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Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. Series A Stock Outperforms Competitors Despite Losses On The Day

MarketWatch Automated
Aug 20, 2026 at 08:46 PM
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Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) shares fell 1.05% to $28.23, snapping a two-day winning streak and closing 5.90% below its 52-week high. Despite the decline, WBD outperformed competitors like Apple, Amazon, and Netflix during a broader market downturn where the S&P 500 and Dow Jones also dropped. Trading volume was notably lower than the 50-day average.

This article was automatically generated by MarketWatch using technology from Automated Insights.

Shares of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. Series A (WBD) slid 1.05% to $28.23 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.87% to 7,641.16 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 1.32% to 52,759.21.

The stock's fall snapped a two-day winning streak.

Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. Series A closed 5.90% below its 52-week high of $30.00, which the company achieved on December 12th.

The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as Apple Inc. (AAPL) fell 1.75% to $311.30, Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) fell 2.16% to $260.11, and Netflix Inc. (NFLX) fell 0.10% to $80.14.

Trading volume (13.8 M) remained 8.8 million below its 50-day average volume of 22.6 M.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled August 20, 2026.

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