Walt Disney (DIS) Competitors

$103.42
+0.65 (+0.63%)
(As of 05/16/2024 ET)

DIS vs. CMCSA, NKE, NFLX, SONY, MAR, HLT, DKNG, MTN, MSGS, and IGT

Should you be buying Walt Disney stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Walt Disney include Comcast (CMCSA), NIKE (NKE), Netflix (NFLX), Sony Group (SONY), Marriott International (MAR), Hilton Worldwide (HLT), DraftKings (DKNG), Vail Resorts (MTN), Madison Square Garden Sports (MSGS), and International Game Technology (IGT). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.

Walt Disney vs.

Walt Disney (NYSE:DIS) and Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking and dividends.

65.7% of Walt Disney shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.3% of Comcast shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Walt Disney shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Comcast shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Walt Disney has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Comcast has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Walt Disney currently has a consensus target price of $126.58, indicating a potential upside of 22.40%. Comcast has a consensus target price of $49.33, indicating a potential upside of 25.30%. Given Comcast's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Comcast is more favorable than Walt Disney.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Walt Disney
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
23 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.88
Comcast
0 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.52

Comcast has a net margin of 12.64% compared to Walt Disney's net margin of 1.90%. Comcast's return on equity of 20.10% beat Walt Disney's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Walt Disney1.90% 8.37% 4.33%
Comcast 12.64%20.10%6.39%

Walt Disney pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Comcast pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Walt Disney pays out 32.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Comcast pays out 32.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Walt Disney received 690 more outperform votes than Comcast when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 78.55% of users gave Comcast an outperform vote while only 71.19% of users gave Walt Disney an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Walt DisneyOutperform Votes
1957
71.19%
Underperform Votes
792
28.81%
ComcastOutperform Votes
1267
78.55%
Underperform Votes
346
21.45%

Comcast has higher revenue and earnings than Walt Disney. Comcast is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Walt Disney, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Walt Disney$88.90B2.12$2.35B$0.92112.41
Comcast$121.57B1.27$15.39B$3.7810.42

In the previous week, Walt Disney had 55 more articles in the media than Comcast. MarketBeat recorded 111 mentions for Walt Disney and 56 mentions for Comcast. Comcast's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Walt Disney's score of 0.37 indicating that Comcast is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Walt Disney
35 Very Positive mention(s)
21 Positive mention(s)
37 Neutral mention(s)
14 Negative mention(s)
3 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Comcast
16 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
24 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Comcast beats Walt Disney on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding DIS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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DIS vs. The Competition

MetricWalt Disneyamusement & recreation services IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$188.54B$10.96B$6.78B$18.12B
Dividend Yield0.28%2.90%2.73%3.46%
P/E Ratio112.4129.5818.1725.61
Price / Sales2.125.3945.5910.81
Price / Cash15.3331.0935.0019.66
Price / Book1.825.976.756.07
Net Income$2.35B$116.95M$194.91M$966.34M
7 Day Performance-2.25%-2.17%0.98%1.12%
1 Month Performance-9.19%-0.04%5.48%6.20%
1 Year Performance13.67%-5.02%7.19%133.97%

Walt Disney Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CMCSA
Comcast
4.9826 of 5 stars
$39.70
flat
$49.33
+24.3%
-0.9%$155.77B$121.57B10.50186,000Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
NKE
NIKE
4.9288 of 5 stars
$92.79
+0.1%
$116.26
+25.3%
-21.2%$140.05B$51.22B27.2983,700Analyst Upgrade
Insider Selling
NFLX
Netflix
4.1714 of 5 stars
$613.66
-0.5%
$631.15
+2.8%
+82.9%$264.49B$33.72B42.5913,000Analyst Forecast
SONY
Sony Group
3.4439 of 5 stars
$81.23
+6.7%
$108.00
+33.0%
-11.1%$100.26B$85.23B15.68113,000Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
MAR
Marriott International
4.1412 of 5 stars
$235.87
-0.7%
$241.33
+2.3%
+36.9%$67.37B$23.71B24.34411,000Dividend Increase
Analyst Revision
HLT
Hilton Worldwide
4.1746 of 5 stars
$205.26
-0.4%
$207.59
+1.1%
+44.4%$51.32B$10.52B44.62178,000Short Interest ↑
DKNG
DraftKings
3.3948 of 5 stars
$44.13
+2.1%
$49.07
+11.2%
+96.2%$38.36B$3.67B-37.404,400Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
MTN
Vail Resorts
4.9786 of 5 stars
$205.60
+1.3%
$260.11
+26.5%
-14.2%$7.81B$2.89B34.327,200Analyst Revision
MSGS
Madison Square Garden Sports
2.1008 of 5 stars
$185.16
+0.1%
N/A+0.6%$4.43B$887.45M188.94558
IGT
International Game Technology
4.6539 of 5 stars
$20.58
+2.8%
$31.00
+50.6%
-18.7%$4.10B$4.31B27.0811,016Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage

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This page (NYSE:DIS) was last updated on 5/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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