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The Walt Disney Profile & Fundamentals

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Company and Market Context

Company Profile & Ownership

The Walt Disney Company operates as an entertainment company in Americas, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. It operates in three segments: Entertainment, Sports, and Experiences. The company produces and distributes film and television content under the ABC Television Network, Disney, Freeform, FX, Fox, National Geographic, and Star brand television channels, as well as ABC television stations and A+E television networks; and produces original content under the Disney Branded Television, FX Productions, Lucasfilm, Marvel, National Geographic Studios, Pixar, Searchlight Pictures, Twentieth Century Studios, 20th Television, and Walt Disney Pictures banners. It also provides direct-to-consumer streaming services through Disney+, Disney+ Hotstar, and Hulu; sports-related video streaming content through ESPN, ESPN on ABC, ESPN+ DTC, and Star; sale/licensing of film and episodic content to television and video-on-demand services; theatrical, home entertainment, and music distribution services; DVD and Blu-ray discs, electronic home video licenses, and VOD rental services; staging and licensing of live entertainment events; and post-production services. In addition, the company operates theme parks and resorts, such as Walt Disney World Resort, Disneyland Resort, Disneyland Paris, Hong Kong Disneyland Resort, 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. Further, it licenses its intellectual property (IP) to a third party that owns and operates Tokyo Disney Resort; licenses trade names, characters, visual, literary, and other IP for use on merchandise, published materials, and games; operates a direct-to-home satellite distribution platform; sells branded merchandise through retail, online, and wholesale businesses; and develops and publishes books, comic books, and magazines. The company was founded in 1923 and is based in Burbank, California.

Company profile record

Walt Disney Company

Common Stock · Communication Services · Movies & Entertainment

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Company

Company / asset: Walt Disney Company
Security type: Common Stock
Sector: Communication Services
Industry: Movies & Entertainment
HQ: 🇺🇸 United States
Head office: 500 South Buena Vista Street, Burbank, CA, United States, 91521

Leadership & scale

Chief executive: Mr. Josh D'Amaro
CEO year born: 1972
Full-time employees: 175.6K
Fiscal year end: September
IPO date: 1957-11-12

Fundamentals snapshot

Updated 2026-09-13

Market Cap: USD 179.0B
P/E: 20.8x
Revenue (Q2 26): USD 25.2B
Profit (Q2 26): USD 2.6B
Dividend Yield: 1.0%
Revenue (FY 25): USD 94.4B
Shares in public float: 1.7B
Insider ownership: 0.06%

Reporting & identifiers

Symbol: DIS.NYSE
Listing: 🇺🇸 United States | Dividend Tax: 30%
Ticker Currency: USD
Income Statement Currency: USD
Balance Sheet Currency: USD
Cash Flow Currency: USD
EPS Currency: USD
Contract Type: SPOT
ISIN: US2546871060
Asset ID: equity_a25c1820-1202-5e7e-ad50-18d2166d84c3

Ownership

Shares Outstanding

Shares outstanding

Annual reported shares outstanding. Values in shares.

Top holders

BlackRock Inc135,454,797 shares · 7.84% · Reported 2026-03-31
Vanguard Capital Management, LLC115,115,672 shares · 6.67% · Reported 2026-03-31
State Street Corp83,702,903 shares · 4.85% · Reported 2026-03-31
JPMorgan Chase & Co76,893,065 shares · 4.45% · Reported 2026-03-31
Vanguard MStar Total Stk Mkt Idx Invest55,296,199 shares · 3.20% · Reported 2026-07-31
Vanguard 500 Index Investor45,572,445 shares · 2.64% · Reported 2026-07-31
Geode Capital Management, LLC41,587,677 shares · 2.41% · Reported 2026-03-31

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Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC35,394,670 shares · 2.05% · Reported 2026-03-31
Morgan Stanley - Brokerage Accounts33,798,796 shares · 1.96% · Reported 2026-03-31
Wellington Management Company LLP31,986,559 shares · 1.85% · Reported 2026-06-30
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF23,123,985 shares · 1.34% · Reported 2026-08-31
Fidelity 500 Index22,454,890 shares · 1.30% · Reported 2026-07-31
FMR Inc21,953,360 shares · 1.27% · Reported 2026-03-31
State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF21,282,585 shares · 1.23% · Reported 2026-08-31
NORGES BANK20,249,669 shares · 1.17% · Reported 2026-06-30

Earnings, Profitability & Valuation

Earnings & Revenue

AI Review

The company's financial health is showing a strong recovery, highlighted by a massive surge in net income and robust free cash flow. This improvement is mainly driven by the streaming business, which has successfully turned the corner from a major money-loser into a profitable segment. Most assessments agree that this shift creates a solid financial foundation, allowing the company to fund its operations and return cash to shareholders through stock buybacks. However, there is a clear disagreement on the future outlook. Optimistic views believe that profit margins will continue to expand as the company cuts costs and uses new technology. On the other hand, cautious perspectives warn that the ongoing decline of traditional cable TV and rising operating costs at theme parks will limit future earnings growth, making the current recovery look temporary rather than permanent.

Revenue, Net Income, and Free Cash Flow

Revenue
Free cash flow
Net income

Annual reported financial results, converted using the statement's recorded USD conversion. Missing values are omitted. Values in USD.

Valuation

Historical P/E Ratio

Published P/E

Published valuation snapshots. Trailing four-quarter earnings where available; annual earnings otherwise. Non-positive earnings are omitted. Values in times earnings.

Profitability & Margins

AI Review

Profit margins have bounced back strongly, driven by cost-cutting measures and the streaming business finally turning a profit. There is high consensus that the worst of the streaming price wars is over, which has helped lift overall operating margins. However, opinions clash sharply on where margins are headed next. Optimists argue that margins will continue to climb toward historical highs, boosted by the incredible cost-saving power of artificial intelligence in movie production and the company's ability to raise prices. Conversely, skeptics believe margins have already peaked. They argue that rising wages, higher fuel costs, and the unavoidable death of high-margin cable TV will squeeze profitability. This clash leaves investors to decide whether the company is a highly efficient digital platform or a low-margin business burdened by expensive physical operations.

Profitability Margins

Gross margin
Operating margin
Net margin
Free cash flow margin

Annual gross, operating, net income and free cash flow divided by revenue for matching reporting dates. Values in percent.

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Source: eodhd. Statement snapshots with chart transformations and ratios calculated by iPulse AI. Snapshot retrieved 2026-09-15.

Annual earnings and profitability
Period end	Revenue	Free cash flow	Net income	Gross margin	Operating margin	Net margin	Free cash flow margin
2016-09-30	55,632,000,000	8,440,000,000	9,391,000,000	46.09	25.81	16.88	15.17
2017-09-30	55,137,000,000	8,720,000,000	8,980,000,000	45.04	25.16	16.29	15.82
2018-09-30	59,434,000,000	9,830,000,000	12,598,000,000	44.94	24.96	21.2	16.54
2019-09-30	69,607,000,000	1,730,000,000	11,054,000,000	39.57	17	15.88	2.49
2020-09-30	65,388,000,000	3,596,000,000	-2,864,000,000	32.89	5.8	-4.38	5.5
2021-09-30	67,418,000,000	1,989,000,000	1,995,000,000	33.06	5.43	2.96	2.95
2022-09-30	82,722,000,000	1,067,000,000	3,145,000,000	34.24	8.18	3.8	1.29
2023-09-30	88,898,000,000	4,897,000,000	2,354,000,000	33.41	10.11	2.65	5.51
2024-09-30	91,361,000,000	8,559,000,000	4,972,000,000	35.75	13.04	5.44	9.37
2025-09-30	94,425,000,000	10,077,000,000	12,404,000,000	37.76	14.65	13.14	10.67

Published valuation snapshots
Period end	P/E (times earnings)	Earnings basis
2025-09-30	16.55	Trailing four quarters
2024-09-30	35.17	Trailing four quarters
2023-09-30	63.18	Trailing four quarters
2022-09-30	54.8	Annual net income
2021-09-30	155.01	Annual net income

Shares outstanding — chart values
Reporting date	Shares outstanding
2017-01-01	1,521,000,000
2018-01-01	1,498,000,000
2019-01-01	1,817,000,000
2020-01-01	1,823,000,000
2021-01-01	1,828,000,000
2022-01-01	1,827,000,000
2023-01-01	1,835,000,000
2024-01-01	1,818,000,000
2025-01-01	1,793,000,000
2026-01-01	1,743,000,000

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