Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) Competitors $11.20 +0.09 (+0.76%) Closing price 07/3/2025 03:51 PM EasternExtended Trading$11.20 -0.01 (-0.04%) As of 07/3/2025 04:36 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock WBD vs. AAPL, AMZN, CMCSA, FOXA, GOOGL, NFLX, PARA, PARAA, DIS, and TShould you be buying Warner Bros. Discovery stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Warner Bros. Discovery include Apple (AAPL), Amazon.com (AMZN), Comcast (CMCSA), FOX (FOXA), Alphabet (GOOGL), Netflix (NFLX), Paramount Global (PARA), Paramount Global (PARAA), Walt Disney (DIS), and AT&T (T). Warner Bros. Discovery vs. Its Competitors Apple Amazon.com Comcast FOX Alphabet Netflix Paramount Global Paramount Global Walt Disney AT&T Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Warner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ:WBD) are related large-cap companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and profitability. Do analysts prefer AAPL or WBD? Apple currently has a consensus target price of $234.95, suggesting a potential upside of 10.12%. Warner Bros. Discovery has a consensus target price of $12.33, suggesting a potential upside of 10.03%. Given Apple's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Apple is more favorable than Warner Bros. Discovery.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Apple 2 Sell rating(s) 12 Hold rating(s) 17 Buy rating(s) 2 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.58Warner Bros. Discovery 0 Sell rating(s) 11 Hold rating(s) 11 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.57 Which has higher earnings & valuation, AAPL or WBD? Apple has higher revenue and earnings than Warner Bros. Discovery. Warner Bros. Discovery is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Apple, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioApple$391.04B8.15$93.74B$6.4233.23Warner Bros. Discovery$39.32B0.70-$11.31B-$4.40-2.55 Is AAPL or WBD more profitable? Apple has a net margin of 24.30% compared to Warner Bros. Discovery's net margin of -28.16%. Apple's return on equity of 167.24% beat Warner Bros. Discovery's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Apple24.30% 167.24% 31.35% Warner Bros. Discovery -28.16%-30.56%-10.27% Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of AAPL or WBD? 67.7% of Apple shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.0% of Warner Bros. Discovery shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Apple shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Warner Bros. Discovery shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Does the media favor AAPL or WBD? In the previous week, Apple had 238 more articles in the media than Warner Bros. Discovery. MarketBeat recorded 274 mentions for Apple and 36 mentions for Warner Bros. Discovery. Apple's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Warner Bros. Discovery's score of 0.68 indicating that Apple is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Apple 149 Very Positive mention(s) 20 Positive mention(s) 68 Neutral mention(s) 22 Negative mention(s) 13 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Warner Bros. Discovery 17 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 6 Neutral mention(s) 4 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Which has more volatility and risk, AAPL or WBD? Apple has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Warner Bros. Discovery has a beta of 1.54, suggesting that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. SummaryApple beats Warner Bros. Discovery on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Warner Bros. Discovery News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for WBD and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding WBD and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart WBD vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricWarner Bros. DiscoveryBRDCST IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$27.54B$21.78B$8.29B$9.04BDividend YieldN/A5.08%3.17%4.01%P/E Ratio-2.559.8521.1220.25Price / Sales0.701.513.34118.17Price / Cash2.8533.2717.5058.07Price / Book0.792.224.625.67Net Income-$11.31B-$19.04M$213.40M$249.21M7 Day Performance-0.84%3.44%3.45%3.28%1 Month Performance16.11%11.92%11.00%5.55%1 Year Performance55.41%18.88%10.67%21.08% Warner Bros. Discovery Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)WBDWarner Bros. Discovery2.5243 of 5 stars$11.21+0.8%$12.33+10.0%+55.0%$27.54B$39.32B-2.5535,000Analyst ForecastOptions VolumeAnalyst RevisionAAPLApple4.8576 of 5 stars$205.69+2.3%$234.39+14.0%-3.7%$3.07T$391.04B32.04164,000Trending NewsAnalyst UpgradeOptions VolumeAMZNAmazon.com4.6217 of 5 stars$219.67-1.6%$245.81+11.9%+12.9%$2.33T$637.96B35.781,556,000Trending NewsAnalyst ForecastInsider TradeCMCSAComcast4.9916 of 5 stars$35.55+0.7%$42.10+18.4%-5.6%$132.73B$123.56B8.73182,000Positive NewsOptions VolumeFOXAFOX3.0761 of 5 stars$55.78-1.8%$53.53-4.0%+61.6%$25.08B$16.11B13.8810,600GOOGLAlphabet4.2494 of 5 stars$176.62-1.1%$199.95+13.2%-3.6%$2.14T$359.71B19.69183,323Trending NewsAnalyst ForecastInsider TradeNFLXNetflix4.4336 of 5 stars$1,338.31+1.1%$1,172.73-12.4%+89.8%$569.54B$39.00B63.2514,000Trending NewsAnalyst ForecastInsider TradePARAParamount Global0.954 of 5 stars$12.84+2.5%$11.50-10.4%+12.6%$8.66B$29.21B-1.5618,600PARAAParamount Global0.8512 of 5 stars$22.52+0.1%N/A+13.6%$15.18B$28.72B-2.7424,500DISWalt Disney4.569 of 5 stars$123.64+1.1%$125.79+1.7%+25.7%$222.27B$91.36B25.28233,000Trending NewsTAT&T4.6659 of 5 stars$28.73+2.3%$28.90+0.6%+51.6%$206.73B$122.34B17.63140,990 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Apple Alternatives Amazon.com Alternatives Comcast Alternatives FOX Alternatives Alphabet Alternatives Netflix Alternatives Paramount Global Alternatives Paramount Global Alternatives Walt Disney Alternatives AT&T Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:WBD) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersPresidential Bombshell: $150T Resource to Be Released as soon as this Summer?Something extraordinary is happening in Washington. 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