Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.

NasdaqGS:WBD Stock Report

Market Cap: US$26.4b

Warner Bros. Discovery Ownership

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

Recent Insider Transactions

NasdaqGS:WBD Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
DateValueNameEntityRoleSharesMax Price
16 Dec 24SellUS$30,075,720David ZaslavIndividual2,564,000US$11.73
11 Nov 24BuyUS$535,920Gerhard ZeilerIndividual58,000US$9.24
13 May 24BuyUS$830,000Gerhard ZeilerIndividual100,000US$8.30

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: WBD insiders have only sold shares in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of WBD?
Owner TypeNumber of SharesOwnership Percentage
State or Government2,466,0670.101%
Individual Insiders31,420,1271.28%
Private Companies198,201,1468.08%
General Public596,635,71824.3%
Institutions1,624,442,03966.2%

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

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 54.16% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
10.3%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
252,650,791US$2.7b0.66%0.04%
8.08%
Advance Publications, Inc.
198,181,749US$2.1b0%no data
6.94%
BlackRock, Inc.
170,305,969US$1.8b2.13%0.03%
6.38%
State Street Global Advisors, Inc.
156,449,121US$1.7b3.41%0.06%
3.89%
Harris Associates L.P.
95,518,508US$1.0b0.07%1.21%
2.34%
Geode Capital Management, LLC
57,441,931US$619.2m3.59%0.04%
1.48%
UBS Asset Management AG
36,185,620US$390.1m98.3%0.03%
1.4%
Norges Bank Investment Management
34,267,713US$369.4m207%0.03%
1.22%
Invesco Capital Management LLC
29,905,582US$322.4m-4.03%0.11%
1.16%
Sessa Capital IM, L.P.
28,410,428US$306.3m0%10.96%
0.97%
Slate Path Capital LP
23,801,000US$256.6m36.6%4.23%
0.96%
Manulife Asset Management
23,608,829US$254.5m7.89%0.18%
0.94%
Northern Trust Global Investments
22,996,874US$247.9m13.5%0.03%
0.91%
Jericho Capital Asset Management L.P.
22,404,700US$241.5m0%3.01%
0.88%
EdgePoint Investment Group Inc.
21,536,172US$232.2m0.65%1.13%
0.84%
Hotchkis and Wiley Capital Management, LLC
20,487,078US$220.9m-1.93%0.65%
0.82%
Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.
20,161,596US$217.3m21.8%0.04%
0.76%
John Malone
18,580,326US$200.3m0%no data
0.67%
Morgan Stanley, Investment Banking and Brokerage Investments
16,420,866US$177.0m6.29%0.02%
0.65%
Contrarius Investment Management Ltd.
15,982,000US$172.3m-16.4%9.92%
0.57%
BNY Asset Management
13,921,760US$150.1m-1.89%0.03%
0.52%
Citigroup Inc.,Banking and Securities Investments
12,873,361US$138.8m40.9%0.1%
0.51%
Invesco Ltd.
12,561,846US$135.4m-6.9%0.03%
0.5%
Legal & General Investment Management Limited
12,279,729US$132.4m-20.3%0.03%
0.48%
BNP Paribas Arbitrage Sa, Asset Management Arm
11,787,083US$127.1m0%0.09%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/02/23 06:26
End of Day Share Price 2025/02/21 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. is covered by 67 analysts. 26 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Andrew Charles BealeArete Research Services LLP
Pierre-Marie D'OrnanoArete Research Services LLP
Joseph BonnerArgus Research Company