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Walt Disney (DIS) Stock Forecast & Price Target

$100.41 -0.90 (-0.89%)

Closing price 05/5/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

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$100.85 +0.44 (+0.44%)

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Walt Disney - Analysts' Recommendations and Stock Price Forecast (2026)

Consensus Rating

Moderate Buy

Based on 23 Analyst Ratings

Sell
1

Hold
5

Buy
17

Based on 23 Wall Street analysts who have issued ratings for Walt Disney in the last 12 months, the stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy." Out of the 23 analysts, 1 has given a sell rating, 5 have given a hold rating, and 17 have given a buy rating for DIS.

Consensus Price Target

$133.53
32.99% Upside

According to the 23 analysts' twelve-month price targets for Walt Disney, the average price target is $133.53. The highest price target for DIS is $151.00, while the lowest price target for DIS is $115.00. The average price target represents a forecasted upside of 32.99% from the current price of $100.41.

MarketBeat calculates consensus analyst ratings for stocks using the most recent rating from each Wall Street analyst that has rated a stock within the last twelve months. Each analyst's rating is normalized to a standardized rating score of 1 (sell), 2 (hold), 3 (buy) or 4 (strong buy). Analyst consensus ratings scores are calculated using the mean average of the number of normalized sell, hold, buy and strong buy ratings from Wall Street analysts. Each stock's consensus analyst rating is derived from its calculated consensus ratings score (0 to .5 = Strong Sell, .5 to 1 = Sell, 1 to 1.5 = Reduce, 1.5 to 2.5 = Hold, 2.5 to 3.0 = Moderate Buy, 3.0 to 3.5 = Buy, >3.5 = Strong Buy). MarketBeat's consensus price targets are a mean average of the most recent available price targets set by each analyst that has set a price target for the stock in the last twelve months. MarketBeat's consensus ratings and consensus price targets may differ from those calculated by other firms due to differences in methodology and available data.

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DIS Analyst Ratings Over Time

Type	Current Forecast 5/6/25 to 5/6/26	1 Month Ago 4/6/25 to 4/6/26	3 Months Ago 2/5/25 to 2/5/26	1 Year Ago 5/6/24 to 5/6/25
Strong Buy	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)
Buy	17 Buy rating(s)	18 Buy rating(s)	17 Buy rating(s)	17 Buy rating(s)
Hold	5 Hold rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)
Sell	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Sell rating(s)
Consensus Price Target	$133.53	$132.81	$135.80	$123.75
Forecasted Upside	32.99% Upside	38.02% Upside	29.23% Upside	34.21% Upside
Consensus Rating	Moderate Buy	Moderate Buy	Moderate Buy	Moderate Buy

DIS Analyst Recommendations By Month

The chart below shows how a company's ratings by analysts have changed over time. Each bar represents the previous year of ratings for that month. Within each bar, the sell ratings are shown in red, the hold ratings are shown in yellow, the buy ratings are shown in green, and the strong buy ratings are shown in dark green.

DIS Price Targets by Month

The chart below shows how a company's share price and consensus price target have changed over time. The dark blue line represents the company's actual price. The lighter blue line represents the stock's consensus price target. The even lighter blue range in the background of the two lines represents the low price target and the high price target for each stock.

Walt Disney Stock vs. The Competition

Type	Walt Disney	Consumer Discretionary Companies	S&P 500
Consensus Rating Score	2.70	2.10	2.52
Consensus Rating	Moderate Buy	Hold	Moderate Buy
Predicted Upside	32.99% Upside	71.80% Upside	14.74% Upside
News Sentiment Rating	Neutral News See Recent DIS News	Positive News	Positive News

Recent Analyst Forecasts and Stock Ratings

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Date	Brokerage	Analyst	Action	Rating	Price Target	Report Date Upside/Downside
4/29/2026	Weiss Ratings Not Rated		Upgrade	Hold (C) ➝ Hold (C+)
4/8/2026	Barclays 3 of 5 stars	Kannan Venkateshwar 2 of 5 stars	Lower Target	Overweight	$140.00 ➝ $130.00	+31.47%
4/1/2026	Raymond James Financial 3 of 5 stars	Ric Prentiss 5 of 5 stars	Upgrade	Market Perform ➝ Outperform	$115.00	+19.41%
3/31/2026	Needham & Company LLC Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Laura Martin Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$125.00	+32.71%
3/27/2026	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Steven Cahall Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Overweight	$150.00 ➝ $148.00	+56.20%
3/18/2026	Guggenheim Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Michael Morris Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Buy	$140.00 ➝ $115.00	+14.56%
2/3/2026	TD Cowen Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Doug Creutz Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$123.00	+19.30%
2/3/2026	Jefferies Financial Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	James Heaney Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Buy	$136.00 ➝ $132.00	+26.10%
2/3/2026	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Benjamin Swinburne Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Overweight	$135.00	+28.97%
2/2/2026	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	John Hodulik Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Mixed
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2/2/2026	The Goldman Sachs Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Michael Ng Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$151.00	+40.56%
1/16/2026	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Jason Bazinet Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Buy	$145.00 ➝ $140.00	+25.48%
1/12/2026	Phillip Securities Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Upgrade	Moderate Buy
11/14/2025	KeyCorp Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Reiterated Rating	Sector Weight
11/14/2025	Evercore Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Vijay Jayant Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Outperform	$140.00 ➝ $142.00	+31.04%
11/12/2025	Sanford C. Bernstein Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Reiterated Rating	Outperform
10/28/2025	Arete Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Upgrade	Strong Sell
10/17/2025	Rosenblatt Securities Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Barton Crockett Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$141.00	+28.39%
8/11/2025	Susquehanna Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Reiterated Rating	Neutral
8/11/2025	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Reiterated Rating	Market Perform
8/11/2025	Chardan Capital Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Reiterated Rating	Buy
8/11/2025	Stephens Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Reiterated Rating	Buy
7/29/2025	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Philip Cusick Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Overweight	$130.00 ➝ $138.00	+15.27%
6/10/2025	Loop Capital Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Alan Gould Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Buy	$125.00 ➝ $130.00	+12.34%
4/21/2025	Wolfe Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Peter Supino Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Peer Perform ➝ Outperform	$112.00	+32.15%
2/4/2025	Prescient Securities Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Lower Target	Neutral	$130.00 ➝ $115.00	+1.80%
1/7/2025	Rothschild & Co Redburn Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Hamilton Faber Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Buy	$100.00 ➝ $147.00	+32.55%
1/6/2025	Macquarie Infrastructure Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Reiterated Rating	Neutral	$110.00 ➝ $110.00	-0.81%
11/15/2024	Bank of America Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Buy	$120.00 ➝ $140.00	+28.29%
11/15/2024	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Buy	$115.00 ➝ $131.00	+20.04%
10/16/2024	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Matt Farrell Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Neutral	$95.00	+0.77%
7/2/2024	Moffett Nathanson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Lower Target	Buy	$130.00 ➝ $125.00	+28.28%

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Should I Buy Walt Disney Stock? DIS Pros and Cons Explained

These pros and cons were generated based on recent news and financial data from MarketBeat in order to provide readers with the fastest and most accurate insights. They were last updated on Sunday, May 3, 2026. Please send any questions or comments about these Walt Disney pros and cons to contact@marketbeat.com.

Walt Disney
Bull Case

Here are some ways that investors could benefit from investing in The Walt Disney Company:

The current stock price is around $100, which is significantly lower than its 1-year high, suggesting potential for growth as the market recovers.
The company reported a strong quarterly earnings performance, exceeding expectations with earnings per share of $1.63, indicating robust financial health and operational efficiency.
With a market capitalization of approximately $179 billion, The Walt Disney Company is a major player in the entertainment industry, providing stability and potential for long-term growth.
The company has a relatively low debt-to-equity ratio of 0.31, suggesting a conservative approach to leveraging, which can be appealing to risk-averse investors.
Analysts have a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" with an average target price of $133.53, indicating positive sentiment and potential upside for investors.

Walt Disney
Bear Case

Investors should be bearish about investing in The Walt Disney Company for these reasons:

The current ratios (0.67) and quick ratios (0.61) are below 1, indicating potential liquidity issues that could affect the company's ability to meet short-term obligations.
Despite recent revenue growth, the company faces significant competition in the streaming market, which could impact future profitability.
The P/E ratio of 14.89, while reasonable, may suggest that the stock is not undervalued compared to its peers, limiting immediate upside potential.
Recent downgrades from analysts, including a shift from "buy" to "hold," may indicate a cautious outlook on the company's near-term performance.
The beta of 1.44 suggests that the stock is more volatile than the market, which could pose risks for investors looking for stable returns.

DIS Forecast - Frequently Asked Questions

: According to the research reports of 23 Wall Street equities research analysts, the average twelve-month stock price forecast for Walt Disney is $133.53, with a high forecast of $151.00 and a low forecast of $115.00.
: 23 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Walt Disney in the last year. There is currently 1 sell rating, 5 hold ratings and 17 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" DIS shares.
: According to analysts, Walt Disney's stock has a predicted upside of 32.99% based on their 12-month stock forecasts.
: Over the previous 90 days, Walt Disney's stock had 2 upgrades by analysts.
: Walt Disney has been rated by research analysts at Barclays, Guggenheim, Needham & Company LLC, Raymond James Financial, Weiss Ratings, and Wells Fargo & Company in the past 90 days.
: Analysts like Walt Disney more than other "consumer discretionary" companies. The consensus rating for Walt Disney is Moderate Buy while the average consensus rating for "consumer discretionary" companies is Hold. Learn more on how DIS compares to other companies.

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Walt Disney (DIS) Stock Forecast & Price Target

Walt Disney - Analysts' Recommendations and Stock Price Forecast (2026)

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DIS Analyst Ratings Over Time

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Walt Disney Stock vs. The Competition

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Walt Disney (DIS) Stock Forecast & Price Target

Walt Disney - Analysts' Recommendations and Stock Price Forecast (2026)

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Consensus Price Target

DIS Analyst Ratings Over Time

DIS Analyst Recommendations By Month

DIS Price Targets by Month

Walt Disney Stock vs. The Competition

Recent Analyst Forecasts and Stock Ratings

Should I Buy Walt Disney Stock? DIS Pros and Cons Explained

Walt Disney Bull Case

Walt Disney Bear Case

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