NYSE:DISWalt Disney Stock Price, Forecast & News

Walt Disney's stock was trading at $105.51 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, DIS stock has increased by 24.9% and is now trading at $131.79.
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28 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Walt Disney in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 11 hold ratings and 16 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."
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Walt Disney is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 5th 2020.
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Walt Disney Co (NYSE:DIS) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August, 4th. The entertainment giant reported $0.08 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of ($0.64) by $0.72. The entertainment giant had revenue of $11.80 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $12.48 billion. Walt Disney had a negative net margin of 1.58% and a positive return on equity of 6.58%. Walt Disney's quarterly revenue was down 41.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.35 EPS.
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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 is Friday, December 13th.
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28 analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Walt Disney's stock. Their forecasts range from $96.00 to $160.00. On average, they expect Walt Disney's share price to reach $128.54 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.5%.
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News articles about DIS stock have been trending somewhat negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Walt Disney earned a coverage optimism score of -1.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the entertainment giant a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days.
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Walt Disney saw a increase in short interest in February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 23,350,000 shares, an increase of 20.5% from the February 13th total of 19,370,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 12,000,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.9 days.
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Some companies that are related to Walt Disney include Live Nation Entertainment (LYV), Viacom (VIAB), News (NWSA), Madison Square Garden (MSG), World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), Cinemark (CNK) and Reading International (RDI).
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Walt Disney investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Netflix (NFLX), Alibaba Group (BABA), Visa (V), AT&T (T), Intel (INTC), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Boeing (BA), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) and Cisco Systems (CSCO).

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 shareholders include Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.39%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.50%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.45%), Swiss National Bank (0.40%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (0.34%) and Principal Financial Group Inc. (0.27%). 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.
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DIS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Toronto Dominion Bank, Ruffer LLP, Yacktman Asset Management LP, M&G Investment Management Ltd., Blair William & Co. IL, Manning & Napier Group LLC, Global Thematic Partners LLC, and Congress Asset Management Co. MA. Company insiders that have sold Walt Disney company stock in the last year include Alan N Braverman, Brent Woodford, and Christine M Mccarthy.
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DIS stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Fisher Asset Management LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Macquarie Group Ltd., Intermede Investment Partners Ltd, Thornburg Investment Management Inc., KAMES CAPITAL plc, Principal Financial Group Inc., and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc..
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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 $131.79.

Walt Disney has a market capitalization of $238.15 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.

The official website for Walt Disney is 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.