NYSE:DIS

Walt Disney Stock Forecast, Price & News

$96.96

+0.88 (+0.92%)

(As of 07/7/2022 11:58 AM ET)

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Today's Range: $95.94
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$97.30
50-Day Range: $93.29
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$116.19
52-Week Range: $92.01
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$187.58

Volume: 210,772 shs
Average Volume: 11.02 million shs
Market Capitalization: $176.53 billion

P/E Ratio: 66.87
Dividend Yield: N/A
Price Target: $165.76

Walt Disney MarketRank™ Forecast

Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy
2.79 Rating Score
Upside/Downside: 69.2% Upside
$163.56 Price Target
Short Interest: Healthy
1.28% of Shares Sold Short
Dividend Strength: N/A
Sustainability: -0.46
Upright™ Environmental Score
News Sentiment: 0.20
Based on 36 Articles This Week
Insider Trading: N/A
Proj. Earnings Growth: 38.35%
From $3.99 to $5.52 Per Share

Overall MarketRank^™

MarketRank is calculated as 30% analysis score, 20% valuation score, 10% short interest score, 10% dividend score, 10% sustainability score, 10% news and social score, and 10% insider trading score.

2.55 out of 5 stars

Consumer Discretionary Sector

44th out of 404 stocks

Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation Services Industry

4th out of 23 stocks

4.4 Analyst's Opinion

Consensus Rating
Walt Disney has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.78, and is based on 18 buy ratings, 5 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.
Price Target Upside/Downside
According to analysts' consensus price target of $163.56, Walt Disney has a forecasted upside of 69.2% from its current price of $96.65.
Amount of Analyst Coverage
Walt Disney has been the subject of 8 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

3.0 Short Interest

Percentage of Shares Shorted
1.28% of the outstanding shares of Walt Disney have been sold short.
Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover
Walt Disney has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.8, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
Change versus previous month
Short interest in Walt Disney has recently increased by 7.58%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

0.0 Dividend Strength

Dividend Yield
Walt Disney does not currently pay a dividend.
Dividend Growth
Walt Disney does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

3.2 Sustainability and ESG

Overall ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) Score
Walt Disney has received a 55.64% net impact score from Upright. Walt Disney seems to create the most significant positive value in categories "Taxes", "Meaning & joy", and "Jobs". The positive contribution in the "Meaning & joy" impact category is mostly driven by its "Digital recordings of pop songs", "Amusement park services", "Production of theatre shows", and "Broadcasting of storytelling television programs" products. See details.
Environmental Sustainability
The Environmental Impact score for Walt Disney is -0.46.

1.2 News and Social Media Coverage

News Sentiment
Walt Disney has a news sentiment score of 0.20. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.59 average news sentiment score of Consumer Discretionary companies.
News Coverage This Week
MarketBeat has tracked 36 news articles for Walt Disney this week, compared to 51 articles on an average week.
Social Mentions This Week
MarketBeat has tracked 11 reddit mentions for Walt Disney this week, compared to 30 mentions on an average week.
Search Interest
Only 242 people have searched for DIS on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -26% compared to the previous 30 days.
MarketBeat Follows
Only 110 people have added Walt Disney to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -30% compared to the previous 30 days.

1.7 Company Ownership

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling
In the past three months, Walt Disney insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.
Percentage Held by Insiders
Only 0.10% of the stock of Walt Disney is held by insiders.
Percentage Held by Institutions
64.17% of the stock of Walt Disney is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

2.5 Earnings and Valuation

Earnings Growth
Earnings for Walt Disney are expected to grow by 38.35% in the coming year, from $3.99 to $5.52 per share.
Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market
The P/E ratio of Walt Disney is 66.66, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 95.40.
Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector
The P/E ratio of Walt Disney is 66.66, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Discretionary sector average P/E ratio of about 14.42.
Price to Earnings Growth Ratio
Walt Disney has a PEG Ratio of 1.15. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.
Price to Book Value per Share Ratio
Walt Disney has a P/B Ratio of 1.85. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

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About Walt Disney (NYSE:DIS) Stock

The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an entertainment company worldwide. It operates through two segments, Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution; and Disney Parks, Experiences and Products. The company engages in the film and episodic television content production and distribution activities, as well as operates television broadcast networks under the ABC, Disney, ESPN, Freeform, FX, Fox, National Geographic, and Star brands; and studios that produces motion pictures under the Walt Disney Pictures, Twentieth Century Studios, Marvel, Lucasfilm, Pixar, and Searchlight Pictures banners. It also offers direct-to-consumer streaming services through Disney+, Disney+ Hotstar, ESPN+, Hulu, and Star+; sale/licensing of film and television content to third-party television and subscription video-on-demand services; theatrical, home entertainment, and music distribution services; staging and licensing of live entertainment events; and post-production services by Industrial Light & Magic and Skywalker Sound. In addition, the company operates theme parks and resorts, such as Walt Disney World Resort in Florida; Disneyland Resort in California; Disneyland Paris; Hong Kong Disneyland Resort; and Shanghai Disney Resort; Disney Cruise Line, Disney Vacation Club, National Geographic Expeditions, and Adventures by Disney as well as Aulani, a Disney resort and spa in Hawaii; licenses its intellectual property to a third party for the operations of the Tokyo Disney Resort; and provides consumer products, which include licensing of trade names, characters, visual, literary, and other IP for use on merchandise, published materials, and games. Further, it sells branded merchandise through retail, online, and wholesale businesses; and develops and publishes books, comic books, and magazines. The Walt Disney Company was founded in 1923 and is based in Burbank, California.

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