Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (NASDAQ:WBD) Forecasted to Post Q1 2025 Earnings of ($0.10) Per Share

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (NASDAQ:WBD) – Stock analysts at Seaport Res Ptn issued their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Warner Bros. Discovery in a research report issued to clients and investors on Thursday, September 12th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst D. Joyce forecasts that the company will post earnings per share of ($0.10) for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Warner Bros. Discovery’s current full-year earnings is ($4.17) per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for Warner Bros. Discovery’s Q2 2025 earnings at ($0.20) EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.02 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.02 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $0.03 EPS.

Several other brokerages have also issued reports on WBD. Rosenblatt Securities reiterated a “neutral” rating and set a $9.00 price target on shares of Warner Bros. Discovery in a report on Friday. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reduced their price target on Warner Bros. Discovery from $16.00 to $15.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, August 8th. Moffett Nathanson reduced their price target on Warner Bros. Discovery from $10.00 to $9.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, August 8th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their target price on Warner Bros. Discovery from $10.00 to $8.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Friday, August 9th. Finally, Barclays reduced their target price on Warner Bros. Discovery from $9.00 to $8.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, August 8th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, twelve have assigned a hold rating and nine have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Warner Bros. Discovery has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $10.93.

Warner Bros. Discovery Stock Up 0.8 %

Shares of Warner Bros. Discovery stock opened at $8.56 on Monday. The firm has a market cap of $20.97 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -6.90 and a beta of 1.48. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.06, a current ratio of 0.76 and a quick ratio of 0.76. Warner Bros. Discovery has a 52-week low of $6.64 and a 52-week high of $12.70. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $7.78 and a 200-day simple moving average of $7.97.

Warner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ:WBD) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 7th. The company reported ($4.07) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.18) by ($3.89). The firm had revenue of $9.71 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $10.07 billion. Warner Bros. Discovery had a negative net margin of 29.47% and a negative return on equity of 27.28%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was down 6.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned ($0.51) earnings per share.

Institutional Trading of Warner Bros. Discovery

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. FinTrust Capital Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Warner Bros. Discovery by 56.3% during the fourth quarter. FinTrust Capital Advisors LLC now owns 3,066 shares of the company’s stock valued at $35,000 after purchasing an additional 1,105 shares during the period. Personal CFO Solutions LLC grew its position in Warner Bros. Discovery by 4.6% in the fourth quarter. Personal CFO Solutions LLC now owns 25,126 shares of the company’s stock valued at $286,000 after acquiring an additional 1,108 shares during the period. Holistic Financial Partners grew its position in Warner Bros. Discovery by 5.8% in the fourth quarter. Holistic Financial Partners now owns 21,235 shares of the company’s stock valued at $242,000 after acquiring an additional 1,167 shares during the period. OFI Invest Asset Management grew its position in Warner Bros. Discovery by 45.9% in the second quarter. OFI Invest Asset Management now owns 3,879 shares of the company’s stock valued at $27,000 after acquiring an additional 1,221 shares during the period. Finally, NEOS Investment Management LLC grew its position in Warner Bros. Discovery by 1.1% in the fourth quarter. NEOS Investment Management LLC now owns 112,359 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,279,000 after acquiring an additional 1,226 shares during the period. 59.95% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

About Warner Bros. Discovery

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.