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Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) Gains But Lags Market: What You Should Know
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Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD - Free Report) closed the most recent trading day at $27.45, moving +1.32% from the previous trading session. The stock trailed the S&P 500, which registered a daily gain of 2.91%. On the other hand, the Dow registered a gain of 2.49%, and the technology-centric Nasdaq increased by 3.83%.
Prior to today's trading, shares of the operator of cable TV channels such as TLC and Animal Planet had lost 4.95% was narrower than the Consumer Discretionary sector's loss of 9.16% and the S&P 500's loss of 7.64%.
The investment community will be paying close attention to the earnings performance of Warner Bros. Discovery in its upcoming release. The company's upcoming EPS is projected at -$0.05, signifying a 72.22% increase compared to the same quarter of the previous year. Meanwhile, the latest consensus estimate predicts the revenue to be $8.95 billion, indicating a 0.32% decrease compared to the same quarter of the previous year.
For the full year, the Zacks Consensus Estimates project earnings of $0.04 per share and a revenue of $37.4 billion, demonstrating changes of -86.21% and +0.27%, respectively, from the preceding year.
Investors might also notice recent changes to analyst estimates for Warner Bros Discovery. Such recent modifications usually signify the changing landscape of near-term business trends. Hence, positive alterations in estimates signify analyst optimism regarding the business and profitability.
Our research suggests that these changes in estimates have a direct relationship with upcoming stock price performance. To utilize this, we have created the Zacks Rank, a proprietary model that integrates these estimate changes and provides a functional rating system.
The Zacks Rank system, spanning from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), boasts an impressive track record of outperformance, audited externally, with #1 ranked stocks yielding an average annual return of +25% since 1988. The Zacks Consensus EPS estimate has moved 30.49% lower within the past month. Warner Bros. Discovery is currently sporting a Zacks Rank of #3 (Hold).
Digging into valuation, Warner Bros. Discovery currently has a Forward P/E ratio of 663.38. This denotes a premium relative to the industry average Forward P/E of 12.8.
The Broadcast Radio and Television industry is part of the Consumer Discretionary sector. This group has a Zacks Industry Rank of 165, putting it in the bottom 33% of all 250+ industries.
The Zacks Industry Rank is ordered from best to worst in terms of the average Zacks Rank of the individual companies within each of these sectors. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.
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Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) Gains But Lags Market: What You Should Know
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD - Free Report) closed the most recent trading day at $27.45, moving +1.32% from the previous trading session. The stock trailed the S&P 500, which registered a daily gain of 2.91%. On the other hand, the Dow registered a gain of 2.49%, and the technology-centric Nasdaq increased by 3.83%.
Prior to today's trading, shares of the operator of cable TV channels such as TLC and Animal Planet had lost 4.95% was narrower than the Consumer Discretionary sector's loss of 9.16% and the S&P 500's loss of 7.64%.
The investment community will be paying close attention to the earnings performance of Warner Bros. Discovery in its upcoming release. The company's upcoming EPS is projected at -$0.05, signifying a 72.22% increase compared to the same quarter of the previous year. Meanwhile, the latest consensus estimate predicts the revenue to be $8.95 billion, indicating a 0.32% decrease compared to the same quarter of the previous year.
For the full year, the Zacks Consensus Estimates project earnings of $0.04 per share and a revenue of $37.4 billion, demonstrating changes of -86.21% and +0.27%, respectively, from the preceding year.
Investors might also notice recent changes to analyst estimates for Warner Bros Discovery. Such recent modifications usually signify the changing landscape of near-term business trends. Hence, positive alterations in estimates signify analyst optimism regarding the business and profitability.
Our research suggests that these changes in estimates have a direct relationship with upcoming stock price performance. To utilize this, we have created the Zacks Rank, a proprietary model that integrates these estimate changes and provides a functional rating system.
The Zacks Rank system, spanning from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), boasts an impressive track record of outperformance, audited externally, with #1 ranked stocks yielding an average annual return of +25% since 1988. The Zacks Consensus EPS estimate has moved 30.49% lower within the past month. Warner Bros. Discovery is currently sporting a Zacks Rank of #3 (Hold).
Digging into valuation, Warner Bros. Discovery currently has a Forward P/E ratio of 663.38. This denotes a premium relative to the industry average Forward P/E of 12.8.
The Broadcast Radio and Television industry is part of the Consumer Discretionary sector. This group has a Zacks Industry Rank of 165, putting it in the bottom 33% of all 250+ industries.
The Zacks Industry Rank is ordered from best to worst in terms of the average Zacks Rank of the individual companies within each of these sectors. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.
Be sure to follow all of these stock-moving metrics, and many more, on Zacks.com.