Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) Series A Stock Today: Paramount’s $30 Bid Gets Larry Ellison Backstop as Netflix Deal Enters Crunch Time
December 23, 2025 — Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. Series A common stock (NASDAQ: WBD) traded around $28.98 in U.S. trading on Tuesday, hovering between two competing takeover paths: Netflix’s agreed cash-and-stock combination for WBD’s studios and streaming assets, and Paramount Skydance’s hostile all-cash tender offer for the whole company. The latest catalyst hit late Monday and spilled into Tuesday’s market: Paramount Skydance amended its $30-per-share offer, adding a high-profile financing enhancement—an “irrevocable personal guarantee” from Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison covering $40.4 billion of equity financing—while keeping the headline price unchanged. Reuters+2Wall Street Journal+2 What changed on December 23—and why WBD