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 8.6% and is now trading at $96.40. 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) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February, 4th. The entertainment giant reported $1.53 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.44 by $0.09. The entertainment giant earned $20.86 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $20.84 billion. Walt Disney had a net margin of 13.81% and a return on equity of 10.23%. Walt Disney's quarterly revenue was up 36.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.84 EPS. View Walt Disney's earnings history.

Walt Disney declared a semi-annual dividend on Friday, December 6th. Investors 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 of this dividend is Friday, December 13th. View Walt Disney's dividend history.

24 brokers have issued 12-month price objectives 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 $149.86 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 55.5% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Walt Disney.

Press coverage about DIS stock has trended extremely negative this week, according to InfoTrie. The research firm ranks the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Walt Disney earned a media sentiment score of -4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the entertainment giant a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View the latest news aboutWalt Disney.

Some companies that are related to Walt Disney include Live Nation Entertainment (LYV), Viacom (VIAB), 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 many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders 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 $96.40.

Walt Disney has a market capitalization of $174.04 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.