Warner Bros. Discovery was created as a merger between AT&T’s subsidiary WarnerMedia and Discovery Inc. The merger was completed on April 8 2022, when the company started trading with the ticker WBD. David Zaslav, previously Discovery’s CEO, will lead the company, which will expand its streaming services HBO Max and Discovery+
WarnerMedia was spun off pro rata to AT&T’s shareholders and was approved by Discovery shareholders. The company began trading on April 11 2022 on the NASDAQ. AT&T shareholders received a special dividend of 0.24 of a share in WBD for every share in AT&T they own.
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Buying shares in just one company is generally considered a riskier bet than investing in a range of investments - AKA a "diversified portfolio". Experts generally recommend holding a mix of investments in specific assets and funds. Funds are ready-made portfolios of multiple companies' shares (potentially including Warner Bros. Discovery), and the idea is that drops in the value of one constituent company's share price might be offset by rises in others.
Warner Bros. Discovery is a major part of the NASDAQ, so it's included in many global funds and investment trusts, as well as tracker-style exchange traded funds (ETFs).
April 17, 2024: SEC filings show that Readystate Asset Management has increased its holdings in Warner Bros Discovery, with a number of other hedge funds and asset managers also increasing their position in the stock.
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Over the last 12 months, Warner Bros. Discovery's shares have ranged in value from as little as $8.02 up to $14.76. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Warner Bros. Discovery's is 1.49. This would suggest that Warner Bros. Discovery's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
Historical closes compared with the last close of $8.29
| 1 week (2024-04-18) | -1.31% |
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| 1 month (2024-03-25) | -1.07% |
| 3 months (2024-01-25) | -21.94% |
| 6 months (2023-10-25) | -15.41% |
| 1 year (2023-04-25) | -34.10% |
| 3 years (2021-04-25) | -78.66% |
| 5 years (2019-04-25) | -73.69% |
The gauge below shows real-time ratings that are based on 26 popular indicators such as moving averages, for specific time periods. It's not a recommendation but is simply technical analysis that can form part of your research.
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Valuing a stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge value. Check out the Warner Bros. Discovery P/E ratio, PEG ratio and EBITDA
Warner Bros. Discovery's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.3895. A PEG ratio over 1 can be interpreted as meaning shares are overvalued at the current rate of growth, or may anticipate an acceleration in growth.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Warner Bros. Discovery's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
However, it's sensible to consider Warner Bros. Discovery's PEG ratio in relation to those of similar companies.
Warner Bros. Discovery's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is a whopping $7.4 billion (£5.9 billion).
The EBITDA is a measure of a Warner Bros. Discovery's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
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