Warner Bros Discovery WBD
Ownership & positioning
Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving
Short-sale volume as % of daily volume
Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions
Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$1.32B (4 inflow days, 16 outflow days).
Net flow by order size, last 20 sessions
Super/Big orders approximate institutional-size trades; Mid/Small approximate retail-size trades. Net buy minus sell value in each bucket, summed over the window.
The five largest holders on file together own 28.0% of shares outstanding.
Largest holders
By investor type
Reported short interest has fallen from 2.59% to 2.30% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (15 Jul 2026 to 30 Sep 2026).
Recent institutional activity
| Holder | Type | Period | Share change | New stake |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P. | Hedge Fund | 2026/Q3 | +25,861,087 | 1.6% |
| Third Point LLC | Hedge Fund | 2026/Q3 | +20,000,000 | 0.8% |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | Hedge Fund | 2026/Q3 | +15,207,100 | 1.8% |
| FMR | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +14,280,134 | 1.4% |
| Millennium Management LLC | Hedge Fund | 2026/Q3 | +13,718,183 | 2.3% |
| Symmetry Investments LP | Hedge Fund | 2026/Q3 | +8,397,981 | 0.3% |
| HSBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +7,850,200 | 0.6% |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC | Private Company | 2026/Q3 | +6,950,542 | 0.6% |
| Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +6,798,854 | 0.5% |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +6,397,934 | 0.9% |
| LMR Partners LLP | Hedge Fund | 2026/Q3 | +6,225,223 | 0.5% |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Public Company | 2026/Q3 | +3,304,496 | 0.7% |
| BlackRock | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +3,281,613 | 7.9% |
| Caxton Associates (USA) LLC | Hedge Fund | 2026/Q3 | +3,032,306 | 0.8% |
| CIBC World Markets Corp. | Private Company | 2026/Q3 | +3,022,477 | 0.2% |
Institutional buy/sell activity by reporting period, largest moves first.
Insider transactions
| Date | Insider | Title | Transaction | Shares | Price | Held after |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Oct 2026 | Kenneth Lowe | Independent Director | Sale to Issuer | -581,834 | $31.02 | – |
| 5 Oct 2026 | Kenneth Lowe | Independent Director | Derivative Sale to Issuer | -9,067 | – | – |
| 5 Oct 2026 | Paul Gould | Independent Director | Sale to Issuer | -117,198 | $31.02 | – |
| 5 Oct 2026 | Paul Gould | Independent Director | Sale to Issuer | -103,159 | $31.02 | – |
| 5 Oct 2026 | Paul Gould | Independent Director | Derivative Sale to Issuer | -33,067 | – | – |
| 5 Oct 2026 | Richard Fisher | Independent Director | Sale to Issuer | -43,779 | $31.02 | – |
| 5 Oct 2026 | Richard Fisher | Independent Director | Derivative Sale to Issuer | -9,067 | – | – |
| 5 Oct 2026 | Paula Price | Independent Director | Sale to Issuer | -59,151 | $31.02 | – |
| 5 Oct 2026 | Paula Price | Independent Director | Derivative Sale to Issuer | -33,067 | – | – |
| 5 Oct 2026 | Daniel Sanchez | Former Independent Director | Sale to Issuer | -44,054 | $31.02 | – |
| 5 Oct 2026 | Daniel Sanchez | Former Independent Director | Derivative Sale to Issuer | -9,067 | – | – |
| 29 Sep 2026 | Anthony Noto | Independent Director | Other Acquisition | +929 | – | 45,306 |
| 13 Sep 2026 | Lori Locke | Chief Accounting Officer & Executive VP | Open Market Disposition | -29,115 | $28.13 | 86,906 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | Richard Fisher | Independent Director | Open Market Disposition | -6,700 | $28.06 | 52,846 |
| 9 Sep 2026 | Kenneth Lowe | Independent Director | Open Market Disposition | -200,000 | $28.23 | 581,834 |
| 8 Sep 2026 | Amy Girdwood | Chief Human Resources Officer | Open Market Disposition | -262,285 | $27.98 | 539,374 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | Kenneth Lowe | Independent Director | Intent to Sell (Form 144) | -200,000 | $28.09 | – |
| 2 Sep 2026 | Anton Levy | Independent Director | Open Market Disposition | -340,000 | $28.39 | 618,067 |
| 2 Sep 2026 | Kenneth Lowe | Independent Director | Open Market Disposition | -200,000 | $28.35 | 781,834 |
| 26 Aug 2026 | Jean-Briac Perrette | President and CEO of Global Streaming & Games | Open Market Disposition | -126,707 | $28.96 | 1,047,016 |
From Form 4/Form 144 filings. Negative share counts are disposals (sales, gifts, or shares withheld for taxes); positive are acquisitions.
Short interest, by report
| Report date | Shares short | % of float | Days to cover |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Sep 2026 | 57,755,381 | 2.3% | 1.0 |
| 15 Sep 2026 | 59,282,796 | 2.4% | 3.8 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 68,823,485 | 2.7% | 3.9 |
| 14 Aug 2026 | 56,310,112 | 2.2% | 2.8 |
| 31 Jul 2026 | 72,154,680 | 2.9% | 2.8 |
| 15 Jul 2026 | 64,955,283 | 2.6% | 3.6 |
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