Warner Bros (WBD)

• Market cap: $26.2B
• 1 day: 1.91%
• 5 days: -11.06%
• 1 month: 7.44%
• 3 months: 29.73%
• 6 months: 51.85%
• Year to date: -8.32%
• 1 year: -8.32%
• 5 years: -56.86%
• 10 years: -56.86%
• Sector: Communication Services
• Industry: Cable & Other Pay Television Services

About: Warner Bros. Discovery was formed in 2022 through the combination of WarnerMedia and Discovery Communications. It operates in three global business segments: studios, networks, and direct-to-consumer. Warner Bros. Pictures is the crown jewel of the studios business, producing, distributing, and licensing movies and television shows. The networks business consists of basic cable networks, such as CNN, TNT, TBS, Discovery, HGTV, and the Food Network. Direct-to-consumer includes HBO and the firm's streaming platforms, which have now been consolidated to Max and Discovery+. Much of the DTC content is created within the firm's other two business segments. Each segment operates with a global reach, with Max available in over 60 countries.

Employees: 35,300

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q3 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

27% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 11 [Q2] → 14 (+3) [Q3]

19% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $323M | Put options by funds: $271M

10% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $11.2B [Q2] → $12.2B (+$1.08B) [Q3]

0.74% less ownership

Funds ownership: 61.19% [Q2] → 60.44% (-0.74%) [Q3]

4% less funds holding

Funds holding: 1,168 [Q2] → 1,120 (-48) [Q3]

27% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 345 | Existing positions reduced: 470

32% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 101 | Existing positions closed: 149

Research analyst outlook

9 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

• Low target: $9 16% downside
• Avg. target: $12.36 16% upside
• High target: $16 50% upside

9 analyst ratings

• positive: 5 56%
• neutral: 4 44%
• negative: 0 0%

Goldman Sachs Michael Ng 81% 1-year accuracy 17 / 21 met price target	1% upside $10.75	Neutral Maintained	19 Dec 2024
Rosenblatt Barton Crockett 73% 1-year accuracy 41 / 56 met price target	22% upside $13	Neutral Maintained	13 Dec 2024
Barrington Research James Goss 55% 1-year accuracy 53 / 96 met price target	50% upside $16	Outperform Maintained	13 Dec 2024
B of A Securities Jessica Reif Cohen 25% 1-year accuracy 1 / 4 met price target	31% upside $14	Buy Reiterated	12 Dec 2024
Guggenheim Michael Morris 71% 1-year accuracy 17 / 24 met price target	17% upside $12.50	Buy Maintained	12 Dec 2024