Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) Set to Announce Earnings on Thursday

Warner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ:WBD) is set to post its quarterly earnings results before the market opens on Thursday, May 9th. Analysts expect Warner Bros. Discovery to post earnings of ($0.23) per share for the quarter. Individual that wish to listen to the company’s earnings conference call can do so using this link.

Warner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ:WBD) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Friday, February 23rd. The company reported ($0.16) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.11) by ($0.05). The business had revenue of $10.28 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $10.34 billion. Warner Bros. Discovery had a negative return on equity of 3.48% and a negative net margin of 7.57%. Warner Bros. Discovery’s revenue was down 6.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.42 EPS. On average, analysts expect Warner Bros. Discovery to post $0 EPS for the current fiscal year and $0 EPS for the next fiscal year.

Warner Bros. Discovery Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ WBD opened at $7.96 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.90, a quick ratio of 0.93 and a current ratio of 0.93. The company has a market cap of $19.42 billion, a PE ratio of -6.22 and a beta of 1.51. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $8.44 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $9.85. Warner Bros. Discovery has a fifty-two week low of $7.34 and a fifty-two week high of $14.76.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several brokerages have recently issued reports on WBD. Wolfe Research cut Warner Bros. Discovery from a “peer perform” rating to an “underperform” rating and set a $7.00 price objective for the company. in a research note on Tuesday, April 23rd. Redburn Atlantic cut Warner Bros. Discovery from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $11.00 price target for the company. in a research report on Thursday, January 11th. Citigroup reduced their price target on Warner Bros. Discovery from $16.00 to $14.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, February 29th. Wells Fargo & Company cut Warner Bros. Discovery from an “overweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and reduced their price target for the company from $16.00 to $12.00 in a research report on Monday, January 29th. Finally, Barrington Research dropped their price objective on Warner Bros. Discovery from $18.00 to $16.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, February 26th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have assigned a hold rating and ten have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Warner Bros. Discovery currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $13.83.

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.