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WBD (Warner Bros. Discovery) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 0.63 (As of Jul. 18, 2025)


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What is Warner Bros. Discovery Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2025-07-18), Warner Bros. Discovery's current share price is $12.75. Warner Bros. Discovery's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $20.29. Warner Bros. Discovery's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 0.63.

The historical rank and industry rank for Warner Bros. Discovery's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

WBD' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.35   Med: 1.53   Max: 4.47
Current: 0.63

During the past years, Warner Bros. Discovery's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 4.47. The lowest was 0.35. And the median was 1.53.

WBD's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked better than
70.58% of 707 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 1.12 vs WBD: 0.63

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 PB Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted book value per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Warner Bros. Discovery's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $13.682. Add all the adjusted book value per share for the past 10 years together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share, which is $20.29 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Warner Bros. Discovery Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Warner Bros. Discovery's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio 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 PB Ratio Chart

Warner Bros. Discovery Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.74 1.23 0.47 0.56 0.53

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 PB Ratio 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 0.43 0.37 0.41 0.53 0.53

Competitive Comparison of Warner Bros. Discovery's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Entertainment subindustry, Warner Bros. Discovery's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio 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 PB Ratio Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Warner Bros. Discovery's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio falls into.


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Warner Bros. Discovery Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio takes the Book Value per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/B calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPB Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio.

Warner Bros. Discovery's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=12.75/20.29
=0.63

* 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.

Warner Bros. Discovery's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

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

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=13.682/134.9266*134.9266
=13.682

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Warner Bros. Discovery Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201506 12.733 100.684 17.064
201509 13.105 100.392 17.613
201512 13.036 99.792 17.626
201603 13.051 100.470 17.527
201606 13.291 101.688 17.635
201609 13.203 101.861 17.489
201612 13.244 101.863 17.543
201703 13.780 102.862 18.076
201706 14.537 103.349 18.979
201709 15.105 104.136 19.571
201712 12.162 104.011 15.777
201803 15.084 105.290 19.330
201806 15.188 106.317 19.275
201809 15.518 106.507 19.659
201812 16.027 105.998 20.401
201903 16.562 107.251 20.836
201906 17.883 108.070 22.327
201909 18.061 108.329 22.495
201912 18.840 108.420 23.446
202003 18.679 108.902 23.143
202006 19.462 108.767 24.143
202009 20.348 109.815 25.001
202012 21.508 109.897 26.407
202103 21.394 111.754 25.830
202106 22.829 114.631 26.871
202109 22.947 115.734 26.752
202112 22.932 117.630 26.304
202203 23.515 121.301 26.156
202206 21.163 125.017 22.841
202209 19.982 125.227 21.530
202212 19.381 125.222 20.883
202303 19.087 127.348 20.223
202306 18.651 128.729 19.549
202309 18.365 129.860 19.082
202312 18.543 129.419 19.332
202403 18.028 131.776 18.459
202406 14.013 132.554 14.264
202409 14.315 133.029 14.519
202412 13.870 133.157 14.054
202503 13.682 134.927 13.682

Add all the adjusted book value per share together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book 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.


Warner Bros. Discovery  (NAS:WBD) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PB Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of book value during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio should give similar results to regular PB Ratio.


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Warner Bros. Discovery Business Description

Address
230 Park Avenue South, New York, NY, USA, 10003
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.
Executives
Di Piazza Samuel A Jr. director 100 BROOKWOOD PLACE, BIRMINGHAM AL 35209
David Zaslav director, officer: Chief Executive Officer & Pres C/O WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY, INC., 230 PARK AVENUE SOUTH, NEW YORK NY 10003
Savalle Sims officer: General Counsel C/O WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY, INC., 230 PARK AVENUE SOUTH, NEW YORK NY 10003
Gerhard Zeiler officer: President, International C/O WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY, INC., 230 PARK AVENUE SOUTH, NEW YORK NY 10003
Advance/newhouse Partnership director 5015 CAMPUSWOOD DR., EAST SYRACUSE NY 13057
Steven O Newhouse director 6350 COURT STREET, EAST SYRACUSE NY 13057-1211
Advance/newhouse Programming Partnership director, 10 percent owner 5000 CAMPUSWOOD DRIVE, E. SYRACUSE NY 13057
Gunnar Wiedenfels officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY, INC., 230 PARK AVENUE SOUTH, NEW YORK NY 10003
Fazal F Merchant director 2230 E. IMPERIAL HIGHWAY, EL SEGUNDO CA 90245
Geoffrey Y Yang director 3000 SAND HILL ROAD, 2-290, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Paul A Gould director 711 FIFTH AVENUE, 9TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Robert R Bennett director 12300 LIBERTY BLVD, ENGLEWOOD CO 80112
David Leavy officer: Chief Communications Officer C/O WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY, INC., 230 PARK AVENUE SOUTH, NEW YORK NY 10003
Li Haslett Chen director C/O WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY, INC., 230 PARK AVENUE SOUTH, NEW YORK NY 10003
Debra L Lee director C/O BLACK ENTERTAINMENT, 1 BET PLZ. 1900W PLACE N.W., WASHINGTON DC 20018