All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
All nine metrics read as filed from the record.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
2 warning events since 2017; the latest 2026-10-06.
From the record
Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 2 warning events: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 2 times, the latest 2026-10-06) (its current reports).
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What has it actually done, year after year?
+21.4% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 6 of 10.
From the record
Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $6.5 billion in fiscal 2016 to $37 billion in fiscal 2025, up 21.4% a year; it rose in 6 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 10% from fiscal 2023 to fiscal 2025; net income was positive in 6 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How has it treated the people who own it?
Share count grew 9.3% a year. 0% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 56 sales, 0 purchases.
From the record
Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 9.3% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 0% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 56 sales (18 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-08 (their Form 4 filings).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they doing right now?
Is it financially healthy right now?
ROE 2%: 2¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 63%: owes 63¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. earned about 2 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 63 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 3.3% over the year (the filed statements).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How strong is its position in its industry?
top 29% of 18 in its family; net margin 1.9%.
From the record
Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.'s standing among 18 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $37 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 15% by size; a net margin of 1.9% ranks in the top 47%; revenue growth of 3.3% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 25% (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are the people in charge doing?
bottom 50% of 14 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2008.
From the record
Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Zaslav, David (Chief Executive Officer & Pres, as filed), filing under that title since 2008-09-18, 18.2 years (top 4% of its family); most of the 20 officers and directors filing now have filed since the record of its people begins (2022-04-08), a floor of 4.6 years the record cannot see past, so that part is not read; 18 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 20 people in charge now (bottom 3%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
top 48% of 16 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $4.6 billion against debt of $32 billion leaves -27.8% of its assets as net cash, top 36% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 8.3% of revenue (bottom 41%) (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What could actually drive growth from here?
bottom 29% of 16 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 3.3% a year over the last three filed years against 21.4% over all 10, slowing (bottom 22% of its family); the newest year grew -5.2% (bottom 3%); capital spending grew 7.6% a year (top 37%) (its annual reports). Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. reported 4 product lines in fiscal 2025: Distribution Revenue at $19 billion (52%), Product and Service Content at $9.6 billion (26%), Advertising at $7.3 billion (20%), and 1 more; 0 of 4 grew against the year before (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?
bottom 49% of 16 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $37 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 12% below the $42 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 3% of its family); net income of $727 million against a prior three-year average of $7.3 billion (top 34%); a net margin of 1.9% against -19.4% before (top 22%) (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made