Barrington Research Has Bullish Estimate for WBD Q4 Earnings

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (NASDAQ:WBD - Free Report) - Stock analysts at Barrington Research upped their Q4 2026 earnings per share estimates for shares of Warner Bros. Discovery in a research report issued to clients and investors on Tuesday, February 4th. Barrington Research analyst P. Sholl now anticipates that the company will earn $0.03 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $0.02. Barrington Research currently has a "Outperform" rating and a $16.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Warner Bros. Discovery's current full-year earnings is ($4.33) per share.

A number of other research firms have also recently commented on WBD. Moffett Nathanson raised shares of Warner Bros. Discovery from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and lifted their price target for the stock from $9.00 to $13.00 in a research note on Tuesday, January 21st. Wolfe Research upgraded Warner Bros. Discovery from an "underperform" rating to a "peer perform" rating in a research report on Monday, November 11th. Rosenblatt Securities increased their price target on Warner Bros. Discovery from $9.00 to $13.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a report on Friday, December 13th. Barclays boosted their price objective on Warner Bros. Discovery from $8.00 to $10.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a report on Friday, November 8th. Finally, KeyCorp increased their target price on Warner Bros. Discovery from $11.00 to $14.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research note on Tuesday, December 10th. Ten research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eleven have issued a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $11.76.

Warner Bros. Discovery Trading Down 0.4 %

NASDAQ WBD traded down $0.04 on Wednesday, hitting $10.16. 22,033,577 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 24,469,668. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.03, a quick ratio of 0.80 and a current ratio of 0.80. Warner Bros. Discovery has a 52-week low of $6.64 and a 52-week high of $12.70. The firm has a market capitalization of $24.92 billion, a P/E ratio of -2.22, a P/E/G ratio of 7.98 and a beta of 1.49. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $10.45 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $8.99.

Warner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ:WBD - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Thursday, November 7th. The company reported $0.05 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($0.07) by $0.12. The firm had revenue of $9.62 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $9.79 billion. Warner Bros. Discovery had a negative return on equity of 27.56% and a negative net margin of 28.34%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 3.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted ($0.17) EPS.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Warner Bros. Discovery

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of WBD. Stonebridge Financial Group LLC purchased a new position in shares of Warner Bros. Discovery in the fourth quarter worth $26,000. SRS Capital Advisors Inc. increased its position in shares of Warner Bros. Discovery by 313.4% in the 4th quarter. SRS Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 2,559 shares of the company's stock valued at $27,000 after acquiring an additional 1,940 shares during the period. Ethos Financial Group LLC purchased a new position in Warner Bros. Discovery in the 4th quarter worth $29,000. Briaud Financial Planning Inc lifted its position in Warner Bros. Discovery by 258.1% during the 4th quarter. Briaud Financial Planning Inc now owns 2,775 shares of the company's stock worth $29,000 after acquiring an additional 2,000 shares during the period. Finally, Sugar Maple Asset Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Warner Bros. Discovery in the fourth quarter valued at about $33,000. 59.95% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Transactions at Warner Bros. Discovery

In other Warner Bros. Discovery news, insider Savalle Sims sold 169,436 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $12.36, for a total value of $2,094,228.96. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now owns 599,317 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $7,407,558.12. This trade represents a 22.04 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Corporate insiders own 1.80% of the company's stock.

Warner Bros. Discovery Company Profile

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc operates as a media and entertainment company worldwide. It operates through three segments: Studios, Network, and DTC. The Studios segment produces and releases feature films for initial exhibition in theaters; produces and licenses television programs to its networks and third parties and direct-to-consumer services; distributes films and television programs to various third parties and internal television; and offers streaming services and distribution through the home entertainment market, themed experience licensing, and interactive gaming.