Currently, there are 1.81B common shares owned by the public and among those 1.81B shares have been available to trade.
The company’s stock has a 5-day price change of -2.64% and 14.86% over the past three months. DIS shares are trading -2.90% year to date (YTD), with the 12-month market performance up to 20.87% higher. It has a 12-month low price of $83.91 and touched a high of $123.74 over the same period. DIS has an average intraday trading volume of 9.17 million shares. The stock is trading above its simple moving averages at the SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200, as the current price level is off by -2.70%, -1.93%, and 6.03% respectively.
Institutional ownership of Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) shares accounts for 69.82% of the company’s 1.81B shares outstanding.
It has a market capitalization of $195.80B and a beta (3y monthly) value of 1.43. The stock’s trailing 12-month PE ratio is 39.80, while the earnings-per-share (ttm) stands at $2.72. The company has a PEG of 3.88 and a Quick Ratio of 0.61 with the debt-to-equity ratio at 0.49. Price movements for the stock have been influenced by the stock’s volatility, which stands at 2.04% over the week and 1.77% over the month.
Analysts forecast that Walt Disney Co (DIS) will achieve an EPS of 1.44 for the current quarter, 1.28 for the next quarter and 6.09 for current fiscal year. The lowest estimate earnings-per-share for the quarter is 1.14 while analysts give the company a high EPS estimate of 1.14. Comparatively, EPS for the current quarter was 1.22 a year ago. Earnings per share for the fiscal year are expected to increase by 9.13%, and 13.49% over the next financial year. EPS should grow at an annualized rate of 10.26% over the next five years, compared to -16.36% over the past 5-year period.
Looking at the support for the DIS, a number of firms have released research notes about the stock. Redburn Atlantic stated their Buy rating for the stock in a research note on January 07, 2025, with the firm’s price target at $100-$147. Jefferies coverage for the Walt Disney Co (DIS) stock in a research note released on December 05, 2024 offered a Hold rating with a price target of $120. Seaport Research Partners on their part issued Buy rating on September 30, 2024.
