NYSE:DIS - Walt Disney Stock Price, Forecast & News

Walt Disney's stock was trading at $105.51 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, DIS stock has decreased by 8.0% and is now trading at $97.10. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

24 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Walt Disney in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 19 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Walt Disney.

Walt Disney is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 13th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Walt Disney.

Walt Disney Co (NYSE:DIS) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February, 4th. The entertainment giant reported $1.53 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.44 by $0.09. The entertainment giant had revenue of $20.86 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $20.84 billion. Walt Disney had a return on equity of 10.23% and a net margin of 13.81%. The business's revenue was up 36.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $1.84 EPS. View Walt Disney's earnings history.

Walt Disney declared a semi-annual dividend on Friday, December 6th. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 16th will be paid a dividend of $0.88 per share on Thursday, January 16th. This represents a yield of 1.2%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, December 13th. View Walt Disney's dividend history.

24 brokerages have issued twelve-month price targets for Walt Disney's stock. Their forecasts range from $118.00 to $175.00. On average, they expect Walt Disney's stock price to reach $149.38 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 53.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Walt Disney.

News coverage about DIS stock has trended very positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Walt Disney earned a media sentiment score of 4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the entertainment giant a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutWalt Disney.

Some companies that are related to Walt Disney include Viacom (VIAB), Live Nation Entertainment (LYV), Madison Square Garden (MSG), News (NWSA), World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), Cinemark (CNK) and Reading International (RDI).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Walt Disney investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Alibaba Group (BABA), Netflix (NFLX), Visa (V), AT&T (T), Home Depot (HD), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Intel (INTC), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) and Starbucks (SBUX).

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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (4.12%), FMR LLC (1.83%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.44%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.26%), Norges Bank (0.99%) and Nuveen Asset Management LLC (0.90%). Company insiders that own Walt Disney stock include Alan N Braverman, Brent Woodford, Christine M Mccarthy, Mary Jayne Parker, Robert A Iger and Zenia B Mucha. View institutional ownership trends for Walt Disney.

DIS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Janus Henderson Group PLC, FMR LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Franklin Resources Inc., Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Ruffer LLP, UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., and AQR Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Walt Disney company stock in the last year include Alan N Braverman, Brent Woodford, Christine M Mccarthy, and Zenia B Mucha. View insider buying and selling activity for Walt Disney.

DIS stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Norges Bank, Johanson Financial Advisors Inc., DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank Frankfurt am Main, M&G Investment Management Ltd., 1832 Asset Management L.P., Gladstone Capital Management LLP, CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC, and Marshall Wace North America L.P.. View insider buying and selling activity for Walt Disney.

Shares of DIS can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of DIS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $97.10.

Walt Disney has a market capitalization of $175.31 billion and generates $69.57 billion in revenue each year. The entertainment giant earns $11.05 billion in net income (profit) each year or $5.77 on an earnings per share basis. Walt Disney employs 223,000 workers across the globe. View additional information about Walt Disney.

The official website for Walt Disney is http://www.thewaltdisneycompany.com/.

Walt Disney's mailing address is 500 SOUTH BUENA VISTA ST, BURBANK CA, 91521. The entertainment giant can be reached via phone at 818-560-1000.