Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. , a media company, provides content across various distribution platforms in approximately 50 languages worldwide.
Warner Bros Discovery stock last closed at $8.31, up 0.97% from the previous day, and has decreased 41.77% in one year. It has underperformed other stocks in the Entertainment industry by 0.52 percentage points. Warner Bros Discovery stock is currently +3.62% from its 52-week low of $8.02, and -43.7% from its 52-week high of $14.76.
There are currently 2.44B WBD shares outstanding. The market cap of WBD is $20.27B. In the last 24 hours, 21.31M WBD shares were traded.
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Out of 12 Wall Street analysts who monitor WBD, the consensus analyst rating on Warner Bros Discovery is a Buy
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Benjamin Swinburne, a top 4% analyst from Morgan Stanley maintains WBD with a hold rating and lowers their WBD price target from $14.00 to $10.00, on Feb 26, 2024.
Philip Cusick, a bottom 12% analyst from JP Morgan maintains WBD with a hold rating and lowers their WBD price target from $13.00 to $10.00, on Feb 26, 2024.
JP Morgan's Philip Cusick lowered their price target on Warner Bros Discovery (NASDAQ: WBD) by 23.1% from $13 to $10 on 2024/02/26. The analyst maintained their Hold rating on the stock.
Cusick's price target hike was in response to Warner Bros Discovery's Q4 and FY 2023 earnings report released on 2024/02/23.
In spite of management's lack of specific FY 2024 EBITDA and free cash flow guidance during the call, commentators did note that they anticipate "2024 to be another strong free cash flow year with continued de-levering," the analyst told readers.
While JP Morgan remains "pleased" with the company's improving cost structure, it is keeping a cautious eye on Warner Bros Discovery "because of its leverage, delayed advertising recovery, greater direct-to-consumer costs in 2024, and difficult linear environment," Cusick said.
Warner Bros. Discovery reported:
For Q4 2023:
For FY 2023:
Management guided:
President & CEO David Zaslav commented: “We are significantly closer to our longer-term leverage targets with more than $12B of debt paid down in less than two years.
“Certainly, having a more flexible financial profile doesn't insulate us, or anyone else for that matter, from having creative wins and losses, but it most certainly will help us take the necessary steps required to further achieve our growth objectives and to more intently focus on driving shareholder value.”
Steven Cahall, a top 10% analyst from Wells Fargo downgrades WBD to a hold rating and lowers their WBD price target from $16.00 to $12.00, on Jan 29, 2024.
Tim Nollen, a bottom 6% analyst from Macquarie maintains WBD with a buy rating and lowers their WBD price target from $16.00 to $14.00, on Jan 22, 2024.
Hamilton Faber, a top 29% analyst from Redburn Atlantic downgrades WBD to a hold rating and announces their WBD price target of $11.00, on Jan 11, 2024.
You can dig deeper into what analysts are forecasting on the Warner Bros Discovery stock forecast page.
Last year, WBD revenue was $41.32B. During the last five year, WBD's revenue has increased by 31.39% per year. This was faster than the Entertainment industry average of 15.12%.
Learn more about WBD's earnings and revenue performance here.
Over the past year, insiders at WBD have sold more shares than they have bought.
Adria Alpertromm, Chief People Culture Officer of WBD, was the latest WBD insider to sell. They sold $180,613.16 worth of WBD shares on Mar 6, 2024.
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No, Warner Bros Discovery doesn't provide an income stream by paying out dividends.
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