Warner Bros. Discovery Inc (NASDAQ: WBD) is -1.70% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $6.64 and a high of $12.70 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The WBD stock was last observed hovering at around $10.48 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.09%.
Currently trading at $10.39, the stock is -3.49% and -0.00% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 33.41 million and changing -0.86% at the moment leaves the stock 16.33% off its SMA200. WBD registered 21.81% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 22.38%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $10.3902 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $8.93145.
The stock witnessed a 0.48% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -16.81%, and is 0.19% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 4.04% over the week and 5.14% over the month.
Warner Bros. Discovery Inc (WBD) has around 35000 employees, a market worth around $25.50B and $39.28B in sales. Profit margin for the company is -28.81%. Distance from 52-week low is 56.48% and -18.19% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-15.31%).
with sales reaching $9.74B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 92.16% this year, but quarterly earnings will post -1.07% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -2.21% in year-over-year returns.
Warner Bros. Discovery Inc (WBD) Top Institutional Holders
1576.0 institutions hold shares in Warner Bros. Discovery Inc (WBD), with institutional investors hold 75.45% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 2.45B, and float is at 2.42B with Short Float at 2.65%. Institutions hold 68.45% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 248.57 million shares valued at $1.85 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 10.1749% of the WBD Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 165.19 million shares valued at $1.23 billion to account for 6.7618 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 145.39 million shares representing 5.9512% and valued at over $1.08 billion, while HARRIS ASSOCIATES L P holds 4.2648 of the shares totaling 104.53 million with a market value of $777.71 million.
Warner Bros. Discovery Inc (WBD) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider purchase by Di Piazza Samuel A Jr., the company’s Director. SEC filings show that Di Piazza Samuel A Jr. bought 17,346 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 03 ’25 at a price of $11.41 per share for a total of $0.2 million. Following the purchase, the insider now owns 0.16 million shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Dec 13 ’24, Sims Savalle (Chief Legal Officer) disposed off 169,436 shares at an average price of $12.36 for $2.09 million. The insider now directly holds 599,317 shares of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc (WBD).
