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DIS vs. AAPL, AMZN, CMCSA, GOOG, GOOGL, NFLX, ROKU, TSLA, WBD, and T

Should you be buying Walt Disney stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Walt Disney include Apple (AAPL), Amazon.com (AMZN), Comcast (CMCSA), Alphabet (GOOG), Alphabet (GOOGL), Netflix (NFLX), Roku (ROKU), Tesla (TSLA), Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), and AT&T (T).

Walt Disney vs. Its Competitors

Walt Disney (NYSE:DIS) and Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) are related large-cap companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Walt Disney pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Apple pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Walt Disney pays out 15.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Apple pays out 15.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Apple has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Walt Disney is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

In the previous week, Apple had 145 more articles in the media than Walt Disney. MarketBeat recorded 223 mentions for Apple and 78 mentions for Walt Disney. Apple's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Walt Disney's score of 0.92 indicating that Apple is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Walt Disney
51 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
21 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Apple
162 Very Positive mention(s)
16 Positive mention(s)
23 Neutral mention(s)
9 Negative mention(s)
4 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Walt Disney presently has a consensus price target of $132.90, indicating a potential upside of 18.94%. Apple has a consensus price target of $248.29, indicating a potential downside of 0.42%. Given Walt Disney's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Walt Disney is more favorable than Apple.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Walt Disney
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
19 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.70
Apple
2 Sell rating(s)
12 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
4 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.64

65.7% of Walt Disney shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.7% of Apple shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Walt Disney shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Apple shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Walt Disney has a beta of 1.54, indicating that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Apple has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Apple has a net margin of 24.30% compared to Walt Disney's net margin of 12.22%. Apple's return on equity of 170.91% beat Walt Disney's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Walt Disney12.22% 9.67% 5.35%
Apple 24.30%170.91%31.94%

Apple has higher revenue and earnings than Walt Disney. Walt Disney is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Apple, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Walt Disney$91.36B2.20$4.97B$6.3817.51
Apple$391.04B9.46$93.74B$6.5937.84

Summary

Apple beats Walt Disney on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding DIS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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DIS vs. The Competition

MetricWalt DisneyMEDIA CONGLOM IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$199.88B$16.62B$8.40B$21.89B
Dividend Yield0.90%2.92%3.12%3.62%
P/E Ratio17.5135.5818.2030.12
Price / Sales2.203.116.3866.72
Price / Cash11.3917.6816.2824.26
Price / Book1.922.025.014.70
Net Income$4.97B$446.53M$256.64M$1.01B
7 Day Performance0.75%-0.77%-0.30%0.49%
1 Month Performance-3.09%-2.23%-3.03%1.61%
1 Year Performance15.49%15.37%34.18%13.30%

Walt Disney Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DIS
Walt Disney
4.8457 of 5 stars
$111.74
+0.5%
$132.90
+18.9%
+18.5%$199.88B$91.36B17.51233,000Trending News
AAPL
Apple
4.5827 of 5 stars
$256.54
-0.6%
$247.49
-3.5%
+6.6%$3.81T$408.63B38.93164,000Trending News
Analyst Revision
AMZN
Amazon.com
4.8346 of 5 stars
$220.72
+0.6%
$266.26
+20.6%
+14.9%$2.35T$637.96B33.641,556,000Trending News
CMCSA
Comcast
4.9848 of 5 stars
$30.95
+0.1%
$40.06
+29.4%
-29.4%$114.03B$123.73B5.10182,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
GOOG
Alphabet
4.5051 of 5 stars
$251.52
+2.1%
$235.33
-6.4%
+50.8%$3.04T$350.02B26.76190,200Trending News
Insider Trade
GOOGL
Alphabet
3.6028 of 5 stars
$250.59
+2.1%
$240.76
-3.9%
+51.7%$3.03T$350.02B26.66183,323Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
NFLX
Netflix
4.5213 of 5 stars
$1,158.92
+0.5%
$1,335.00
+15.2%
+70.4%$492.71B$41.69B49.4014,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
ROKU
Roku
1.8853 of 5 stars
$105.21
+1.3%
$101.33
-3.7%
+24.9%$15.50B$4.11B-250.443,340Trending News
Insider Trade
TSLA
Tesla
4.0041 of 5 stars
$451.38
+5.0%
$344.40
-23.7%
+98.2%$1.50T$97.69B260.94125,665Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
WBD
Warner Bros. Discovery
2.3824 of 5 stars
$19.04
+0.3%
$15.69
-17.6%
+142.8%$47.18B$38.44B63.5235,000Gap Up
T
AT&T
4.7901 of 5 stars
$25.87
-4.4%
$30.75
+18.8%
+21.1%$185.02B$122.34B14.70140,990Trending News
Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NYSE:DIS) was last updated on 10/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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