
Shares of entertainment giant Warner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ: WBD) had a landmark year in 2025. They rose approximately 173%, ending the year as the best-performing communications stock in the S&P 500 Index.
The battle to purchase Warner Bros. was by far the dominant driver of the stock’s performance. Warner Bros. and Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) reached a deal in December, when the streaming leader agreed to buy most of WBD for an enterprise value of around $82.7 billion.