Stocks · Communication Services · Entertainment
The Walt Disney Company DIS
$102.19 +0.85% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $177.45B
Next earnings report: Nov 12, 2026
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Three things to know
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 14 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +6.4%).
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $4.85, down 24.0% year over year.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $98.86B, up 4.6% from a year earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Communication Services sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth42Weak
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 44%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 36%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 30%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 47%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 31%
Quality56Neutral
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 32%
- Gross marginBottom 28%
- Operating marginTop 24%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 40%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 24%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 45%
- Interest coverTop 17%
Value66Positive
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 27%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 44%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 31%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 44%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 50%
Momentum54Neutral
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 45%
- 6-month returnTop 43%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 50%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 19%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 45%
Revisions67Positive
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 49%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 3%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 36%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 30%
Stability79Positive
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 13%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 17%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 44%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 45%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 3.4% | 4.6% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 28.0% | -24.0% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 37.6% | 37.6% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 14.8% | 16.0% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 12.2% | 8.4% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 4.6% | 3.4% | ↑ | Bottom 44% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -24.0% | 28.0% | ↓ | Bottom 36% |
| Gross margin | 37.6% | 37.6% | ↓ | Bottom 28% |
| Operating margin | 16.0% | 14.8% | ↑ | Top 24% |
| Net margin | 8.7% | 12.2% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 8.4% | 12.2% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 6.4% | — | Top 32% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 4.5% | — | Bottom 47% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.98×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -4.1%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 1.5%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +4.0 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 1.76×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 9.2×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 1.26%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 4.65%
- Shareholder yield
- 5.91%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -3.4%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -1.6%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 27, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 14
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 8 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +6.4%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +1.0%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $125.67
- Target vs current price
- +23.0%
- Analysts with a rating
- 64
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 63%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | +10.8% | +3.6% | +5.4% | +8.2% | — |
| May 6, 2026 | +5.4% | +7.5% | +5.7% | -1.1% | -4.3% |
| Feb 2, 2026 | +3.8% | -7.4% | -3.6% | -7.5% | -10.0% |
| Nov 13, 2025 | +5.7% | -7.7% | -10.3% | -4.4% | -5.7% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | +11.0% | -2.7% | -3.9% | -0.8% | -6.8% |
| May 7, 2025 | +21.8% | +10.8% | +20.8% | +23.1% | +26.5% |
| Feb 5, 2025 | +21.4% | -2.4% | -3.8% | -3.5% | -19.8% |
| Nov 14, 2024 | +2.7% | +6.2% | +11.2% | +11.9% | +6.3% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | $2.06 | $1.86 | +10.8% | $25.25B |
| May 6, 2026 | $1.57 | $1.49 | +5.4% | $25.25B |
| Feb 2, 2026 | $1.63 | $1.57 | +3.8% | $25.98B |
| Nov 13, 2025 | $1.11 | $1.05 | +5.7% | $22.46B |
| Aug 6, 2025 | $1.61 | $1.45 | +11.0% | $23.58B |
| May 7, 2025 | $1.45 | $1.19 | +21.8% | $23.62B |
| Feb 5, 2025 | $1.76 | $1.45 | +21.4% | $24.69B |
| Nov 14, 2024 | $1.14 | $1.11 | +2.7% | $22.57B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 21.1× | 61.2× | 29th | Top 27% |
| P/E (forward) | 14.8× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 9.4× | — | — | Top 31% |
| EV / Sales | 2.21× | — | — | Bottom 44% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 4.67% | — | — | Bottom 44% |
| Earnings yield | 4.75% | — | — | Top 27% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 15.4× – 289.5× since Jul 3, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -9.5%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -24.0%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +16.2%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +3.2%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.1%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -2.0%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -1.6%
- RSI (14)
- 42.4
- Relative volume
- 0.78×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 26.4%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 43th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.01
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.52
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -12.4%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -33.5%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 2021 | Oct 4, 2023 | -60.7% | 649 days | Not yet recovered |
| Dec 31, 2020 | Jan 27, 2021 | -10.0% | 17 days | 8 days (Feb 8, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $177.45B
- P/E (TTM)
- 21.1
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $4.85
- Revenue (TTM)
- $98.86B
- Dividend yield
- 1.47%
- 52-week range
- $92.19 – $117.09
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $67.42B | $82.72B | $88.90B | $91.36B | $94.42B |
| Gross profit | $22.29B | $28.32B | $29.70B | $32.66B | $35.66B |
| Operating income | $3.66B | $6.77B | $8.99B | $11.91B | $13.83B |
| Net income | $2.00B | $3.15B | $2.35B | $4.97B | $12.40B |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.09 | $1.72 | $1.29 | $2.72 | $6.85 |
| Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $22.57B | $24.69B | $23.62B | $23.65B | $22.46B | $25.98B | $25.17B | $25.25B |
| Net income | $460.0M | $2.55B | $3.27B | $5.26B | $1.31B | $2.40B | $2.25B | $2.64B |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.25 | $1.40 | $1.81 | $2.92 | $0.73 | $1.34 | $1.27 | $1.51 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $5.57B | $6.01B | $9.87B | $13.97B | $18.10B |
| Capital expenditure | -$3.58B | -$4.94B | -$4.97B | -$5.41B | -$8.02B |
| Free cash flow | $1.99B | $1.07B | $4.90B | $8.56B | $10.08B |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | -$1.37B | -$1.80B |
| Net share buybacks | $435.0M | $127.0M | $52.0M | -$2.99B | -$3.50B |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $5.18B
- Total assets
- $204.74B
- Total liabilities
- $87.90B
- Total debt
- $46.04B
- Net debt
- $40.86B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $110.03B
As of Jun 27, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | $0.75 | Jul 22, 2026 |
| Dec 15, 2025 | $0.75 | Jan 15, 2026 |
| Jun 24, 2025 | $0.50 | Jul 23, 2025 |
| Dec 16, 2024 | $0.50 | Jan 16, 2025 |
| Jul 8, 2024 | $0.45 | Jul 25, 2024 |
| Dec 8, 2023 | $0.30 | Jan 10, 2024 |
| Dec 13, 2019 | $0.88 | Jan 16, 2020 |
| Jul 5, 2019 | $0.88 | Jul 25, 2019 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 19,636,901
- Days to cover
- 2.71
- Change vs previous report
- -4.8%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jun 13, 2007
- 2,000-for-1,973
- Jul 10, 1998
- 3-for-1
- May 18, 1992
- 4-for-1
- Mar 6, 1986
- 4-for-1
- Dec 6, 1977
- 203-for-200