Warner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ:WBD) Insider Amy Girdwood Sells 75,030 Shares of Stock

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (NASDAQ:WBD) insider Amy Girdwood sold 75,030 shares of Warner Bros. Discovery stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $28.25, for a total value of $2,119,597.50. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 1,027,283 shares in the company, valued at approximately $29,020,744.75. This represents a 6.81% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this link.

Warner Bros. Discovery Trading Down 0.7%

WBD stock traded down $0.20 during trading on Friday, hitting $27.80. 4,069,491 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 25,215,475. The company has a 50-day moving average of $28.29 and a 200-day moving average of $23.11. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.87, a quick ratio of 1.07 and a current ratio of 1.06. Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. has a 1 year low of $7.52 and a 1 year high of $30.00. The firm has a market capitalization of $68.89 billion, a PE ratio of 95.87 and a beta of 1.60.

Warner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ:WBD) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 26th. The company reported ($0.10) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.09 by ($0.19). Warner Bros. Discovery had a return on equity of 1.98% and a net margin of 1.95%.The company had revenue of $9.46 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $9.33 billion. During the same period last year, the firm earned ($0.20) earnings per share. Warner Bros. Discovery’s revenue for the quarter was down 5.7% on a year-over-year basis. Analysts predict that Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. will post -4.33 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Concord Wealth Partners lifted its stake in shares of Warner Bros. Discovery by 49.9% in the 3rd quarter. Concord Wealth Partners now owns 1,321 shares of the company’s stock valued at $26,000 after purchasing an additional 440 shares during the period. Swiss RE Ltd. purchased a new stake in Warner Bros. Discovery in the fourth quarter worth $26,000. Physician Wealth Advisors Inc. raised its holdings in Warner Bros. Discovery by 152.1% in the third quarter. Physician Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 1,404 shares of the company’s stock worth $27,000 after purchasing an additional 847 shares in the last quarter. Financial Gravity Companies Inc. purchased a new position in Warner Bros. Discovery during the second quarter valued at $29,000. Finally, Fideuram Asset Management Ireland dac purchased a new position in Warner Bros. Discovery during the fourth quarter valued at $29,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 59.95% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts have issued reports on WBD shares. Wells Fargo & Company raised their price target on shares of Warner Bros. Discovery from $21.00 to $25.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Friday, November 7th. TD Cowen raised their target price on Warner Bros. Discovery from $22.00 to $26.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, February 27th. UBS Group upped their price target on Warner Bros. Discovery from $20.00 to $30.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 28th. Guggenheim cut Warner Bros. Discovery from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and increased their price objective for the stock from $25.00 to $30.00 in a report on Wednesday, January 14th. Finally, Barrington Research lowered Warner Bros. Discovery from an “outperform” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, December 5th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seventeen have issued a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $25.34.

More Warner Bros. Discovery News

Here are the key news stories impacting Warner Bros. Discovery this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Paramount’s purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery — coverage focuses on what the sale means for assets such as CNN and Turner (possible strategic simplification, value realization, and a takeover premium that supports WBD’s share price). Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Buy-side leadership signals: David Ellison (Paramount/Skydance) vows CNN will operate independently post-deal — reduces some regulatory/brand-integration risk and reassures that news assets may be preserved rather than dismantled. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: M&A analysis and investor materials emphasize strategic reshaping and bidder dynamics — analysts and advisors are framing the transaction as a value-reset event for WBD shareholders. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Industry/creative impact: IMAX’s CEO highlights WBD films among Oscar nominees — positive for franchise/IP credibility but limited direct near-term share impact. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: After the collapsed Netflix bid earlier in the process, Business Insider outlines how Netflix benefited financially from walking away — relevant for competitive landscape but not directly altering WBD takeover dynamics. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Third-party activity (reports of investors buying Netflix debt amid the WBD fight) signals opportunistic moves around the media contest but is peripheral to WBD’s core valuation drivers. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Large insider selling by multiple executives including CEO David Zaslav (4,004,149 shares), the CFO and other insiders — sizable disposals can signal liquidity taking, tax/planned sales or concern about upside post-deal and are weighing on sentiment. SEC filings detail the transactions. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Argus issues a pessimistic forecast for WBD stock — an explicit analyst downgrade/bearish note may cap upside and encourage short-term profit-taking. Article Title

Warner Bros. Discovery Company Profile

Warner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ: WBD) is a global media and entertainment company formed when WarnerMedia and Discovery, Inc combined their businesses in 2022. Headquartered in New York City, the company assembles a broad portfolio of film and television production, linear and cable networks, streaming services and consumer distribution operations. Its assets span well-known studio brands, premium scripted and unscripted programming, news and factual entertainment, and licensed franchise properties.

The company’s core activities include film and television production and distribution through units such as Warner Bros.