Communication Services
The Walt Disney Company(DIS)
Live Price
Offline$103.89
+3.00% today
1Y Change
-13.31%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 23, 2026
- Market Cap
- $178.00B
- Revenue Growth
- +3.4%
- EPS Growth
- +152.9%
- Dividend Yield
- 1.2%
Coverage: 249 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 23, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
The Walt Disney Company (DIS) is a Communication Services stock with a market cap of $178.00B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $103.89 and down 13.3% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 23, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +3.4%, EPS growth of +152.9%, a dividend yield of 1.2%. What stands out right now is revenue +3.4%, EPS +152.9%, free cash flow +17.7% with operating margin 15.7% and ROIC 8.5%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 1.2%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 15.8 and price/sales 1.8. Stock Foundry combines DIS price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Communication Services peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Below sector median
+3.4% vs +5.5% peer median
Operating Margin
Above sector median
+15.7% vs +3.6% peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on May 6, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating story is still moving forward
Revenue is running at +3.4% and EPS at +152.9%, with operating margin around 15.7%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 1.2%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged -1.6% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 1 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 May 6, 2026 | โ | +0.6% | -2.9% | -8.1% |
2026 Feb 2, 2026 | +3.8% | -0.2% | +2.6% | -1.1% |
2025 Nov 13, 2025 | +5.7% | -1.7% | -4.6% | +3.7% |
Benchmark Edge
DIS vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
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Normalized return
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Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
DIS Max Drawdown
-25.47%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for DIS and SPY.
Company Overview
The Walt Disney Company
New York Stock Exchange
The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an entertainment company worldwide. It operates through two segments, Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution; and Disney Parks, Experiences and Products. The company engages in the film and episodic television content production and distribution activities, as well as operates television broadcast networks under the ABC, Disney, ESPN, Freeform, FX, Fox, National Geographic, and Star brands; and studios that produces motion pictures under the Walt Disney Pictures, Twentieth Century Studios, Marvel, Lucasfilm, Pixar, and Searchlight Pictures banners. It also offers direct-to-consumer streaming services through Disney+, Disney+ Hotstar, ESPN+, Hulu, and Star+; sale/licensing of film and television content to third-party television and subscription video-on-demand services; theatrical, home entertainment, and music distribution services; staging and licensing of live entertainment events; and post-production services by Industrial Light & Magic and Skywalker Sound. In addition, the company operates theme parks and resorts, such as Walt Disney World Resort in Florida; Disneyland Resort in California; Disneyland Paris; Hong Kong Disneyland Resort; and Shanghai Disney Resort; Disney Cruise Line, Disney Vacation Club, National Geographic Expeditions, and Adventures by Disney as well as Aulani, a Disney resort and spa in Hawaii; licenses its intellectual property to a third party for the operations of the Tokyo Disney Resort; and provides consumer products, which include licensing of trade names, characters, visual, literary, and other IP for use on merchandise, published materials, and games. Further, it sells branded merchandise through retail, online, and wholesale businesses; and develops and publishes books, comic books, and magazines. The Walt Disney Company was founded in 1923 and is based in Burbank, California.
- Leadership
- Josh D'Amaro
- IPO Date
- Nov 12, 1957
- Employees
- 231.0k
- Street Address
- 500 South Buena Vista Street
- Mailing
- Burbank, CA, 91521
- Region
- Burbank, CA, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 818 560 1000
- Last Updated
- Apr 28, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 15.8
- EV/EBITDA
- 13.6
- Price/Sales
- 1.8
- Price/Book
- 1.6
Growth
- Revenue
- +3.4%
- EPS
- +152.9%
- Free Cash Flow
- +17.7%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 37.2%
- Operating Margin
- 15.7%
- Net Margin
- 11.5%
- ROE
- 10.3%
- ROIC
- 8.5%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.44
- Current Ratio
- 0.68
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
Keep the research moving
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