Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) Q4 FY2021 earnings: revenue $3.2 billion, up 10.4% on the year
Warner Bros. Discovery was bought by Skydance Corp on 6 October 2026 for $31.00 a share in cash, and its shares last traded on 5 October 2026. These figures are as published on 23 October 2026.
Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (WBD) reported revenue of $3.2 billion for Q4 FY2021, the quarter ended 31 December 2021, up 10.4% on the same quarter a year earlier. Net income was $38 million, down 86.0% on the year, and diluted earnings per share $0.08. The figures are the company's own, from the 10-K it filed with the SEC on 24 February 2022.
Revenue$3.2 billionup 10.4%
Net income$38 milliondown 86.0%
Diluted EPS$0.08
QuarterQ4 FY2021ended 31 December 2021
The quarter, against the one before and a year earlier
| Line | Q4 FY2021 | Q3 FY2021 | A year earlier | Change on the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 3,187 | 3,150 | n/a | n/a |
| Cost of revenue | 1,067 | 1,529 | n/a | n/a |
| Gross profit | 2,120 | 1,621 | n/a | n/a |
| Gross margin | 66.5% | 51.5% | n/a | |
| Selling, general and administrative | 1,069 | 944 | n/a | n/a |
| Operating income | 508 | 329 | n/a | n/a |
| Operating margin | 15.9% | 10.4% | n/a | |
| Interest expense | 154 | 159 | n/a | n/a |
| Pre-tax income | 183 | 233 | n/a | n/a |
| Income tax | 92.0 | 36.0 | n/a | n/a |
| Effective tax rate | 50.3% | 15.5% | n/a | |
| Net income | 38.0 | 156 | n/a | n/a |
| Net margin | 1.2% | 5.0% | n/a | |
| Diluted EPS | $0.08 | $0.24 | n/a | n/a |
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Fourth quarters are the year less the first three quarters. Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Those four are arithmetic on the filed numbers; everything else is as filed. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and share counts are as they are.Cash flow and capital returned
| Line | Q4 FY2021 | Q3 FY2021 | A year earlier | Change on the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | 884 | 811 | n/a | n/a |
| Capital expenditure | 100 | 106 | n/a | n/a |
| Free cash flow | 784 | 705 | n/a | n/a |
| Free cash flow margin | 24.6% | 22.4% | n/a | |
| Cash from investing | -26.0 | -226 | n/a | n/a |
| Cash from financing | -42.0 | -273 | n/a | n/a |
| Depreciation and amortisation | 539 | 341 | n/a | n/a |
| Share-based compensation | 44.0 | 39.0 | n/a | n/a |
| Diluted shares, weighted | 664m | 663m | n/a | n/a |
| Shares outstanding at period end | 169m | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Cash flow lines for the quarter; where the company files them year to date, the quarter is the difference between two filings.
Balance sheet at quarter end
| Line | Q4 FY2021 | Q3 FY2021 | A year earlier | Change on the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shareholders' equity | 11,599 | 11,611 | n/a | n/a |
| Non-controlling interest | 1,434 | 1,429 | n/a | n/a |
| Redeemable equity | 363 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Debt | 14,759 | 14,785 | n/a | n/a |
| Operating lease liabilities | 567 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Finance lease liabilities | 197 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Other liabilities | 5,508 | 6,493 | n/a | n/a |
| Total liabilities and equity | 34,427 | 34,318 | n/a | n/a |
| Fixed assets | 1,336 | 1,310 | n/a | n/a |
| Goodwill | 12,912 | 12,957 | n/a | n/a |
| Intangible assets | 6,317 | 6,784 | n/a | n/a |
| Cash and equivalents | 3,905 | 3,116 | n/a | n/a |
| Receivables | 2,446 | 2,462 | n/a | n/a |
| Inventory | 1.0 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Other assets | 7,510 | 7,689 | n/a | n/a |
| Total assets | 34,427 | 34,318 | n/a | n/a |
Questions
What was Warner Bros. Discovery's revenue in Q4 FY2021?
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) reported revenue of $3.2 billion for Q4 FY2021, the quarter ended 31 December 2021, up 10.4% on the same quarter a year earlier.
How much did Warner Bros. Discovery earn in Q4 FY2021?
Net income for Q4 FY2021 was $38 million, down 86.0% on the year, and diluted earnings per share $0.08.
When did Warner Bros. Discovery report Q4 FY2021 results?
Warner Bros. Discovery filed its 10-K for the year that ended with the quarter on 24 February 2022; the fourth quarter is the year less the first three.
Quarterly results, the last 20 quarters
| Q3 FY2021 | Q4 FY2021 * | Q1 FY2022 | Q2 FY2022 | Q3 FY2022 | Q4 FY2022 * | Q1 FY2023 | Q2 FY2023 | Q3 FY2023 | Q4 FY2023 * | Q1 FY2024 | Q2 FY2024 | Q3 FY2024 | Q4 FY2024 * | Q1 FY2025 | Q2 FY2025 | Q3 FY2025 | Q4 FY2025 * | Q1 FY2026 | Q2 FY2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 3,150 | 3,187 | 3,159 | 9,827 | 9,823 | 11,008 | 10,700 | 10,358 | 9,979 | 10,284 | 9,958 | 9,713 | 9,623 | 10,027 | 8,979 | 9,812 | 9,045 | 9,460 | 8,893 | 8,717 |
| Cost of revenue | 1,529 | 1,067 | 1,236 | 6,625 | 5,627 | 6,954 | 6,685 | 6,636 | 5,309 | 5,896 | 6,058 | 6,204 | 5,181 | 5,527 | 5,131 | 5,967 | 4,564 | 5,223 | 4,643 | 4,621 |
| Gross profit | 1,621 | 2,120 | 1,923 | 3,202 | 4,196 | 4,054 | 4,015 | 3,722 | 4,670 | 4,388 | 3,900 | 3,509 | 4,442 | 4,500 | 3,848 | 3,845 | 4,481 | 4,237 | 4,250 | 4,096 |
| Gross margin | 51% | 67% | 61% | 33% | 43% | 37% | 38% | 36% | 47% | 43% | 39% | 36% | 46% | 45% | 43% | 39% | 50% | 45% | 48% | 47% |
| SG&A | 944 | 1,069 | 1,040 | 3,538 | 2,589 | 2,511 | 2,388 | 2,562 | 2,291 | 2,455 | 2,232 | 2,461 | 2,385 | 2,218 | 2,194 | 2,477 | 2,361 | 2,386 | 2,475 | 2,564 |
| Operating income | 329 | 508 | 353 | -3,639 | -2,190 | -1,894 | -557 | -906 | 97.0 | -182 | -267 | -10,208 | 281 | 162 | -37.0 | -185 | 611 | 349 | -2,469 | 237 |
| Operating margin | 10% | 16% | 11% | -37% | -22% | -17% | -5% | -9% | 1% | -2% | -3% | -105% | 3% | 2% | -0% | -2% | 7% | 4% | -28% | 3% |
| Interest expense | 159 | 154 | 153 | 511 | 555 | 558 | 571 | 574 | 574 | 502 | 515 | 518 | 494 | 490 | 468 | 463 | 570 | 584 | 581 | 511 |
| Pre-tax income | 233 | 183 | 676 | -4,244 | -2,851 | -2,541 | -1,238 | -1,480 | -532 | -613 | -819 | -10,035 | -178 | -356 | -434 | 2,454 | 27.0 | -408 | -3,120 | -271 |
| Tax rate | 15% | 50% | 30% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 35% | 630% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Net income | 156 | 38.0 | 456 | -3,418 | -2,308 | -2,101 | -1,069 | -1,240 | -417 | -400 | -966 | -9,986 | 135 | -494 | -453 | 1,580 | -148 | -252 | -2,916 | 149 |
| Net margin | 5% | 1% | 14% | -35% | -23% | -19% | -10% | -12% | -4% | -4% | -10% | -103% | 1% | -5% | -5% | 16% | -2% | -3% | -33% | 2% |
| Diluted EPS | $0.24 | $0.08 | $0.69 | -$1.50 | -$0.95 | n/a | -$0.44 | -$0.51 | -$0.17 | -$0.16 | -$0.40 | -$4.07 | $0.05 | -$0.20 | -$0.18 | $0.63 | -$0.06 | -$0.10 | -$1.17 | $0.06 |
| Operating cash flow | 811 | 884 | 323 | 1,011 | 124 | 2,846 | -631 | 2,014 | 2,516 | 3,578 | 585 | 1,228 | 847 | 2,715 | 553 | 983 | 979 | 1,804 | -208 | 848 |
| Capital expenditure | 106 | 100 | 85.0 | 222 | 316 | 364 | 299 | 292 | 457 | 268 | 195 | 252 | 215 | 286 | 251 | 281 | 278 | 421 | 268 | 276 |
| Free cash flow | 705 | 784 | 238 | 789 | -192 | 2,482 | -930 | 1,722 | 2,059 | 3,310 | 390 | 976 | 632 | 2,429 | 302 | 702 | 701 | 1,383 | -476 | 572 |
| Shares outstanding | n/a | 169m | 2,427m | 2,428m | 2,428m | 2,430m | 2,436m | 2,437m | 2,438m | 2,439m | 2,449m | 2,451m | 2,452m | 2,454m | 2,473m | 2,475m | 2,477m | 2,480m | 2,507m | 2,508m |
| Filing | 10-Q | 10-K | 10-Q | 10-Q | 10-Q | 10-K | 10-Q | 10-Q | 10-Q | 10-K | 10-Q | 10-Q | 10-Q | 10-K | 10-Q | 10-Q | 10-Q | 10-K | 10-Q | 10-Q |
Each quarter as filed, linked to its filing.
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* The fourth quarter is the full year less the first three quarters, because the company files the year and not the quarter on its own. A fourth quarter's EPS, and its diluted share count where shown, are from the company's results press release for that quarter, checked against the company's filed figures or a second data source. A blank figure marked on a quarter is one the filings do not give on their own: the quarters as filed do not add to the year the company filed, or the year and its quarters stand on different share counts. Each quarter's page says which. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and the share count are as they are. Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Cash flow lines filed year to date are the difference between two filings. Shares outstanding are at the period end where the balance sheet tags them, otherwise the count on the filing's cover page. A derived fourth-quarter EPS is left blank when a split in the year makes the arithmetic meaningless.10-K for the period ended 31 December 2021, filed 24 February 2022: the filing.