Day Share Price	2026/02/18 00:00
Earnings	2025/09/30
Annual Earnings	2024/12/31

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Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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Analyst Sources

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. is covered by 53 analysts. 20 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Andrew Charles Beale	Arete Research Services LLP
Pierre-Marie D'Ornano	Arete Research Services LLP
Joseph Bonner	Argus Research Company