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 shares have 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) released its quarterly earnings results 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 the consensus estimate of $20.84 billion. Walt Disney had a return on equity of 10.23% and a net margin of 13.81%. The company's revenue was up 36.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.84 EPS. View Walt Disney's earnings history.

Walt Disney announced a semi-annual dividend on Friday, December 6th. Shareholders 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 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Walt Disney's shares. Their forecasts range from $118.00 to $175.00. On average, they anticipate Walt Disney's share price to reach $149.86 in the next twelve months. 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 been trending somewhat positive on Sunday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing 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 news sentiment score of 1.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories 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 immediate future. 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 a variety 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 purchased 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.

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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.