Walt Disney (DIS) Stock Forecast, Price & News

21 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Walt Disney in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 17 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" DIS shares.
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21 analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Walt Disney's shares. Their DIS share price forecasts range from $76.00 to $177.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $117.52 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 32.0% from the stock's current price.
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Walt Disney's stock was trading at $86.88 at the start of the year. Since then, DIS shares have increased by 2.5% and is now trading at $89.02.
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Walt Disney saw a increase in short interest in the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 23,450,000 shares, an increase of 12.5% from the June 30th total of 20,840,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 14,240,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.6 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, November 14th 2023.
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The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August, 9th. The entertainment giant reported $1.03 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.99 by $0.04. The entertainment giant earned $22.33 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $22.50 billion. Walt Disney had a net margin of 2.56% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 6.45%. The business's revenue was up 3.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.09 EPS.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Walt Disney (NYSE:DIS) stock in their portfolio include Vanguard Communication Services ETF (VOX), Gabelli Growth Innovators ETF (GGRW), Invesco Dynamic Media ETF (PBS), Fidelity MSCI Communication Services Index ETF (FCOM), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Communication Services ETF (EWCO), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Communication Services ETF (RSPC), iShares Global Comm Services ETF (IXP) and Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLC).

Walt Disney (NYSE:DIS) pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.00%. The dividend payout ratio is 143.09%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, DIS will have a dividend payout ratio of 34.04% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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380 employees have rated Walt Disney Chief Executive Officer Bob Chapek on Glassdoor.com. Bob Chapek has an approval rating of 77% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Walt Disney investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Netflix (NFLX), Alibaba Group (BABA), Tesla (TSLA), Visa (V), Intel (INTC), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), AT&T (T), Boeing (BA) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM).

Walt Disney trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "DIS."

Walt Disney's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd Zurich (25.09%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.82%), Northern Trust Corp (1.23%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.13%), Franklin Resources Inc. (0.60%) and Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (0.52%). Insiders that own company stock include Alan N Braverman, Brent Woodford, Christine M Mccarthy, Mary Jayne Parker, Robert A Chapek, Robert A Chapek, Robert A Iger, Robert A Iger, Sonia L Coleman, Susan E Arnold and Zenia B Mucha.
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Shares of DIS stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of DIS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $89.02.

Walt Disney (NYSE:DIS) has a market capitalization of $162.67 billion and generates $87.81 billion in revenue each year. The entertainment giant earns $3.15 billion in net income (profit) each year or $1.23 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 220,000 workers across the globe.

Walt Disney's mailing address is 500 SOUTH BUENA VISTA ST, BURBANK CA, 91521. The official website for the company is www.thewaltdisneycompany.com. The entertainment giant can be reached via phone at (818) 560-1000 or via fax at 818-560-1930.