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The Walt Disney Company

NYSE-DIS

Company Overview

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.

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    The Walt Disney Company

  • CEO

    Robert A. Iger

  • Website

    thewaltdisneycompany.com

  • Sector

    Entertainment

  • Year Founded

    1923

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Bulls Say

  • No peer can match the depth of Disney’s iconic characters, franchises, or content library, which will keep the firm’s streaming services in high demand and give the firm a leg up in creating new movies and television shows.

  • Disney’s streaming services are moving from profit losers to major generators, while linear TV’s impact is moving rapidly in the other direction. This mix shift, with expanding streaming margins, will produce a major acceleration in firmwide growth.

  • The allure of Disney’s experiences business is unmatched and will be a continuing profit engine.

Bears Say

  • Linear television will continue to decline. Even if successful, newer revenue sources like streaming will never equal the profitability Disney once enjoyed.

  • Disney now competes with tech companies for major sports rights, who may have incentive to continue driving up prices. Sports remains material to Disney’s future, and being forced to pay up for the critical content will depress profits.

  • Too many streaming platforms now exist, and it’s questionable whether consumers will be willing to pay high prices or stick with individual services month in and month out.

Source: Morningstar Analysis - Nov 21, 2025

What's happening

Nov 4, 2025 - Dec 4, 2025

Walt Disney Co Faces Significant Challenges Amid Mixed Earnings and Legal Setbacks

  • Disney's quarterly earnings report showed an EPS of $1.11, exceeding expectations but missing revenue targets.
  • Legal issues regarding patent infringements in streaming technology have led to injunctions against operations in Germany and Brazil.
  • "Zootopia 2" achieved remarkable box office success, generating around $556 million globally during its opening weekend.

Over the past month, Walt Disney Co (DIS) experienced a notable decline of 6.5%, significantly underperforming compared to the S&P 500's slight decrease of 0.3%. This downturn was largely influenced by a mixed quarterly earnings report released on November 13, where DIS reported an earnings per share (EPS) of $1.11, which exceeded expectations but fell short on revenue at $22.5 billion against an anticipated $22.75 billion. The revenue miss raised concerns about ongoing challenges within its traditional television segment and resulted in a sharp stock price drop.

Investor sentiment was further dampened by legal setbacks involving patent infringements related to streaming technology, leading to injunctions from courts in both Germany and Brazil that affected Disney’s operations there. Additionally, complications with YouTube TV over distribution agreements reportedly cost Disney approximately $4 million daily during negotiations for content access restoration after a blackout impacted millions of subscribers.

Despite these challenges, there were positive developments worth noting; notably, "Zootopia 2" emerged as a box office success over Thanksgiving weekend with significant ticket sales projected at around $556 million globally—marking it as one of the largest openings for an animated film ever recorded. Furthermore, strategic initiatives such as expanding ESPN into Asia and enhancing cash flow generation highlighted efforts towards long-term profitability amidst current operational hurdles.

Broader market sentiments remained cautious regarding DIS’s future performance amid internal leadership transitions following CEO Bob Iger's impending departure set for early next year and ongoing scrutiny surrounding pricing strategies within theme parks—factors contributing heavily to investor anxiety about stability moving forward. Overall, Walt Disney Co underperformed not only relative to the S&P 500 but also lagged behind its sector peers in Communication Services (XLC), showing a disparity with an underperformance rate of -7.8%.

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