Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.
US ˙ NasdaqGS ˙ US9344231041

SecurityWBD / Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.
InstitutionD. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.
ManagerDE Shaw
Latest Disclosed Ownership14,889,403 shares
Latest Disclosed Value $ 408,863,006
D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. ownership in WBD / Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.

On May 15, 2026 - D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. filed a 13F-HR form disclosing ownership of 14,889,403 shares of Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (US:WBD) valued at $408,863,006 USD as of March 31, 2026. The entity filed a previous 13F-HR on February 17, 2026 disclosing 9,956,406 shares of Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.. This represents a change in shares of 49.55% during the quarter. The current value of the position is $402,013,881 USD.

D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. has a history of taking positions in derivatives of the underlying security (WBD) in the form of stock options. The firm currently holds call options representing 279,300 of underlying shares valued at $7,669,578 USD and put options representing 88,200 of underlying shares valued at $2,421,972 USD .

Note: prior versions of this page mistakenly stated that the share values represented the number of options, not the number of underlying shares. For more information on the data backing these reports, please see the SEC document Frequently Asked Questions About Form 13F.

Institutional Ownership: 13F and NPORT Filings

The Security and Class in the table below are shown exactly as filed by the investor. We do our best to track continuity of investments through acquisitions, and this will be reflected in the table as changes in names. In addition to descriptive data, performance of the investment is shown over time. To calculate quarterly performance, we first calculate cost basis of the shares purchased during the quarter, then use that to calculate gross profit. Quarterly return is Gross Profit / Starting Portfolio value.

Note that cost basis is calculated and stored in thousands, so small quarterly changes in shares frequently result in a cost basis of zero.

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Institutional Put/Call Ratios
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In addition to reporting standard equity and debt issues, institutions with more than 100MM assets under management must also disclose their put and call option holdings. Since put options generally indicate negative sentiment, and call options indicate positive sentiment, we can get a sense of the overall institutional sentiment by plotting the ratio of puts to calls. The chart to the right plots the historical put/call ratio for this instrument.

Using Put/Call Ratio as an indicator of investor sentiment overcomes one of the key deficiencies of using total institutional ownership, which is that a significant amount of assets under management are invested passively to track indices. Passively-managed funds do not typically buy options, so the put/call ratio indicator more closely tracks the sentiment of actively-managed funds.

WBD / Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. Historical Put/Call Ratio
Disclosed Equity Positions (from 13F/NPORT Filings)
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Avg Price
Paid (Est)
Reported
Shares
ΔShares ΔShares
(%)
Reported
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Alloc
(%)
ΔAlloc ΔAlloc (%) Cost Basis
(x1000)
Unrealized
Gain/Loss
(x1000)
2026-05-15 2026-03-31 13F WARNER BROS DISCOVERY COM SER A 934423104 14,889,403 4,932,997 49.55 408,863 42.49 0.1805
2026-02-17 2025-12-31 13F WARNER BROS DISCOVERY COM SER A 934423104 9,956,406 3,827,741 62.46 286,944 139.73 0.1573
2025-11-14 2025-09-30 13F WARNER BROS DISCOVERY COM SER A 934423104 6,128,665 1,826,906 42.47 119,693 142.79 0.0676
2025-08-14 2025-06-30 13F WARNER BROS DISCOVERY COM SER A 934423104 4,301,759 537,397 14.28 49,298 22.05 0.0349
2025-05-15 2025-03-31 13F WARNER BROS DISCOVERY COM SER A 934423104 3,764,362 3,260,420 646.98 40,392 658.37 0.0360
2025-02-14 2024-12-31 13F WARNER BROS DISCOVERY COM SER A 934423104 503,942 217,239 75.77 5,327 125.20 0.0039
2024-11-14 2024-09-30 13F WARNER BROS DISCOVERY COM SER A 934423104 286,703 109,965 62.22 2,365 79.98 0.0020
2024-08-14 2024-06-30 13F WARNER BROS DISCOVERY COM SER A 934423104 176,738 49,601 39.01 1,315 18.49 0.0012
2024-05-15 2024-03-31 13F WARNER BROS DISCOVERY COM SER A 934423104 127,137 -303,780 -70.50 1,110 -77.38 0.0009
2024-02-14 2023-12-31 13F WARNER BROS DISCOVERY COM SER A 934423104 430,917 -1,083,524 -71.55 4,904 -70.19 0.0043
2023-11-14 2023-09-30 13F WARNER BROS DISCOVERY COM SER A 934423104 1,514,441 61,998 4.27 16,447 -9.70 0.0172
2023-08-14 2023-06-30 13F WARNER BROS DISCOVERY COM SER A 934423104 1,452,443 1,196,207 466.84 18,214 370.74 0.0186
2023-05-15 2023-03-31 13F WARNER BROS DISCOVERY COM SER A 934423104 256,236 -1,962,010 -88.45 3,869 -81.60 0.0041
2023-02-14 2022-12-31 13F WARNER BROS DISCOVERY COM SER A 934423104 2,218,246 1,133,294 104.46 21,029 68.53 0.0232
2022-11-14 2022-09-30 13F WARNER BROS DISCOVERY COM SER A 934423104 1,084,952 -2,144,640 -66.41 12,477 -71.21 0.0149
2022-08-15 2022-06-30 13F WARNER BROS DISCOVERY COM SER A 934423104 3,229,592 3,229,592 43,341 0.0508
Disclosed Call Options
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Opt Avg Share
Price
Shares ΔShares
(%)
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Prior Allocation
(%)
Allocation
(%)
ΔAllocation
(%)
Cost Basis
(x1000)
Profit
(x1000)
Return
(%)
2026-05-15 2026-03-31 13F WARNER BROS DISCOVERY COM SER A Call 279,300 -89.63 7,670 -90.12 n/a n/a n/a
2026-02-17 2025-12-31 13F WARNER BROS DISCOVERY COM SER A Call 2,693,800 -8.16 77,635 35.53 n/a n/a n/a
2025-11-14 2025-09-30 13F WARNER BROS DISCOVERY COM SER A Call 2,933,100 292.02 57,283 568.10 n/a n/a n/a
2025-08-14 2025-06-30 13F WARNER BROS DISCOVERY COM SER A Call 748,200 43.64 8,574 53.41 n/a n/a n/a
2025-05-15 2025-03-31 13F WARNER BROS DISCOVERY COM SER A Call 520,900 21.96 5,589 23.81 n/a n/a n/a
2025-02-14 2024-12-31 13F WARNER BROS DISCOVERY COM SER A Call 427,100 88.07 4,514 141.00 n/a n/a n/a
2024-11-14 2024-09-30 13F WARNER BROS DISCOVERY COM SER A Call 227,100 1.79 1,874 12.90 n/a n/a n/a
2024-08-14 2024-06-30 13F WARNER BROS DISCOVERY COM SER A Call 223,100 105.81 1,660 75.37 n/a n/a n/a
2024-05-15 2024-03-31 13F WARNER BROS DISCOVERY COM SER A Call 108,400 -88.35 946 -91.07 n/a n/a n/a
2024-02-14 2023-12-31 13F WARNER BROS DISCOVERY COM SER A Call 930,500 0.00 10,589 4.79 n/a n/a n/a
2023-11-14 2023-09-30 13F WARNER BROS DISCOVERY COM SER A Call 930,500 7.25 10,105 -7.11 n/a n/a n/a
2023-08-14 2023-06-30 13F WARNER BROS DISCOVERY COM SER A Call 867,600 -17.97 10,880 -31.87 n/a n/a n/a
2023-05-15 2023-03-31 13F WARNER BROS DISCOVERY COM SER A Call 1,057,600 323.04 15,970 573.80 n/a n/a n/a
2023-02-14 2022-12-31 13F WARNER BROS DISCOVERY COM SER A Call 250,000 0.00 2,370 -17.57 n/a n/a n/a
2022-11-14 2022-09-30 13F WARNER BROS DISCOVERY COM SER A Call 250,000 -52.77 2,875 -59.52 n/a n/a n/a
2022-08-15 2022-06-30 13F WARNER BROS DISCOVERY COM SER A Call 529,300 7,103 n/a n/a n/a
Disclosed Put Options
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Opt Avg Share Price Shares ΔShares
(%)
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Prior Allocation
(%)
Allocation
(%)
ΔAllocation
(%)
Cost Basis
(x1000)
Profit
(x1000)
Return
(%)
2026-05-15 2026-03-31 13F WARNER BROS DISCOVERY COM SER A Put 88,200 -85.50 2,422 -86.19 n/a n/a n/a
2026-02-17 2025-12-31 13F WARNER BROS DISCOVERY COM SER A Put 608,200 -12.41 17,528 29.25 n/a n/a n/a
2025-11-14 2025-09-30 13F WARNER BROS DISCOVERY COM SER A Put 694,400 17.16 13,562 99.66 n/a n/a n/a
2025-08-14 2025-06-30 13F WARNER BROS DISCOVERY COM SER A Put 592,700 42.24 6,792 51.91 n/a n/a n/a
2025-05-15 2025-03-31 13F WARNER BROS DISCOVERY COM SER A Put 416,700 -56.19 4,471 -55.53 n/a n/a n/a
2025-02-14 2024-12-31 13F WARNER BROS DISCOVERY COM SER A Put 951,200 2.51 10,054 31.34 n/a n/a n/a
2024-11-14 2024-09-30 13F WARNER BROS DISCOVERY COM SER A Put 927,900 48.51 7,655 64.69 n/a n/a n/a
2024-08-14 2024-06-30 13F WARNER BROS DISCOVERY COM SER A Put 624,800 43.70 4,649 22.48 n/a n/a n/a
2024-05-15 2024-03-31 13F WARNER BROS DISCOVERY COM SER A Put 434,800 3,493.39 3,796 2,670.07 n/a n/a n/a
2024-02-14 2023-12-31 13F WARNER BROS DISCOVERY COM SER A Put 12,100 -97.41 138 -97.30 n/a n/a n/a
2023-11-14 2023-09-30 13F WARNER BROS DISCOVERY COM SER A Put 467,100 0.00 5,073 -13.40 n/a n/a n/a
2023-08-14 2023-06-30 13F WARNER BROS DISCOVERY COM SER A Put 467,100 163.90 5,857 249.25 n/a n/a n/a
2023-02-14 2022-12-31 13F WARNER BROS DISCOVERY COM SER A Put 177,000 0.00 1,678 -17.63 n/a n/a n/a
2022-11-14 2022-09-30 13F WARNER BROS DISCOVERY COM SER A Put 177,000 -56.90 2,036 -63.06 n/a n/a n/a
2022-08-15 2022-06-30 13F WARNER BROS DISCOVERY COM SER A Put 410,720 5,512 n/a n/a n/a
Legend
Shares
The total number of shares held by the institution at the end of the reporting period (the effective date). This is provided in the filing.
Value
The total value of the shares as of the effective date. This is provided in the filing.
Avg. Share Price
The weighted average share price of the shares held by the institution. We use FIFO accounting to determine this price
Class
This is the security class as indicated by the filer. There are a variety of values for this field. Common values include "EC" = equity common, "EP" - equity preferred
Allocation (%)
The percent of the institution's portfolio that this position represents. This is provided in NPORT filings. For 13F filings, we calculate it.
Change in Allocation
The change in allocation from the prior reporting period. This is calculated as current allocation - prior allocation.
Change in Allocation (%)
The percent change in allocation from the prior reporting period. This is calculated as (current allocation - prior allocation) / prior allocation.
Cost Basis
The total cost of the shares held. This is calculated as reported shares * avg. share price
Unrealized Gain/Loss
This is the market value of the position as of the effective date minus the cost basis.