NASDAQ · DISCA

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.

Communication Services · Broadcasting

$24.43▲ 5.90% ($1.36)at close

As of 3:47 PM ET

52-week

$21.66$39.70

Market cap

$0.00

What the market price implies · Reverse DCF

To support a price of $24.43, this model requires revenue to grow by 9.44%/yr over the next 10 years, compounded annually.

Historical revenue grew by 32.25%/yr over the past 4 years. The required annual growth rate is 22.81 percentage points lower.

Selected forecast · Base scenario

3.46%/yr · actual 10-year annualized revenue growth

Year 1 growth: 5.42%

Market-implied · Base operating assumptions + edited margins

9.44%/yr · flat 10-year annualized revenue growth

Reverse DCF solves revenue growth itself using Base operating assumptions and your edited margins. Changing forecast growth alone does not change the implied rate. This is a model-implied requirement, not an analyst forecast.

Valuation

Recommended · Revenue & margin DCF

Price used

$24.43

Estimated value / share

$11.17

Base scenario

This estimate is 54.27% below the price used.

USD · TTM ending 2026-06-30

Year 1 growth 5.42% · Ending margin 7.19% · Discount rate 9.05%

Assumption scenarios, not statistical confidence intervals.

Method, dates & sources

Estimated from future revenue, operating margins, and the investment needed to support them.

Price timestamp: Apr 24, 2025, 7:47 PM UTC
Financial statement period: TTM ending 2026-06-30
Data refreshed: Sep 11, 2026, 12:29 AM UTC · provider

Why this method?

There is not a stable run of positive FCFF to anchor a direct cash-flow CAGR, so the model should start from revenue and margin assumptions instead.

Is FCFF positive and has it been for 3+ consecutive years? Latest FCFF is not positive.

Price vs Fundamentals

Why The Stock Is Moving

Likely fundamental deteriorationModerate confidence

1Y Price: -38.63%Revenue (TTM): -6.05%FCF (TTM): -46.37%P/FCF: 95th pct

What changed

The stock fell 38.63% over the last year. Revenue declined 6.05% over the trailing twelve months. Operating margin moved from 0.57% to 5.35%. Free cash flow declined 46.37% over the trailing twelve months.

What the market seems to be pricing

The market is reacting to weaker business momentum more than just compressing the valuation multiple. Even if the shares already screen cheap on P/FCF, investors are still discounting lower future earnings power.

What would invalidate this read

Operating margin stands at 5.35%. Revenue declined 6.05% — this read reverses if that trend stabilizes. Free cash flow fell 46.37% — a return toward positive territory would undermine the deterioration thesis. If margins and cash flow stabilize while the stock stays depressed, the gap shifts from fundamental damage toward pure multiple compression.

Performance

Return analysis

Company profile

Warner Bros.

CEODavid Zaslav

SectorCommunication Services

IndustryBroadcasting

Employees11,000

IPO dateJun 30, 2005

https://www.wbd.com

Market multiples

Forward P/E—

EV/EBITDA10.55

Enterprise value$99.33B

Stock splits

Aug 7, 2014↑ Forward

Every 1000 shares became 1957

+96%

Profitability & growth

Revenue growth-11.16%

Gross margin47.25%▼13.4ppvs FY2024

Operating margin-3.52%▲29.0ppvs FY2024

ROE-9.19%▼11.3ppvs FY2025

Analyst consensus

RatingHold

Target price$33.33▲36.43%

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Analyst ratings tend to be lagging indicators. Use as one signal among many.

Earnings

Full quarter-by-quarter history of actuals vs estimates. Switch into compare mode to inspect one metric year-over-year.

Next report

Apr 27, 2022

Q3 FY22 · EPS est $0.59 · Revenue est $3.13B

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