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DIS vs. AAPL, AMZN, CMCSA, GOOG, GOOGL, NFLX, PARA, ROKU, WBD, and T

Should you be buying Walt Disney stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Walt Disney include Apple (AAPL), Amazon.com (AMZN), Comcast (CMCSA), Alphabet (GOOG), Alphabet (GOOGL), Netflix (NFLX), Paramount Global (PARA), Roku (ROKU), Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), and AT&T (T).

Walt Disney vs. Its Competitors

Walt Disney (NYSE:DIS) and Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) are related large-cap companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends and profitability.

Walt Disney has a beta of 1.56, meaning that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Apple has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Walt Disney presently has a consensus target price of $125.83, suggesting a potential upside of 1.49%. Apple has a consensus target price of $234.95, suggesting a potential upside of 10.12%. Given Apple's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Apple is more favorable than Walt Disney.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Walt Disney
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.88
Apple
2 Sell rating(s)
12 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.58

Apple has a net margin of 24.30% compared to Walt Disney's net margin of 9.47%. Apple's return on equity of 167.24% beat Walt Disney's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Walt Disney9.47% 9.99% 5.41%
Apple 24.30%167.24%31.35%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Walt Disney$91.36B2.44$4.97B$4.8925.35
Apple$391.04B8.15$93.74B$6.4233.23

Walt Disney pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Apple pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Walt Disney pays out 20.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Apple pays out 16.2% 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. Apple has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years.

In the previous week, Apple had 192 more articles in the media than Walt Disney. MarketBeat recorded 288 mentions for Apple and 96 mentions for Walt Disney. Walt Disney's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Apple's score of 0.78 indicating that Walt Disney is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Walt Disney
60 Very Positive mention(s)
11 Positive mention(s)
19 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Apple
159 Very Positive mention(s)
20 Positive mention(s)
71 Neutral mention(s)
22 Negative mention(s)
14 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

65.7% of Walt Disney shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.7% of Apple shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Walt Disney shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Apple shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Apple beats Walt Disney on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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 DisneyMEDIA CONGLOM IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$222.92B$16.98B$8.31B$20.72B
Dividend Yield0.81%2.57%3.17%3.72%
P/E Ratio25.3540.2821.0628.09
Price / Sales2.442.933.3438.30
Price / Cash12.7117.1417.5022.53
Price / Book2.131.914.624.58
Net Income$4.97B-$285.69M$213.40M$986.06M
7 Day Performance1.30%3.96%3.45%2.79%
1 Month Performance10.21%11.94%11.01%5.46%
1 Year Performance26.52%46.96%10.66%15.06%

Walt Disney Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DIS
Walt Disney
4.5649 of 5 stars
$123.98
+0.8%
$125.83
+1.5%
+25.7%$222.92B$91.36B25.35233,000Trending News
AAPL
Apple
4.8551 of 5 stars
$203.55
+1.2%
$234.39
+15.2%
-3.7%$3.04T$391.04B31.71164,000Trending News
Analyst Upgrade
Options Volume
AMZN
Amazon.com
4.6208 of 5 stars
$219.78
-1.6%
$245.81
+11.8%
+12.9%$2.33T$637.96B35.791,556,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
CMCSA
Comcast
4.9932 of 5 stars
$35.54
+0.6%
$42.10
+18.4%
-5.6%$132.70B$123.56B8.73182,000Positive News
Options Volume
GOOG
Alphabet
4.8597 of 5 stars
$177.37
-0.5%
$206.38
+16.4%
-3.8%$2.15T$359.71B19.77190,200Trending News
Insider Trade
GOOGL
Alphabet
4.253 of 5 stars
$176.48
-1.1%
$199.95
+13.3%
-3.6%$2.14T$359.71B19.67183,323Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
NFLX
Netflix
4.4373 of 5 stars
$1,339.36
+1.2%
$1,172.73
-12.4%
+89.8%$569.99B$39.00B63.3014,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
PARA
Paramount Global
0.968 of 5 stars
$12.83
+2.4%
$11.50
-10.4%
+12.6%$8.65B$29.21B-1.5618,600
ROKU
Roku
3.0176 of 5 stars
$88.26
+1.5%
$89.93
+1.9%
+41.5%$12.88B$4.11B-120.903,340Analyst Forecast
WBD
Warner Bros. Discovery
2.5235 of 5 stars
$11.36
+0.5%
$12.17
+7.1%
+55.0%$27.89B$39.32B-2.5837,500Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
T
AT&T
4.6622 of 5 stars
$28.67
+2.1%
$28.90
+0.8%
+51.6%$206.30B$122.34B17.59140,990

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