Stock Analysis on Net

Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. (NASDAQ:WBD)

This company has been moved to the archive! The financial data has not been updated since November 4, 2022.

Analysis of Short-term (Operating) Activity Ratios
Quarterly Data

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Short-term Activity Ratios (Summary)

Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., short-term (operating) activity ratios (quarterly data)

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Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019 Dec 31, 2018 Sep 30, 2018 Jun 30, 2018 Mar 31, 2018 Dec 31, 2017 Sep 30, 2017 Jun 30, 2017 Mar 31, 2017
Turnover Ratios
Receivables turnover 3.90 2.74 5.18 4.98 4.83 4.25 4.35 4.21 4.36 4.36 4.34 4.23 4.11 3.85 4.17 4.03 3.73 3.16 2.85 3.74
Payables turnover 9.49 7.49 9.38 11.21 9.72 9.35 10.02 9.04 8.25 9.81 11.53 12.12 12.11 13.34 11.57 10.99 9.59
Working capital turnover 19.08 3.48 3.20 3.58 3.57 3.96 3.50 3.92 5.03 6.35 5.63 7.51 10.39 19.91 45.10 177.93 7.16 3.68 0.85
Average No. Days
Average receivable collection period 94 133 71 73 76 86 84 87 84 84 84 86 89 95 87 91 98 116 128 98
Average payables payment period 38 49 39 33 38 39 36 40 44 37 32 30 30 27 32 33 38

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2017-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-03-31).

Short-term activity ratio Description The company
Receivables turnover An activity ratio equal to revenue divided by receivables. Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. receivables turnover ratio deteriorated from Q1 2022 to Q2 2022 but then slightly improved from Q2 2022 to Q3 2022.
Payables turnover An activity ratio calculated as cost of goods sold divided by payables. Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. payables turnover ratio decreased from Q1 2022 to Q2 2022 but then increased from Q2 2022 to Q3 2022 exceeding Q1 2022 level.

Short-term activity ratio Description The company
Average receivable collection period An activity ratio equal to the number of days in the period divided by receivables turnover. Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. number of days of receivables outstanding deteriorated from Q1 2022 to Q2 2022 but then improved from Q2 2022 to Q3 2022 not reaching Q1 2022 level.
Average payables payment period An estimate of the average number of days it takes a company to pay its suppliers; equal to the number of days in the period divided by payables turnover ratio for the period. Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. number of days of payables outstanding increased from Q1 2022 to Q2 2022 but then decreased significantly from Q2 2022 to Q3 2022.

Receivables Turnover

Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., receivables turnover calculation (quarterly data)

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Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019 Dec 31, 2018 Sep 30, 2018 Jun 30, 2018 Mar 31, 2018 Dec 31, 2017 Sep 30, 2017 Jun 30, 2017 Mar 31, 2017
Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions)
Revenues 9,823 9,827 3,159 3,187 3,150 3,062 2,792 2,886 2,561 2,541 2,683 2,874 2,678 2,885 2,707 2,809 2,592 2,845 2,307 1,864 1,651 1,745 1,613
Receivables, net 6,669 7,049 2,426 2,446 2,462 2,657 2,476 2,537 2,444 2,473 2,564 2,633 2,695 2,854 2,625 2,620 2,578 2,747 2,654 1,838 1,652 1,758 1,560
Short-term Activity Ratio
Receivables turnover1 3.90 2.74 5.18 4.98 4.83 4.25 4.35 4.21 4.36 4.36 4.34 4.23 4.11 3.85 4.17 4.03 3.73 3.16 2.85 3.74
Benchmarks
Receivables Turnover, Competitors2
Alphabet Inc. 8.13 7.79 7.79 6.55 7.03 6.89 7.02 5.90 6.89 7.83 7.64 6.39
Comcast Corp. 10.17 10.18 9.77 9.69 9.50 9.81 9.48 9.03 10.11 10.32 10.06 9.65
Meta Platforms Inc. 10.52 10.36 10.51 8.40 9.29 8.96 9.19 7.58 9.84 10.04 10.06 7.43
Walt Disney Co. 5.93 5.57 4.90 5.04 4.76 4.66 4.32 5.15 5.53 5.38 4.39 4.49 4.13 4.10 5.87 6.37

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2017-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-03-31).

1 Q3 2022 Calculation
Receivables turnover = (RevenuesQ3 2022 + RevenuesQ2 2022 + RevenuesQ1 2022 + RevenuesQ4 2021) ÷ Receivables, net
= (9,823 + 9,827 + 3,159 + 3,187) ÷ 6,669 = 3.90

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Short-term activity ratio Description The company
Receivables turnover An activity ratio equal to revenue divided by receivables. Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. receivables turnover ratio deteriorated from Q1 2022 to Q2 2022 but then slightly improved from Q2 2022 to Q3 2022.

Payables Turnover

Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., payables turnover calculation (quarterly data)

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Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019 Dec 31, 2018 Sep 30, 2018 Jun 30, 2018 Mar 31, 2018 Dec 31, 2017 Sep 30, 2017 Jun 30, 2017 Mar 31, 2017
Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions)
Costs of revenues, excluding depreciation and amortization 5,627 6,625 1,236 1,067 1,529 1,055 969 1,129 1,003 810 918 1,037 914 938 930 946 934 995 1,060 745 670 634 607
Accounts payable 1,534 1,397 521 412 397 403 367 421 463 380 325 314 325 280 300 283 277 253 222 200
Short-term Activity Ratio
Payables turnover1 9.49 7.49 9.38 11.21 9.72 9.35 10.02 9.04 8.25 9.81 11.53 12.12 12.11 13.34 11.57 10.99 9.59
Benchmarks
Payables Turnover, Competitors2
Alphabet Inc. 19.65 27.29 33.89 18.38 22.54 20.72 18.72 15.16 18.14 18.73 18.26 12.93
Comcast Corp. 3.13 3.23 3.16 3.09 3.16 3.10 3.03 2.91 3.00 3.14 3.43 3.18
Meta Platforms Inc. 6.01 5.82 7.25 5.55 9.80 20.49 20.92 12.54 13.54 15.15 16.18 9.37
Netflix Inc. 33.93 36.53 28.76 20.70 25.28 25.56 29.17 23.28 26.93 30.91 24.14 18.45

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2017-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-03-31).

1 Q3 2022 Calculation
Payables turnover = (Costs of revenues, excluding depreciation and amortizationQ3 2022 + Costs of revenues, excluding depreciation and amortizationQ2 2022 + Costs of revenues, excluding depreciation and amortizationQ1 2022 + Costs of revenues, excluding depreciation and amortizationQ4 2021) ÷ Accounts payable
= (5,627 + 6,625 + 1,236 + 1,067) ÷ 1,534 = 9.49

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Short-term activity ratio Description The company
Payables turnover An activity ratio calculated as cost of goods sold divided by payables. Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. payables turnover ratio decreased from Q1 2022 to Q2 2022 but then increased from Q2 2022 to Q3 2022 exceeding Q1 2022 level.

Working Capital Turnover

Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., working capital turnover calculation (quarterly data)

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Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019 Dec 31, 2018 Sep 30, 2018 Jun 30, 2018 Mar 31, 2018 Dec 31, 2017 Sep 30, 2017 Jun 30, 2017 Mar 31, 2017
Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions)
Current assets 12,672 15,449 7,173 7,264 6,656 6,728 5,865 6,130 5,478 4,717 4,626 5,217 4,313 4,932 4,025 4,231 3,914 3,906 4,521 9,991 9,477 2,770 2,591
Less: Current liabilities 14,676 14,436 3,562 3,459 3,335 3,565 3,142 3,082 2,756 2,576 2,875 3,239 2,837 3,874 3,475 3,997 3,860 2,696 2,465 1,871 1,615 1,466 1,534
Working capital (2,004) 1,013 3,611 3,805 3,321 3,163 2,723 3,048 2,722 2,141 1,751 1,978 1,476 1,058 550 234 54 1,210 2,056 8,120 7,862 1,304 1,057
 
Revenues 9,823 9,827 3,159 3,187 3,150 3,062 2,792 2,886 2,561 2,541 2,683 2,874 2,678 2,885 2,707 2,809 2,592 2,845 2,307 1,864 1,651 1,745 1,613
Short-term Activity Ratio
Working capital turnover1 19.08 3.48 3.20 3.58 3.57 3.96 3.50 3.92 5.03 6.35 5.63 7.51 10.39 19.91 45.10 177.93 7.16 3.68 0.85
Benchmarks
Working Capital Turnover, Competitors2
Alphabet Inc. 2.82 2.51 2.33 2.08 1.96 1.84 1.69 1.55 1.48 1.58 1.56 1.51
Comcast Corp. 165.10
Meta Platforms Inc. 3.32 3.54 3.13 2.59 1.95 1.59 1.46 1.42 1.47 1.32 1.35 1.38
Netflix Inc. 29.95 91.06 84.84 20.95 15.57 12.30 12.78 12.62 24.13
Walt Disney Co. 112.96 41.96 25.38 26.13 9.70 9.36 7.30 7.58 6.70

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2017-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-03-31).

1 Q3 2022 Calculation
Working capital turnover = (RevenuesQ3 2022 + RevenuesQ2 2022 + RevenuesQ1 2022 + RevenuesQ4 2021) ÷ Working capital
= (9,823 + 9,827 + 3,159 + 3,187) ÷ -2,004 =

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Average Receivable Collection Period

Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., average receivable collection period calculation (quarterly data)

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Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019 Dec 31, 2018 Sep 30, 2018 Jun 30, 2018 Mar 31, 2018 Dec 31, 2017 Sep 30, 2017 Jun 30, 2017 Mar 31, 2017
Selected Financial Data
Receivables turnover 3.90 2.74 5.18 4.98 4.83 4.25 4.35 4.21 4.36 4.36 4.34 4.23 4.11 3.85 4.17 4.03 3.73 3.16 2.85 3.74
Short-term Activity Ratio (no. days)
Average receivable collection period1 94 133 71 73 76 86 84 87 84 84 84 86 89 95 87 91 98 116 128 98
Benchmarks (no. days)
Average Receivable Collection Period, Competitors2
Alphabet Inc. 45 47 47 56 52 53 52 62 53 47 48 57
Comcast Corp. 36 36 37 38 38 37 38 40 36 35 36 38
Meta Platforms Inc. 35 35 35 43 39 41 40 48 37 36 36 49
Walt Disney Co. 62 65 74 72 77 78 84 71 66 68 83 81 88 89 62 57

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2017-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-03-31).

1 Q3 2022 Calculation
Average receivable collection period = 365 ÷ Receivables turnover
= 365 ÷ 3.90 = 94

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Short-term activity ratio Description The company
Average receivable collection period An activity ratio equal to the number of days in the period divided by receivables turnover. Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. number of days of receivables outstanding deteriorated from Q1 2022 to Q2 2022 but then improved from Q2 2022 to Q3 2022 not reaching Q1 2022 level.

Average Payables Payment Period

Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., average payables payment period calculation (quarterly data)

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Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019 Dec 31, 2018 Sep 30, 2018 Jun 30, 2018 Mar 31, 2018 Dec 31, 2017 Sep 30, 2017 Jun 30, 2017 Mar 31, 2017
Selected Financial Data
Payables turnover 9.49 7.49 9.38 11.21 9.72 9.35 10.02 9.04 8.25 9.81 11.53 12.12 12.11 13.34 11.57 10.99 9.59
Short-term Activity Ratio (no. days)
Average payables payment period1 38 49 39 33 38 39 36 40 44 37 32 30 30 27 32 33 38
Benchmarks (no. days)
Average Payables Payment Period, Competitors2
Alphabet Inc. 19 13 11 20 16 18 20 24 20 19 20 28
Comcast Corp. 117 113 116 118 115 118 121 125 121 116 106 115
Meta Platforms Inc. 61 63 50 66 37 18 17 29 27 24 23 39
Netflix Inc. 11 10 13 18 14 14 13 16 14 12 15 20

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2017-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-03-31).

1 Q3 2022 Calculation
Average payables payment period = 365 ÷ Payables turnover
= 365 ÷ 9.49 = 38

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Short-term activity ratio Description The company
Average payables payment period An estimate of the average number of days it takes a company to pay its suppliers; equal to the number of days in the period divided by payables turnover ratio for the period. Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. number of days of payables outstanding increased from Q1 2022 to Q2 2022 but then decreased significantly from Q2 2022 to Q3 2022.