Warner Bros Ownership

WBD Stock  USD 13.31  0.46  3.58%   
Warner Bros Discovery retains a total of 2.47 Billion outstanding shares. The majority of Warner Bros outstanding shares are owned by institutional investors. These institutions are usually referred to as non-private investors looking to purchase positions in Warner Bros Discovery to benefit from reduced commissions. Consequently, other corporate entities are subject to a different set of regulations than regular investors in Warner Bros Discovery. Please pay attention to any change in the institutional holdings of Warner Bros Discovery as this could imply that something significant has changed or is about to change at the company. Please note that on February 17, 2025, Representative August Lee Pfluger of US Congress acquired under $15k worth of Warner Bros Discovery's common stock.
 
Shares in Circulation  
First Issued
2004-03-31
Previous Quarter
2.5 B
Current Value
2.5 B
Avarage Shares Outstanding
922.3 M
Quarterly Volatility
622.1 M
 
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Please note, institutional investors have a lot of resources and new technology at their disposal. They can put in a lot of research and financial analysis when reviewing investment options. There are many different types of institutional investors, including banks, hedge funds, insurance companies, and pension plans. One of the main advantages they have over retail investors is the fees paid for trades. As they are buying in large quantities, they can manage their cost more effectively.
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Warner Stock Ownership Analysis

About 71.0% of the company outstanding shares are owned by institutional investors. The company has Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 0.93. Historically many companies with similar price-to-book (P/B) ratio do better than the market in the long run. Warner Bros Discovery has Price/Earnings To Growth (PEG) ratio of 2.79. The entity recorded a loss per share of 4.4. The firm had not issued any dividends in recent years. Warner Bros had 1957:1000 split on the 7th of August 2014. Discovery, Inc., a media company, provides content across various distribution platforms in approximately 50 languages worldwide. It provides content through various distribution platforms comprising pay-television, free-to-air and broadcast television, authenticated GO applications, digital distribution arrangements, content licensing agreements, and direct-to-consumer subscriptions, as well as various platforms that include brand-aligned Websites, online streaming, mobile devices, video on demand, and broadband channels. Discovery Inc operates under Entertainment classification in the United States and is traded on NASDAQ Exchange. It employs 11000 people. For more information please call David Zaslav at 212 548 5555 or visit https://ir.wbd.com.
Besides selling stocks to institutional investors, Warner Bros also allocates a substantial amount of its earnings to a pull of share-based compensation to be paid out to its employees, managers, executives, and members of the board of directors. Share-Based compensation (also sometimes called Stock-Based Compensation) is a way of paying different Warner Bros' stakeholders with equity in the business. It is typically used as a motivation factor for employees to contribute beyond their regular compensation (salary and bonus). It is also used as a tool to align Warner Bros' strategic interests with those of the company's shareholders. Shares issued to employees are usually subject to a vesting period before they are earned and sold.

Warner Bros Quarterly Liabilities And Stockholders Equity

101.68 Billion

Warner Bros Insider Trades History

About 10.0% of Warner Bros Discovery are currently held by insiders. Unlike Warner Bros' institutional investors, corporate insiders most likely have a limit on the maximum percentage of share ownership. This is done to align insiders' influence against Warner Bros' private investors even though both sides will benefit from rising prices or experience loss when the share price declines. The good rule to have in mind is that the maximum share ownership percentage of the corporate insiders should not surpass 25%. View all of Warner Bros' insider trades
 
Housing Crash
 
Credit Downgrade
 
Yuan Drop
 
Covid

Warner Stock Institutional Investors

Have you ever been surprised when a price of an equity instrument such as Warner Bros is soaring high without any particular reason? This is usually happening because many institutional investors are aggressively trading Warner Bros Discovery backward and forwards among themselves. Warner Bros' institutional investor refers to the entity that pools money to purchase Warner Bros' securities or originate loans. Institutional investors include commercial and private banks, credit unions, insurance companies, pension funds, hedge funds, endowments, and mutual funds. Operating companies that invest excess capital in these types of assets may also be included in the term and may influence corporate governance by exercising voting rights in their investments.
Shares
Northern Trust Corp2025-03-31
23.4 M
Jpmorgan Chase & Co2025-03-31
22.6 M
Jericho Capital Asset Management Lp2025-03-31
22.4 M
Slate Path Capital Lp2025-03-31
22.1 M
Edgepoint Investment Group, Inc.2025-03-31
22.1 M
Fmr Inc2025-03-31
20.6 M
Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management Llc2025-03-31
20.4 M
Barclays Plc2025-03-31
20.2 M
Bank Of America Corp2025-03-31
18.8 M
Vanguard Group Inc2025-03-31
256.8 M
Blackrock Inc2025-03-31
173.2 M
Note, although Warner Bros' institutional investors appear to be way more sophisticated than retail investors, it remains unclear if professional active investment managers can reliably enhance risk-adjusted returns by an amount that exceeds fees and expenses.

Warner Bros Discovery Insider Trading Activities

Some recent studies suggest that insider trading raises the cost of capital for securities issuers and decreases overall economic growth. Trading by specific Warner Bros insiders, such as employees or executives, is commonly permitted as long as it does not rely on Warner Bros' material information that is not in the public domain. Local jurisdictions usually require such trading to be reported in order to monitor insider transactions. In many U.S. states, trading conducted by corporate officers, key employees, directors, or significant shareholders must be reported to the regulator or publicly disclosed, usually within a few business days of the trade. In these cases Warner Bros insiders are required to file a Form 4 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) when buying or selling shares of their own companies.

Warner Bros' latest congressional trading

Congressional trading in companies like Warner Bros Discovery, is subject to rigorous scrutiny to prevent conflicts of interest and insider trading. This is governed by multiple SEC regulations which were established to foster transparency and deter members of Congress from leveraging non-public information for personal gain. This oversight helps maintain public trust and ensures that investments in Warner Bros by those in governmental positions are based on the same information available to the general public.
2025-02-17Representative August Lee PflugerAcquired Under $15KVerify
2025-01-08Representative Laurel LeeAcquired Under $15KVerify
2024-09-13Representative Carol Devine MillerAcquired Under $15KVerify
2023-12-15Representative Harold Dallas RogersAcquired Under $15KVerify
2023-10-16Senator Sheldon WhitehouseAcquired Under $15KVerify
2023-01-19Representative Michael Patrick GuestAcquired Under $15KVerify
2023-01-09Senator Gary PetersAcquired Under $15KVerify
2022-05-24Senator Sheldon WhitehouseAcquired Under $15KVerify
2022-05-10Senator Gary PetersAcquired Under $15KVerify
2022-05-03Representative Nancy PelosiAcquired $50K to $100KVerify
2022-05-02Representative Michael Patrick GuestAcquired Under $15KVerify

Warner Bros Outstanding Bonds

Warner Bros issues bonds to finance its operations. Corporate bonds make up one of the largest components of the U.S. bond market, which is considered the world's largest securities market. Warner Bros Discovery uses the proceeds from bond sales for a wide variety of purposes, including financing ongoing mergers and acquisitions, buying new equipment, investing in research and development, buying back their own stock, paying dividends to shareholders, and even refinancing existing debt. Most Warner bonds can be classified according to their maturity, which is the date when Warner Bros Discovery has to pay back the principal to investors. Maturities can be short-term, medium-term, or long-term (more than ten years). Longer-term bonds usually offer higher interest rates but may entail additional risks.

Warner Bros Corporate Filings

F4
14th of July 2025
The report filed by a party regarding the acquisition or disposition of a company's common stock, as well as derivative securities such as options, warrants, and convertible securities
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1st of July 2025
Other Reports
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8K
26th of June 2025
Report filed with the SEC to announce major events that shareholders should know about
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8K
17th of June 2025
An amendment to a previously filed Form 8-K
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Quarterly Earnings Growth
2.267
Earnings Share
(4.40)
Revenue Per Share
15.62
Quarterly Revenue Growth
(0.1)
Return On Assets
0.005
The market value of Warner Bros Discovery is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Warner that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Warner Bros' value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Warner Bros' true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because Warner Bros' market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Warner Bros' underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between Warner Bros' value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Warner Bros is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Warner Bros' price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.