Compare · WBD vs WMG
WBD vs WMG
Side-by-side comparison of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. (WBD) and Warner Music Group Corp. (WMG): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both WBD and WMG operate in Services-Misc. Amusement & Recreation (Consumer Discretionary), so they compete in similar markets.
- WBD is the larger of the two at $72.56B, about 4.9x WMG ($14.68B).
- WBD has been more active in the news (17 items in the past 4 weeks vs 8 for WMG).
- Both have 25 recent analyst ratings on file.
- Company
- Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.
- Warner Music Group Corp.
- Price
- -
- -
- Market cap
- $72.56B
- $14.68B
- 1M return
- -
- -
- 1Y return
- -
- -
- Industry
- Services-Misc. Amusement & Recreation
- Services-Misc. Amusement & Recreation
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
- NASDAQ
- IPO
- 2020
- News (4w)
- 17
- 8
- Recent ratings
- 25
- 25
Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.
Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc., a media company, provides content across various distribution platforms in approximately 50 languages worldwide. It also produces, develops, and distributes feature films, television, gaming, and other content in various physical and digital formats through basic networks, direct-to-consumer or theatrical, TV content, and games licensing. The company owns and operates various television networks under the Discovery Channel, HGTV, Food Network, TLC, Animal Planet, Investigation Discovery, Travel Channel, Science, MotorTrend, Discovery en Español, Discovery Familia, Eurosport, TVN, Discovery Kids, Discovery Family, American Heroes Channel, Destination America, Discovery Life, Magnolia Network, Cooking Channel, ID, the Oprah Winfrey Network, Eurosport, DMAX, and Discovery Home & Health brands, as well as other regional television networks. Its content spans genres, including survival, natural history, exploration, sports, general entertainment, home, food, travel, heroes, adventure, crime and investigation, health, and kids. The company also operates production studios that develop and produce content; and digital products and Websites. It provides content through various distribution platforms comprising pay-television, free-to-air and broadcast television, authenticated GO applications, digital distribution arrangements, content licensing agreements, and direct-to-consumer subscriptions, as well as various platforms that include brand-aligned Websites, online streaming, mobile devices, video on demand, and broadband channels. Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.is headquartered in New York, New York.
Warner Music Group Corp.
Warner Music Group Corp. operates as a music entertainment company in the United States, the United Kingdom, and internationally. The company operates through Recorded Music and Music Publishing segments. The Recorded Music segment is involved in the discovery and development of recording artists, as well as the related marketing, promotion, distribution, sale, and licensing of music created by such artists. This segment also specializes in marketing its music catalog through compilations and reissuances of previously released music and video titles, as well as previously unreleased materials. It conducts its operation primarily through a collection of record labels, such as Warner Records and Atlantic Records, as well as Asylum, Big Beat, Canvasback, East West, Elektra, Erato, FFRR, Fueled by Ramen, Nonesuch, Parlophone, Reprise, Roadrunner, Sire, Spinnin', Warner Classics, and Warner Music Nashville. This segment markets, distributes, and sells music and video products to retailers and wholesale distributors; independent labels to retail and wholesale distributors; and various distribution centers and ventures, as well as online physical retailers, streaming services, and download services. The Music Publishing segment owns and acquires rights to approximately one million musical compositions comprising pop hits, American standards, folk songs, and motion picture and theatrical compositions. Its catalog includes approximately 80,000 songwriters and composers; and a range of genres, including pop, rock, jazz, classical, country, R&B, hip-hop, rap, reggae, Latin, folk, blues, symphonic, soul, Broadway, techno, alternative, and gospel. This segment also administers the music and soundtracks of various third-party television and film producers and studios. The company was founded in 1929 and is headquartered in New York, New York. Warner Music Group Corp. is a subsidiary of AI Entertainment Holdings LLC.
Latest WBD
- Chief Financial Officer Wiedenfels Gunnar was granted 71,455 units of Series A Common Stock, increasing direct ownership by 12% to 691,257 units (SEC Form 4)
- Chief Executive Officer & Pres Zaslav David sold $27,119,499 worth of Series A Common Stock (968,172 units at $28.01) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan and exercised 873,266 units of Series A Common Stock at a strike of $10.16, decreasing direct ownership by 1% to 6,807,934 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Merchant Fazal F sold $1,985,207 worth of Series A Common Stock (71,539 units at $27.75), decreasing direct ownership by 68% to 33,067 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Fisher Richard W sold $549,200 worth of Series A Common Stock (20,000 units at $27.46), decreasing direct ownership by 25% to 59,546 units (SEC Form 4)
- SEC Form 144 filed by Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.
- PARAMOUNT SKYDANCE SATISFIES ALL REGULATORY CONDITIONS UNDER THE MERGER AGREEMENT TO CLOSE WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY ACQUISITION, SECURING CLEARANCES IN NEARLY 70 COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE
- SEC Form 144 filed by Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.
- Chief Executive Officer & Pres Zaslav David sold $1,155 worth of Series A Common Stock (153 units at $7.55) (SEC Form 4)
- President, International Zeiler Gerhard sold $15,987,863 worth of Series A Common Stock (591,038 units at $27.05) and exercised 491,038 units of Series A Common Stock at a strike of $11.72, decreasing direct ownership by 16% to 537,436 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Lowe Kenneth W sold $3,236,400 worth of Series A Common Stock (120,000 units at $26.97), decreasing direct ownership by 11% to 990,108 units (SEC Form 4)
Latest WMG
- SEC Form SCHEDULE 13G filed by Warner Music Group Corp.
- New insider Dickler Louis claimed ownership of 46,246 shares (SEC Form 3)
- New insider Corson Thomas Charles claimed ownership of 250,170 shares (SEC Form 3)
- SEC Form 10-Q filed by Warner Music Group Corp.
- Warner Music Group Corp. filed SEC Form 8-K: Results of Operations and Financial Condition, Financial Statements and Exhibits
- Warner Music Group Corp. Reports Results for Fiscal Third Quarter Ended June 30, 2026
- SEC Form 8-K filed by Warner Music Group Corp.
- Warner Music Group Corp. to Conduct Earnings Conference Call on Wednesday, August 5, 2026
- SEC Form 8-K filed by Warner Music Group Corp.
- Amendment: SEC Form SCHEDULE 13G/A filed by Warner Music Group Corp.