Warner Bros. Discovery Balance Sheet Health
Financial Health criteria checks 2/6
Warner Bros. Discovery has a total shareholder equity of $37.3B and total debt of $33.5B, which brings its debt-to-equity ratio to 89.9%. Its total assets and total liabilities are $100.5B and $63.2B respectively. Warner Bros. Discovery's EBIT is $1.7B making its interest coverage ratio 1. It has cash and short-term investments of $4.3B.
Key information
89.86%
Debt to equity ratio
US$33.52b
Debt
| Interest coverage ratio | 1x |
| Cash | US$4.33b |
| Equity | US$37.31b |
| Total liabilities | US$63.21b |
| Total assets | US$100.52b |
Recent financial health updates
Recent updates
Warner Bros.: Pricing Regulatory Certainty In The Paramount-Netflix Bidding War
Dec 16There's No Escaping Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:WBD) Muted Revenues Despite A 27% Share Price Rise
Nov 08
Warner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ:WBD) Is Reinvesting At Lower Rates Of Return
Sep 24Insufficient Growth At Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (NASDAQ:WBD) Hampers Share Price
Sep 11We Think You Should Be Aware Of Some Concerning Factors In Warner Bros. Discovery's (NASDAQ:WBD) Earnings
Aug 14Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. Just Reported A Surprise Profit And Analysts Updated Their Estimates
Aug 09Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:WBD) Intrinsic Value Is Potentially 50% Above Its Share Price
Jul 13Should You Think About Buying Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (NASDAQ:WBD) Now?
Jun 29Warner Bros. Discovery's D2C Inflection Is Here, Albeit Carrying Risks
Apr 24Lacklustre Performance Is Driving Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:WBD) 29% Price Drop
Apr 05Warner Bros. Discovery: Wake Up, It's A Buy Despite Heavy Bearish Coverage That Continues
Mar 23Warner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ:WBD) Takes On Some Risk With Its Use Of Debt
Mar 13Warner Bros. Discovery: The Struggle Is Real
Mar 09Warner Bros. Discovery: Only DTC Matters To Mr. Market
Feb 28
Cost Reduction And Max Platform Expansion Will Strengthen Net Margins And Reduce Debt
Focus on cost reduction and subscriber growth is set to improve margins, enabling debt reduction and impacting earnings positively.Warner Bros. Discovery: A Disturbing New Report Raises Big Questions
Jan 31Warner Bros. Discovery: Management Finally Seems To Get It -- A Forming Bull Case Ahead (Rating Upgrade)
Jan 24Warner Bros. Discovery: A Mixed Bag Of Promises And Challenges
Dec 26Warner Bros. Discovery: How The New Organization Works
Dec 16Warner Bros. Discovery: Things Are Looking Up
Nov 18Warner Bros. Discovery Stock Keeps Falling With More Questions Than Answers
Nov 05Debt Drags Down Warner Bros. Discovery's Growth (Rating Downgrade)
Oct 29Warner Bros. Discovery: NBA Dispute Reveals Overreliance On Legacy Content
Oct 14Warner Bros. Discovery: Why This May Be The Moment Of Truth, For Bulls And Bears
Sep 30Warner Bros. Discovery: The Risks Are Mounting (Downgrade)
Sep 14Warner Bros. Discovery: Finally Something The Market Can See
Sep 08The Market Hates Warner Bros. Discovery, But We Don't
Aug 26Financial Position Analysis
Short Term Liabilities: WBD's short term assets ($13.1B) exceed its short term liabilities ($12.2B).
Long Term Liabilities: WBD's short term assets ($13.1B) do not cover its long term liabilities ($51.1B).
Debt to Equity History and Analysis
Debt Level: WBD's net debt to equity ratio (78.3%) is considered high.
Reducing Debt: WBD's debt to equity ratio has reduced from 128.7% to 89.9% over the past 5 years.
Debt Coverage: WBD's debt is not well covered by operating cash flow (15.6%).
Interest Coverage: WBD's interest payments on its debt are not well covered by EBIT (1x coverage).
Balance Sheet
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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
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| Company Analysis | 2026/01/08 04:35 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2026/01/07 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2025/09/30 |
| Annual Earnings | 2024/12/31 |
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Analyst Sources
Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. is covered by 52 analysts. 21 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 |
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| Pierre-Marie D'Ornano | Arete Research Services LLP |
| Andrew Charles Beale | Arete Research Services LLP |
| Joseph Bonner | Argus Research Company |