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Warner Bros. Discovery (WBO:WBDI) Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share : €2.97 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Warner Bros. Discovery Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share?

E10 is a concept invented by Prof. Robert Shiller, who uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share and the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share of a company over the past 10 years.

Warner Bros. Discovery's adjusted free cash flow per share for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was €0.113. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is €2.97 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

During the past 12 months, Warner Bros. Discovery's average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate was 1.80% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate was 4.30% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate was 8.30% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate was 15.50% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate using Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share data.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate of Warner Bros. Discovery was 23.10% per year. The lowest was 4.30% per year. And the median was 18.70% per year.

As of today (2025-05-23), Warner Bros. Discovery's current stock price is €7.788. Warner Bros. Discovery's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was €2.97. Warner Bros. Discovery's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of today is 2.62.

During the past 13 years, the highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of Warner Bros. Discovery was 41.51. The lowest was 2.14. And the median was 13.06.


Warner Bros. Discovery Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for Warner Bros. Discovery's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Warner Bros. Discovery Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Chart

Warner Bros. Discovery Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.01 2.57 7.28 2.99 3.12

Warner Bros. Discovery Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.02 3.04 2.88 3.12 2.97

Competitive Comparison of Warner Bros. Discovery's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share

For the Entertainment subindustry, Warner Bros. Discovery's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Warner Bros. Discovery's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Warner Bros. Discovery's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Warner Bros. Discovery's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.


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Warner Bros. Discovery Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Calculation

E10 is a concept invented by Prof. Robert Shiller, who uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share and the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share of a company over the past 10 years.

What is Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share? How do we calculate Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share?

Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share of a company over the past 10 years. Let's use an example to explain.

If we want to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share of Wal-Mart (WMT) for Dec. 31, 2010, we need to have the inflation data and the free cash flow per share from 2001 through 2010.

We adjusted the 2001 free cash flow per share data with the total inflation from 2001 through 2010 to the equivalent free cash flow in 2010. If the total inflation from 2001 to 2010 is 40%, and Wal-Mart's free cash flow is $1 a share in 2001, then the 2001's equivalent free cash flow in 2010 is $1.4 a share. If Wal-Mart's free cash flow is $1 again in 2002, and the total inflation from 2002 through 2010 is 35%, then the equivalent 2002 free cash flow in 2010 is $1.35. So on and so forth, you get the equivalent free cash flow per share of past 10 years. Then you add them together and divided the sum by the count to get Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.

For example, Warner Bros. Discovery's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare= Free Cash Flow per Share /CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=0.113/134.9266*134.9266
=0.113

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Warner Bros. Discovery Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 0.426 100.684 0.571
201509 0.319 100.392 0.429
201512 0.869 99.792 1.175
201603 0.067 100.470 0.090
201606 0.433 101.688 0.575
201609 0.619 101.861 0.820
201612 0.840 101.863 1.113
201703 0.331 102.862 0.434
201706 0.242 103.349 0.316
201709 1.027 104.136 1.331
201712 0.648 104.011 0.841
201803 0.149 105.290 0.191
201806 0.628 106.317 0.797
201809 1.090 106.507 1.381
201812 1.092 105.998 1.390
201903 0.617 107.251 0.776
201906 0.737 108.070 0.920
201909 1.126 108.329 1.402
201912 1.451 108.420 1.806
202003 0.304 108.902 0.377
202006 1.158 108.767 1.437
202009 0.994 109.815 1.221
202012 0.419 109.897 0.514
202103 0.225 111.754 0.272
202106 0.946 114.631 1.113
202109 0.904 115.734 1.054
202112 1.050 117.630 1.204
202203 0.325 121.301 0.362
202206 0.327 125.017 0.353
202209 -0.080 125.227 -0.086
202212 0.962 125.222 1.037
202303 -0.357 127.348 -0.378
202306 0.652 128.729 0.683
202309 0.791 129.860 0.822
202312 1.246 129.419 1.299
202403 0.147 131.776 0.151
202406 0.370 132.554 0.377
202409 0.231 133.029 0.234
202412 0.946 133.157 0.959
202503 0.113 134.927 0.113

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.


Warner Bros. Discovery  (WBO:WBDI) Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Explanation

If a company grows much fast than inflation, Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share may underestimate the company's free cash flow. Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can seem to be too high even the actual Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is low.

For the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, the free cash flow per share of the past 10 years are inflation-adjusted and averaged. The result is used for P/FCF calculation. Since it looks at the average over the last 10 years, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is also called CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Warner Bros. Discovery's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=7.788/2.97
=2.62

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

During the past 13 years, the highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of Warner Bros. Discovery was 41.51. The lowest was 2.14. And the median was 13.06.


Be Aware

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF works better for cyclical companies. It gives you a better idea on the company's real free cash flow value.


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Warner Bros. Discovery Business Description

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Warner Bros. Discovery was formed in 2022 through the combination of WarnerMedia and Discovery Communications. It operates in three global business segments: studios, networks, and direct-to-consumer. Warner Bros. Pictures is the crown jewel of the studios business, producing, distributing, and licensing movies and television shows. The networks business consists of basic cable networks, such as CNN, TNT, TBS, Discovery, HGTV, and the Food Network. Direct-to-consumer includes HBO and the firm's streaming platforms, which have now been consolidated to Max and Discovery+. Much of the DTC content is created within the firm's other two business segments. Each segment operates with a global reach, with Max available in over 70 countries.

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