Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (WBD)
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- symbol WBD
- Rev/Share 15.2735
- Book/Share 15.0484
- PB 1.9822
- Debt/Equity 0.0039
- CurrentRatio 1.0739
- ROIC 0.0013
- MktCap 71356703126.0
- FreeCF/Share 1.6418
- PFCF 17.5324
- PE 147.2066
- Debt/Assets 0.0014
- DivYield 0
- ROE 0.0139
- Rating B
- Score 3
- Recommendation Neutral
- P/E Score 1
- DCF Score 3
- P/B Score 3
- D/E Score 4
Recent Analyst Ratings
| Type | Ticker | Analyst Firm | Previous Rating | Current Rating | Previous Price Target | Current Price Target | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downgrade | WBD | Seaport Research Partners | Buy | Neutral | -- | -- | Dec. 9, 2025 |
| Upgrade | WBD | Rothschild & Co Redburn | Neutral | Buy | -- | $28 | Oct. 30, 2025 |
| Upgrade | WBD | Argus | Hold | Buy | -- | -- | Oct. 28, 2025 |
| Downgrade | WBD | KeyBanc Capital Markets | Overweight | Sector Weight | -- | -- | Sept. 26, 2025 |
| Downgrade | WBD | TD Cowen | Buy | Hold | -- | $14 | Sept. 16, 2025 |
| Upgrade | WBD | MoffettNathanson | Neutral | Buy | $9 | $13 | Jan. 21, 2025 |
News
Paramount Targets Warner Bros. For Hostile Bid—Challenges Netflix Deal
Published: December 08, 2025 by: Forbes
Sentiment: Positive
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Paramount Offers to Buy Warner Bros. for $30 a Share
Published: December 08, 2025 by: Bloomberg Markets and Finance
Sentiment: Positive
Paramount Skydance took its bidding for Warner Bros. Discovery public with an offer of $30 a share in cash, just days after the company agreed to a deal with Netflix.
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Market Getting "Answers" from FOMC, NFLX & PSKY Clash Over WBD
Published: December 08, 2025 by: Schwab Network
Sentiment: Positive
The Fed's interest rate decision will be crucial for markets this week, says Kevin Hincks, as he notes the anticipation building around what's expected to be a 25bps interest rate cut. He points to the possibility of quantitative easing into 2026 as another catalyst to watch.
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David Ellison fights back as Paramount launches a hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery
Published: December 08, 2025 by: Business Insider
Sentiment: Negative
Paramount Skydance got outbid by Netflix for Warner Bros. Discovery's streaming and studio assets.
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Paramount Launches Hostile Takeover Bid For Warner Bros. Discovery
Published: December 08, 2025 by: Deadline
Sentiment: Positive
Paramount today announced it has commenced an all-cash tender offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Warner Bros. Discovery for $30.00 per share in cash. “The Paramount offer for the entirety of WBD provides shareholders $18 billion more incash than the Netflix consideration.
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Paramount makes $108.4 billion bid for Warner Bros Discovery
Published: December 08, 2025 by: Reuters
Sentiment: Positive
Paramount Skydance on Monday launched a $108.4 billion deal for Warner Bros Discovery , throwing a wrench into the $72 billion deal with Netflix in a last-ditch effort to create a media powerhouse that would challenge the dominance of the streaming giant.
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Paramount Makes Hostile Takeover Bid for Warner After Netflix Struck Deal
Published: December 08, 2025 by: WSJ
Sentiment: Positive
Paramount launched a hostile takeover offer for Warner Bros. Discovery, taking its case for acquiring the company directly to shareholders just days after Warner agreed to a deal with Netflix.
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Paramount Skydance launches hostile bid for WBD after Netflix wins bidding war
Published: December 08, 2025 by: CNBC
Sentiment: Negative
David Ellison-run Paramount Skydance is launching a hostile bid to buy Warner Bros. Discovery.
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PARAMOUNT LAUNCHES All-CASH TENDER OFFER TO ACQUIRE WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY FOR $30 PER SHARE
Published: December 08, 2025 by: PRNewsWire
Sentiment: Neutral
Offer provides superior value, and a more certain and quicker path to completion to WBD shareholders Equity to be backstopped by Ellison Family and RedBird Capital in addition to debt fully committed by Bank of America, Citi and Apollo Obligation to take offer directly to WBD shareholders over concerns they were not presented most compelling and superior transaction Netflix transaction provides WBD shareholders with inferior and uncertain value, a protracted and uncertain multi-jurisdictional regulatory clearance process, a complex and volatile mix of equity and cash, and ownership of Global Networks as a standalone overleveraged company whose future trading value is …
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Netflix doesn't want to turn HBO into Netflix — it wants to bundle it
Published: December 05, 2025 by: Business Insider
Sentiment: Positive
Netflix became HBO faster than HBO could become Netflix. That's why Netflix is buying HBO.
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The regulatory path ahead for a Netflix and Warner Bros. deal could get dicey
Published: December 05, 2025 by: CNBC
Sentiment: Negative
Netflix has reached a deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery's streaming and film studio asset for $72 billion.
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$HAREHOLDER ALERT: The M&A Class Action Firm Announces An Investigation of Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (NASDAQ: WBD)
Published: December 05, 2025 by: PRNewsWire
Sentiment: Neutral
NEW YORK , Dec. 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Class Action Attorney Juan Monteverde with Monteverde & Associates PC (the "M&A Class Action Firm"), has recovered millions of dollars for shareholders and is recognized as a Top 50 Firm in the 2024 ISS Securities Class Action Services Report. The firm is headquartered at the Empire State Building in New York City and is investigating Warner Bros.
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Netflix Landed a Big Deal. Now it Could Have a Big Fight.
Published: December 05, 2025 by: WSJ
Sentiment: Negative
The Trump administration is already scrutinizing the streaming company's $72 billion deal for Warner Bros.
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Netflix to acquire Warner Bros. studio and streaming business for $72 billion
Published: December 05, 2025 by: TechXplore
Sentiment: Positive
Netflix struck a deal Friday to buy Warner Bros. Discovery, the Hollywood giant behind "Harry Potter" and HBO Max, in a $72 billion deal that would bring together two of the biggest players in television and film and potentially reshape the entertainment industry.
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Wall Street Roundup: Netflix Buying Warner Brothers
Published: December 05, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive
Netflix (NFLX) acquires Warner Brothers (WBD) for $72B, aiming to strengthen its streaming content library and competitive positioning. DG and CRM delivered strong earnings, with Dollar General up 37% since early November and Salesforce's AI-driven products showing early but modest revenue traction.
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Here's what Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav said about the Netflix deal at a company town hall
Published: December 05, 2025 by: Business Insider
Sentiment: Positive
The Netflix-Warner Bros. Discovery deal would be one of the biggest ever in the media industry.
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Netflix stock sinks as the streaming giant reveals plans to buy Warner Bros. and HBO in $83 billion megadeal
Published: December 05, 2025 by: Fast Company
Sentiment: Neutral
Netflix has announced that it intends to buy legendary Hollywood studio Warner Bros. in a deal valued at approximately $82.7 billion.
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Netflix Acquisition Of Warner Bros Comes With Hidden Super Powers
Published: December 05, 2025 by: Forbes
Sentiment: Positive
Earlier this month, a copy of the historic first issue of Superman comics sold for a record $9.1 million. Hold my beer, said Netflix.
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Netflix-Warner Bros mega-deal raises questions over content, competition
Published: December 05, 2025 by: Proactive Investors
Sentiment: Neutral
Netflix Inc (NASDAQ:NFLX, XETRA:NFC)'s announcement that it will acquire Warner Bros Discovery Inc (NASDAQ:WBD, XETRA:J5A) in a $72 billion cash-and-stock deal has drawn a mixed response from analysts, as investors weigh the risks and potential rewards of one of the largest media transactions in history. The deal values Warner Bros.
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David Ellison's hunt for WBD made David Zaslav richer — and it may not be over
Published: December 05, 2025 by: CNBC
Sentiment: Neutral
Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison has made WBD CEO David Zaslav a lot richer with nothing to show for it as WBD agrees to sell its studio and streaming business to Netflix. Paramount is now considering taking an offer straight to shareholders to acquire the asset, believing its deal has a better chance of gaining U.S. regulatory approval, sources told CNBC.
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How Investors Are Responding to the Netflix-Warner Bros. Deal Today
Published: December 05, 2025 by: Investopedia
Sentiment: Neutral
One of the most closely watched bidding wars of the year is over—maybe.
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HBO-Netflix Content On One Platform May Replicate Disney's Hulu Plan
Published: December 05, 2025 by: Forbes
Sentiment: Positive
When the world's most prolific streaming service, Netflix, announced a deal Friday to purchase beleaguered Warner Bros., the big question immediately became how the sale would impact the valuable HBO Max content.
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Netflix's plan to buy Warner Bros. throws the theater industry into upheaval
Published: December 05, 2025 by: CNBC
Sentiment: Negative
Movie theater operators are worried for the future of the theatrical industry if Netflix completes its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery's studio and streaming assets.
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Shareholder Alert: The Ademi Firm investigates whether Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. is obtaining a Fair Price for its Public Shareholders
Published: December 05, 2025 by: PRNewsWire
Sentiment: Neutral
MILWAUKEE , Dec. 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Ademi Firm is investigating WBD (NASDAQ: WBD) for possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of law in its recently announced transaction with Netflix. Click here to learn how to join our investigation and obtain additional information or contact us at [email protected] or toll-free: 866-264-3995.
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Netflix to Buy Warner Bros. for $72 Billion - What We Know
Published: December 05, 2025 by: Bloomberg Markets and Finance
Sentiment: Positive
Stephen Flynn, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Credit Analyst, discusses the record-breaking bank loan that will help finance Netflix's planned $72 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. Netflix Inc. has lined up $59 billion of financing from Wall Street banks to help support its planned $72 billion acquisition of Warner Bros.
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Netflix to Buy Warner Brothers for $72 Billion, PCE Data Delayed
Published: December 05, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Neutral
Netflix streaming services will now join CNN, HBO Max, Major League Baseball, DC Studios, the Food Network and HGTV, to name just a few.
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What Does Netflix's Planned Acquisition Of Warner Bros. Mean For Theaters And Titles Like HBO, CNN?
Published: December 05, 2025 by: Forbes
Sentiment: Positive
Netflix announced Friday morning it struck a deal with Warner Bros. to purchase the storied film studio for $82.7 billion, a potentially major acquisition that shook the film and television industries.
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Here Are The WB Games Netflix Now Owns After Its Warner Bros. Purchase
Published: December 05, 2025 by: Forbes
Sentiment: Positive
Netflix has just purchased Warner Bros. Studios for $82.7 billion, and if that deal goes through, it will now own many of the most popular IPs on the planet, in addition to WB's literal studios.
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Wall Street Surprised by Netflix Deal to Buy Warner Bros. Discovery
Published: December 05, 2025 by: Bloomberg Markets and Finance
Sentiment: Positive
Jason Bazinet, Managing Director at Citigroup, discusses Netflix's move to buy Warner Bros. Discovery in a historic combination.
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Why Netflix's Mega-Merger Could Crush Your Portfolio
Published: December 05, 2025 by: 24/7 Wall Street
Sentiment: Positive
Netflix ( NASDAQ:NFLX ) has officially clinched the blockbuster bidding war for Warner Bros.
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About Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (WBD)
- IPO Date 2005-07-08
- Website https://ir.wbd.com
- Industry Entertainment
- CEO David Zaslav
- Employees 35000