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Warner Bros. Discovery Inc (NASDAQ: WBD) closed the day trading at $10.20 up 0.10% from the previous closing price of $10.19. In other words, the price has increased by $0.10 from its previous closing price. On the day, 24.42 million shares were traded. WBD stock price reached its highest trading level at $10.35 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $9.96.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of WBD, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 7.13 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 4.71. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.80 and its Current Ratio is at 0.80. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.15 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.06.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for the company, MoffettNathanson on January 21, 2025, Upgraded its rating to Buy and sets its target price to $13 from $9 previously.
Bernstein Downgraded its Outperform to Mkt Perform on August 13, 2024, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $10 to $8.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Dec 13 ’24 when Savalle Sims bought 145,733 shares for $12.32 per share.
Sims Savalle sold 169,436 shares of WBD for $2,093,755 on Dec 13 ’24. The Chief Legal Officer now owns 599,317 shares after completing the transaction at $12.36 per share. On Dec 16 ’24, another insider, Zaslav David, who serves as the Chief Executive Officer & Pres of the company, sold 2,564,000 shares for $11.73 each. As a result, the insider received 30,075,720 and left with 3,453,591 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, WBD now has a Market Capitalization of 25022332928 and an Enterprise Value of 62926753792. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.63 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.71. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.59 whereas that against EBITDA is 8.807.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for WBD is 1.52, which has changed by 0.057053924 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.20587826 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, WBD has reached a high of $12.70, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $6.64. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -2.55%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 18.82%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, WBD traded about 30.54M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, WBD traded about 25089750 shares per day. A total of 2.45B shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 2.22B. Insiders hold about 9.37% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 62.22% stake in the company. Shares short for WBD as of 1736899200 were 77149526 with a Short Ratio of 2.53, compared to 1734048000 on 94757814. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 77149526 and a Short% of Float of 3.54.
