Warner Bros Discovery is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. is a global media company that provides content across multiple distribution platforms, including linear platforms such as pay-television, free-to-air and broadcast television, authenticated GO applications, digital distribution arrangements, content licensing arrangements and direct-to-consumer subscription products. Co. classifies its operations in two reportable segments: U.S. Networks, consisting principally of domestic television networks and digital content services, and International Networks, consisting primarily of international television networks and digital content services. We show 9 historical shares outstanding datapoints in our WBD shares outstanding history coverage, used to compute WBD market cap on those dates.
Understanding the changing numbers of shares outstanding, the changing
share price, and the resulting changing WBD market cap history over the course of time is important for investors
interested in comparing WBD's market cap history versus its peers.
Many "beginner" or "novice" investors will look at one stock trading at a price of $10 per share and another trading at
a price of $20 per share and think the latter company is worth twice as much. Of course, that is a completely meaningless comparison without also knowing how many shares outstanding there are for each of the two companies,
and then calculating their respective market caps. Comparing the share price of WBD versus a peer is one thing; comparing
WBD market cap versus a peer is a completely different story.
Furthermore, via fluctuation both in per-share price and in the number of shares outstanding (via issuance of new shares over time, the repurchase of existing shares),
the market cap for a company like WBD can fluctuate over the course of history.
With this page we aim to empower investors researching WBD by allowing them to research the WBD market cap history. |
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