Warner Bros. Discovery Ownership | Who Owns Warner Bros. Discovery?

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Warner Bros. Discovery Ownership Summary

Warner Bros. Discovery is owned by 78.79% institutional investors, 4.19% insiders, and 17.03% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 11.42% of WBD shares. The Comm Svcs Sel Sect SPDR® ETF is the top mutual fund, with 3.19% of its assets in Warner Bros. Discovery shares.

WBD Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Warner Bros. Discovery	78.79%	4.19%	17.03%
Sector	Communication Services Stocks	42.11%	17.84%	40.05%
Industry	Entertainment Stocks	46.33%	16.85%	36.83%
Idea	Mobile Game Stocks List	37.03%	22.40%	40.57%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	283.18M	11.42%	$8.16B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	198.09M	7.95%	$5.28B
Blackrock	165.19M	6.76%	$1.23B
Vanguard capital management	158.64M	6.37%	$4.23B
State street	128.36M	5.15%	$3.42B
Invesco	80.09M	3.21%	$2.14B
Geode capital management	69.90M	2.80%	$1.86B
Millennium management	57.66M	2.31%	$1.54B
Pentwater capital management lp	47.58M	1.91%	$1.27B
Fmr	45.26M	1.82%	$1.21B

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Samson rock capital llp	940.00K	55.01%	$25.06M
Mediatel partners	226.26K	23.76%	$6.03M
One68 global capital	357.17K	20.66%	$9.52M
Hauser brothers gmbh	600.00K	19.26%	$16.00M
Athos capital	1.75M	16.54%	$46.60M
Psquared asset management	1.66M	15.89%	$45.67M
Symmetry investments lp	8.40M	15.14%	$223.89M
Syquant capital sas	2.50M	14.93%	$66.76M
Sessa capital im	30.17M	13.45%	$804.22M
Melqart asset management (uk)	4.58M	11.63%	$122.20M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Norges bank	31.24M	0.08%	31.24M
Invesco	80.09M	0.17%	28.04M
D. e. shaw	40.75M	0.52%	25.86M
Third point	20.00M	11.39%	20.00M
Sixth street partners management company	18.49M	0.07%	18.49M

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Harris associates l p	4.80M	0.17%	-28.07M
Edgepoint investment group	-	-	-22.42M
Barclays	7.86M	0.04%	-19.72M
Slate path capital lp	11.80M	3.57%	-9.52M
Balyasny asset management	16.51M	0.55%	-8.60M

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	31.24M	0.08%	31.24M	$832.81M
Third point	20.00M	11.39%	20.00M	$533.20M
Sixth street partners management company	18.49M	0.07%	18.49M	$492.89M
Symmetry investments lp	8.40M	15.14%	8.40M	$223.89M
Contour asset management	2.38M	1.17%	2.38M	$46.49M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Security national bank	-1.00
Karpus management	-1.00
Game plan financial advisors	-1.00
Robbins farley	-2.00
Re dickinson investment advisors	-2.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Jun 30, 2026	1,404	-0.14%	1,963,322,850	10.94%	78	1.56%	602	-1.95%	450	-2.60%
Mar 31, 2026	1,358	-4.57%	1,704,857,828	-2.37%	68	1.39%	587	-19.37%	459	10.34%
Dec 31, 2025	612	-51.24%	443,057,141	-74.02%	17	0.38%	305	-44.14%	201	-51.09%
Sep 30, 2025	628	-48.27%	495,947,264	-71.41%	20	0.41%	265	-45.36%	213	-54.78%
Jun 30, 2025	1,189	-2.70%	1,726,906,771	5.41%	69	1.57%	475	-10.38%	459	14.75%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
The Comm Svcs Sel Sect SPDR® ETF	78.89M	3.19%	507.09K
Vanguard Morn Total Stk Mkt Idx Investor	75.62M	3.02%	643.64K
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	75.62M	3.02%	643.64K
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	69.99M	2.85%	54.31K
Vanguard 500 Index Investor	64.38M	2.57%	-506.25K
Invesco QQQ Trust	51.92M	2.07%	-658.48K
Vanguard Mid Cap Index Institutional	51.62M	2.06%	503.14K
Vanguard Morn Mid Cap Index Instl	51.62M	2.06%	503.14K
State Street® CommServSelSectSPDR®ETF	35.99M	1.44%	-107.76K
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF	33.44M	1.33%	53.32K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Aug 13, 2026	Zaslav David	Chief Executive Officer & Pres	Sell	$19.00M
Aug 14, 2026	Zaslav David	Chief Executive Officer & Pres	Sell	$5.46M
Aug 13, 2026	Zaslav David	Chief Executive Officer & Pres	Sell	$2.66M
Aug 13, 2026	Merchant Fazal F	-	Sell	$1.99M
Aug 12, 2026	FISHER RICHARD W	-	Sell	$549.20K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2026 Q3	-	12
2026 Q2	-	-
2026 Q1	-	15
2025 Q4	-	12
2025 Q3	2	4

WBD Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Warner Bros. Discovery?

Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 78.78%, followed by 4.19% insiders and 17.03% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Warner Bros. Discovery's industry, Entertainment Stocks , is 46.33%, which Warner Bros. Discovery exceeds.

Who owns the most shares of Warner Bros. Discovery?

Warner Bros. Discovery’s largest shareholders are Vanguard group (283.18M shares, 11.42%), Blackrock funding, inc. /de (198.09M shares, 7.95%), and Blackrock (165.19M shares, 6.76%). Together, they hold 26.13% of Warner Bros. Discovery’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own Warner Bros. Discovery?

Yes, BlackRock owns 6.76% of Warner Bros. Discovery, totaling 165.19M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.03% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 1.23B$. In the last quarter, BlackRock increased its holdings by 7.56M shares, a 4.80% change.

Who is Warner Bros. Discovery’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Samson rock capital llp is Warner Bros. Discovery’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 55.01% of its assets in 940K Warner Bros. Discovery shares, valued at 25.06M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Warner Bros. Discovery shares?

The Comm Svcs Sel Sect SPDR® ETF is the top mutual fund holder of Warner Bros. Discovery shares, with 3.19% of its total shares outstanding invested in 78.89M Warner Bros. Discovery shares.

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