Warner Bros. Discovery(US:WBD) ZACKS·2025-11-06 14:21Core Insights - Warner Bros. Discovery reported a quarterly loss of $0.06 per share, which was worse than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of $0.04, and compared to earnings of $0.05 per share a year ago [1][2] - The company's revenues for the quarter ended September 2025 were $9.05 billion, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 1.44% and down from $9.62 billion a year ago [3] - The stock has increased approximately 115.3% year-to-date, significantly outperforming the S&P 500's gain of 15.6% [4] Financial Performance - The earnings surprise for the latest quarter was -50.00%, with the company having surpassed consensus EPS estimates only once in the last four quarters [2] - The current consensus EPS estimate for the upcoming quarter is -$0.04 on revenues of $9.58 billion, and for the current fiscal year, it is $0.37 on revenues of $37.55 billion [8] Industry Context - Warner Bros. Discovery operates within the Broadcast Radio and Television industry, which is currently ranked in the top 41% of over 250 Zacks industries [9] - The performance of the stock may be influenced by the overall industry outlook, as historically, the top 50% of Zacks-ranked industries outperform the bottom 50% by more than 2 to 1 [9] Future Outlook - The company's future stock performance will largely depend on management's commentary during the earnings call and the trends in earnings estimate revisions [4][5] - The estimate revisions trend prior to the earnings release was mixed, resulting in a Zacks Rank 3 (Hold) for the stock, indicating expected performance in line with the market [7]