Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Warner Bros. Discovery Inc shares valued at $10,350,464 were sold by Wiedenfels Gunnar on Sep 15 ’25. At $19.50 per share, Wiedenfels Gunnar sold 530,793 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 1,141,150 shares worth approximately $21.34 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Wiedenfels Gunnar purchased 530,793 shares, netting a total of over 10,350,464 in proceeds.
Before that, Campbell Bruce had sold 289,322 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $4,768,474, the Chief Rev & Strategy Officer traded Warner Bros. Discovery Inc shares for $16.48 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 289,322 shares, worth approximately $7.53 million.
As published in a research note from TD Cowen on September 16, 2025, Warner Bros. Discovery Inc [WBD] has been rated down from a Buy to a Hold and the price target has been revised to $14. Analysts at MoffettNathanson upgraded the stock from ‘”a Neutral”‘ to ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in late January. As of November 11, 2024, Wolfe Research has increased its “an Underperform” rating to a “Peer perform” for WBD. Earlier on August 13, 2024, Bernstein downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Mkt perform” for WBD stock which previously was a “an Outperform”.
Analyzing WBD Stock Performance
On last trading session, Warner Bros. Discovery Inc [NASDAQ: WBD] rose 3.95% to $18.7. The stock’s lowest price that day was $17.5838, but it reached a high of $18.765 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 15.65%. Over the course of the year, Warner Bros. Discovery Inc shares have jumped approximately 118.46%.
Is Warner Bros. Discovery Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-08-29 dropping by -6.32 million shares to 93.78 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-07-31 was 100.11 million shares. A decline of -6.74% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 1.92 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 1.92.
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In terms of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 13 in the next 12 months, down nearly -27.74% from the previous closing price of $17.99. Analysts anticipate Warner Bros. Discovery Inc stock to reach 13 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 13. In spite of this, 20 analysts ranked Warner Bros. Discovery Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On July 25, 2024, Macquarie assigned a price target of “a Neutral” to the stock and downgraded coverage with a $9.
