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WBD Warner Bros. Discovery

entertainment · 2026-09-23

N/A
too hard · 31
Owner-earnings value$10.04
Price$30.83
Margin of safety -67.4%

Quality gate · 31/100

Returns on capital 0/30
Consistency 5.5/22
Margins / pricing power 13.1/16
Balance sheet 4.9/16
Cash conversion 3.3/10
Capital allocation 3.8/6

⚠ sub-hurdle returns (median roic -3% < 9%) · unprofitable in too many years

Median ROIC-3.0%
Gross margin47.2%
Net debt / EBITDA2.1x
Share count / yr+0.7%
Profitable years1/4

Moat & management

Owner-earnings inputs

Owner earnings (TTM)2.18B
Owner-earnings yield2.8%
Free-cash-flow yield2.8%
Growth used (normalized)3.3%
Market-implied growth (reverse DCF)25.0%
Terminal growth3.0%
Discount rate (hurdle)12.0%

Projected owner earnings

YrOwner earningsGrowthPV
12.25B 3.3%2.01B
22.33B 3.3%1.85B
32.40B 3.2%1.71B
42.48B 3.2%1.57B
52.56B 3.2%1.45B
62.64B 3.1%1.33B
72.72B 3.1%1.23B
82.80B 3.1%1.13B
92.89B 3.0%1.04B
102.98B 3.0%955.18M

Recent news

score · 8 articles

  • Paramount Skydance kept at 'sell' by UBS despite Warner Bros Discovery deal clearing final hurdle
  • Paramount Settlement Triggers WBD Breakout. How It Compares To Past Media Mergers.
  • Market Chatter: Paramount Skydance's $49 Billion Debt Sale Set to Launch in Coming Weeks
  • Warner Bros., Paramount stocks jump, but there’s a twist
  • Paramount Skydance Settlement Clears Path for Warner Bros. Deal Close, Morgan Stanley Says
  • Paramount Skydance Rises 4% on 12-State Settlement, Warner Bros. Discovery Holds Flat as $110B Deal Nears Its Close
  • Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (WBD) Is a Trending Stock: Facts to Know Before Betting on It
  • WBD Stock Surges as Paramount Deal Takes an Unexpected Turn

⚠ maintenance capex ≈ min(capex, D&A), capped at FCF · Price pays for ~25%/yr owner-earnings growth over 10y (reverse DCF); model credits 3%.

History

DateQualityPriceValueMoSRating
2026-09-23 31 $30.83 $10.04 -67.4% N/A
2026-09-02 31 $28.32 $10.26 -63.8% N/A
2026-08-13 31 $27.65 $10.40 -62.4% N/A
2026-07-23 31 $25.85 $11.15 -56.9% N/A
2026-07-02 31 $26.81 $11.37 -57.6% N/A
2026-06-25 31 $27.20 $11.47 -57.8% N/A
2026-06-23 31 $26.88 $11.35 -57.8% N/A