Earnings Per Share
Shares (Basic)
Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. Shares (Basic) increased by 124500.0% to 2.5B in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 1.2%, from 2.5B to 2.5B. Over 2 years (FY 2022 to FY 2025), Shares (Basic) shows an upward trend with a 16.5% CAGR.
Analysis
StatementIncome Statement
SectionEarnings Per Share
CategoryCapital Allocation
SignalContext dependent
VolatilityStable
First reportedQ1 2020
Last reportedQ1 2026May 6, 2026
How to read this metric
Changes reflect share buybacks (decrease) or equity issuance (increase), which impact the per-share earnings calculation.
Detailed definition
The average number of common shares outstanding during the reporting period, calculated by weighting the number of share...
Peer comparison
Standard metric for all public companies; reflects capital structure and share repurchase activity.
Metric ID:
weighted_shares_basicHistorical Data
18 periods
| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | 589M | 589M | 591M | 2.3B | 2.4B | 165M | 2.4B | 2.4B | 2.4B | 2.4B | 2.5B | 2.5B | 1M | 2.5B | 2.5B | 2.5B | 2M | 2.5B |
| QoQ Change | — | +0.0% | +0.3% | +286.8% | +6.2% | -93.2% | >999% | +0.2% | +0.0% | +0.2% | +0.3% | +0.1% | -100.0% | >999% | +0.6% | +0.1% | -99.9% | >999% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | +288.1% | +312.2% | — | +311.5% | +6.6% | +0.4% | +0.5% | +0.6% | +0.6% | — | +0.8% | +1.1% | +1.1% | +100.0% | +1.2% |
Range1M – 2.5B
CAGR+40.4%
Avg YoY Growth+78.8%
Median YoY Growth+1.1%
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.'s shares (basic)?
- Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (WBD) reported shares (basic) of 2.5B in Q1 2026.
- How has Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.'s shares (basic) changed year-over-year?
- Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.'s shares (basic) increased by 1.2% year-over-year, from 2.5B to 2.5B.
- What is the long-term trend for Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.'s shares (basic)?
- Over 2 years (2022 to 2025), Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.'s shares (basic) has grown at a 16.5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 5.5B to 7.4B.
- What does shares (basic) mean?
- The average number of shares held by investors during the period.