NYSE:DIS - Walt Disney Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Walt Disney announced a semiannual dividend on Wednesday, June 27th. Shareholders of record on Monday, July 9th will be given a dividend of $0.84 per share on Thursday, July 26th. This represents a dividend yield of 1.62%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, July 6th. This is a positive change from Walt Disney's previous semiannual dividend of $0.78. View Walt Disney's Dividend History.

Walt Disney Co (NYSE:DIS) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, May, 8th. The entertainment giant reported $1.84 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.70 by $0.14. The entertainment giant had revenue of $14.55 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $14.11 billion. Walt Disney had a return on equity of 21.13% and a net margin of 20.16%. The company's revenue was up 9.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.50 earnings per share. View Walt Disney's Earnings History.

Walt Disney is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August, 7th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Walt Disney.

26 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Walt Disney's stock. Their predictions range from $93.00 to $144.00. On average, they expect Walt Disney's share price to reach $118.3333 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 6.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for Walt Disney.

26 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Walt Disney in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 11 hold ratings, 12 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."

Walt Disney saw a decrease in short interest in June. As of June 29th, there was short interest totalling 27,734,835 shares, a decrease of 17.3% from the June 15th total of 33,552,948 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 9,020,499 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.1 days. Approximately 2.0% of the company's shares are short sold. View Walt Disney's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Walt Disney include Comcast (CMCSA), Twenty-First Century Fox Inc Class A (FOXA), Time Warner (TWX), Charter Communications (CHTR), Rogers Communications Inc. Class B (RCI), Liberty Global PLC Class B (LBTYB), Liberty Global PLC Class A (LBTYA), Liberty Global PLC Class C (LBTYK), DISH Network (DISH), Liberty Broadband Corp Series C (LBRDK), Liberty Broadband Corp Series A (LBRDA), DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS INC. Common Stock (DISCA), Altice USA (ATUS), Discovery Inc Series C (DISCK) and Viacom, Inc. Class B (VIAB).

News coverage about DIS stock has trended somewhat positive this week, according to Accern. The research firm ranks the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than 20 million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Walt Disney earned a media sentiment score of 0.11 on Accern's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the entertainment giant an impact score of 47.50 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days.

Walt Disney's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Swedbank (0.12%), Bank of Montreal Can (0.12%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.06%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.06%), Calamos Advisors LLC (0.06%) and Gulf International Bank UK Ltd (0.03%). Company insiders that own Walt Disney stock include Alan N Braverman, Aylwin B Lewis, Brent Woodford, Maria Elena Lagomasino, Robert A Iger and Susan E Arnold. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Walt Disney.

DIS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Fisher Asset Management LLC, NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V., Pendal Group Ltd, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Swedbank, Calamos Advisors LLC, Lawson Kroeker Investment Management Inc. NE and CENTRAL TRUST Co. Company insiders that have sold Walt Disney company stock in the last year include Alan N Braverman, Aylwin B Lewis and Brent Woodford. View Insider Buying and Selling for Walt Disney.

DIS stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of Montreal Can, Addenda Capital Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, TNB Financial, Pensionfund DSM Netherlands, Pensionfund Sabic, Menlo Advisors LLC and Pennsylvania Trust Co. View Insider Buying and Selling 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of DIS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $110.74.

Walt Disney has a market capitalization of $163.84 billion and generates $55.14 billion in revenue each year. The entertainment giant earns $8.98 billion in net income (profit) each year or $5.70 on an earnings per share basis. Walt Disney employs 199,000 workers across the globe.

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.