Warner Bros Discovery Inc Dividends
The next dividend date for Warner Bros Discovery Inc has not yet been scheduled.
What is a Dividend Date
When we talk about a dividend date, we’re referring specifically to the ex-dividend date.
This is the date on which all stockholders will earn a dividend. Technically, a person needs to be the owner of a share of stock as of the night before the ex-dividend date in order to earn the dividend.
The ex-dividend date is different than the date when the dividend is issued. Although you earn a dividend on the ex-dividend date, that dividend is typically not disbursed to your account until several weeks later.
Most brokerages will automatically credit the dividend to your account once it’s issued.
Historical Dividends for Warner Bros Discovery Inc (WBD)
More About Warner Bros Discovery Inc
Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. operates as a media and entertainment company worldwide. It operates through three segments: Studios, Network, and DTC. The Studios segment produces and releases feature films for initial exhibition in theaters; produces and licenses television programs to its networks and third parties and direct-to-consumer services; distributes films and television programs to various third parties and internal television; and offers streaming services and distribution through the home entertainment market, themed experience licensing, and interactive gaming. The Network segment comprises domestic and international television networks. The DTC segment offers premium pay-tv and streaming services. In addition, the company offers portfolio of content, brands, and franchises across television, film, streaming, and gaming under the Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group, Warner Bros. Television Group, DC, HBO, HBO Max, Max, Discovery Channel, discovery+, CNN, HGTV, Food Network, TNT Sports, TBS, TLC, OWN, Warner Bros. Games, Adult Swim, Turner Classic Movies, Television Group, Hanna-Barbera, Harry Potter, DC, Looney Tunes, Scooby-Doo, Game of Thrones, Friends, and others brands. Further, it provides content through distribution platforms, including linear network, free-to-air, and broadcast television; authenticated GO applications, digital distribution arrangements, content licensing arrangements, and direct-to-consumer subscription products. Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
Owning Warner Bros Discovery Inc Stock on the Dividend Date
If you own Warner Bros Discovery Inc stock on the ex-dividend date, then you earn the associated dividend.
Theoretically, the price of Warner Bros Discovery Inc stock should go down by the amount of the dividend (in addition to any other pressures that market forces have on the price of Warner Bros Discovery Inc stock).
Therefore, it is typically not expected that there is any incremental profit to be gained from buying Warner Bros Discovery Inc stock right before the ex-dividend date and then selling it immediately after. It’s not like you get the Warner Bros Discovery Inc dividend payout for free just by doing that since there is typically an equivalent commensurate drop in the stock price.
Owning Warner Bros Discovery Inc Options on the Dividend Date
Unlike the stock price, which will normally have an abrupt decrease by the amount of the dividend on the ex-dividend date, option prices typically do not reflect the same phenomenon.
The reason is that in the time leading up to the ex-dividend date, that projected drop in Warner Bros Discovery Inc stock price from the dividend is already baked into Warner Bros Discovery Inc option prices.
That means the prices of call options that overlap the Warner Bros Discovery Inc ex-dividend date typically go down in the period leading up to the ex-dividend date.
The prices of put options that overlap the Warner Bros Discovery Inc ex-dividend date typically go up in the period leading up to the ex-dividend date.
Owners of Warner Bros Discovery Inc call options do not receive the dividend, even if they own the options on the ex-dividend date. Owners of Warner Bros Discovery Inc put options are not responsible to pay the dividend, even if they own the options on the ex-dividend date.
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