Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. NFLX scored 81.2, WBD scored 16.1 — NFLX leads.
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NFLX
Netflix, Inc.
Entertainment · Quality-Growth
81.2
$70.30 · $292.7B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
65.1
NFLX leads
WBD
Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.
Entertainment · Quality-Growth
16.1
$30.95 · $77.6B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
Fastest growthNFLX+16.0%
Strongest balance sheetNFLX0.55
Highest qualityNFLX92 / 100
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
NFLX
stronger →← stronger
WBD
92
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
27
89
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
14
65
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
11
NFLX is stronger on 3 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
NFLX
WBD
$11.2bA-
FCF
$2.2bB
+16.0%B+
Rev
-6.1%D
0.55B+
D/E
0.94B
22.1xB
P/E
—
1.22B
PEG
55.18D
—
P/S
2.1xB
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
NFLX
WBD
117% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
191% above
~30%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~37%/yr
-59%
1-yr DCF upside
-69%
-54%
5-yr DCF upside
-66%
-47%
10-yr DCF upside
-61%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
NFLX
Why this score
Durable high returns
WBD
No notable signals flagged.
The companies
NFLXNetflix, Inc.
Entertainment · $70.30 · beta 1.61
Why now
Entertainment · market cap $292.7b. Down 44% from 52-week high of $124.86 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +16%, comfortably above the S&P median. 45 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $92.55 (implying +32% upside).
Moat
Net margin 28% sits well above the S&P median (~11%) — suggests structural pricing advantage or cost discipline competitors can't quickly close. ROE 45% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which. $292.7b market cap places it among the largest companies in the sector — distribution, R&D, and customer-acquisition costs amortize across a base peers can't replicate.
Risk
Down 44% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up. Beta 1.61 implies above-market volatility — position-size to the drawdowns this name will produce in a market correction, not to its bull-case return.
WBDWarner Bros. Discovery, Inc.
Entertainment · $30.95 · beta 1.54
Why now
Entertainment · market cap $77.6b. Trading near 52-week high of $30.99 — momentum setup, limited technical margin of safety. Revenue -6% — in contraction; any catalyst that reverses this triggers re-rating. 8 sell-side analysts rate this a Hold with a mean 1-yr target of $30.63 (implying -1% upside).
Moat
$77.6b market cap gives the company enough scale to absorb fixed costs that subscale competitors can't, without yet being so large that growth has to come from acquisition.
Risk
Revenue contracting -6% — the operational turn is not yet visible in the top line. Currently unprofitable (margin -8.8%) — path to GAAP profitability is the core thesis risk. Trading within 0% of the 52-week high — limited technical margin of safety; a momentum reversal would test conviction.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Where NFLX and WBD diverge
On the headline score the gap is 65.1 points in favor of NFLX. The widest single difference is Growth, where NFLX leads by 74.2 points.
GrowthNFLX 88.6 · WBD 14.4NFLX +74.2
QualityNFLX 92.3 · WBD 27.2NFLX +65.1
ValueNFLX 65.4 · WBD 10.6NFLX +54.8
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is NFLX or WBD the better stock?
NFLX scores higher: NFLX 81.2, WBD 16.1 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do NFLX and WBD differ most?
The widest gap is growth, where NFLX leads by 74 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. NFLX leads all three pillars, so the gap is broad rather than a single-measure difference.
How are NFLX and WBD scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.