Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) is 1.75% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $83.91 and a high of $123.74 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The DIS stock was last observed hovering at around $114.00 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.7%.
Currently trading at $113.30, the stock is 2.45% and 0.60% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 13.43 million and changing -0.61% at the moment leaves the stock 11.60% off its SMA200. DIS registered 16.73% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 26.49%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $112.6048 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $101.5232.
The stock witnessed a 2.24% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 17.78%, and is 1.03% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 1.93% over the week and 1.90% over the month.
Walt Disney Co (DIS) has around 233000 employees, a market worth around $204.90B and $90.89B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 41.71 and Fwd P/E is 18.44. Profit margin for the company is 5.47%. Distance from 52-week low is 35.03% and -8.44% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (3.49%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 8.94% this year.
Walt Disney Co (DIS) Top Institutional Holders
3744.0 institutions hold shares in Walt Disney Co (DIS), with institutional investors hold 69.82% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 1.81B, and float is at 1.81B with Short Float at 1.07%. Institutions hold 69.78% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 154.81 million shares valued at $15.37 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 8.4414% of the DIS Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 122.28 million shares valued at $12.14 billion to account for 6.6675 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 77.11 million shares representing 4.2042% and valued at over $7.66 billion, while MORGAN STANLEY holds 2.4842 of the shares totaling 45.56 million with a market value of $4.52 billion.
Walt Disney Co (DIS) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Coleman Sonia L, the company’s Sr. EVP and Chief HR Officer. SEC filings show that Coleman Sonia L sold 689 shares of the company’s common stock on Jan 22 ’25 at a price of $108.76 per share for a total of $74936.0. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Dec 17 ’24, Coleman Sonia L (Officer) Proposed Sale 3,078 shares at an average price of $111.36 for $0.34 million. The insider now directly holds shares of Walt Disney Co (DIS).
