5-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: Disney
Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, entertainment giant Walt Disney (NYS: DIS) has earned a coveted five-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Disney's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Disney facts
Headquarters | Burbank, Calif. (1923) |
Market Cap | $58.9 billion |
Industry | Movies and entertainment |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $40.2 billion |
Management | CEO Robert Iger (since 2005) CFO James Rasulo (since 2010) |
Return on Equity (Average, Past 3 Years) | 11.4% |
Cash/Debt | $3.5 billion / $13.3 billion |
Dividend Yield | 1.3% |
Competitors | CBS (NYS: CBS) News Corp. (NAS: NWSA) |
Sources: Capital IQ (a division of Standard & Poor's) and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 93.5% of the 4,961 members who have rated Disney believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bulls include fellow Fool Nathan Alderman (TMFNato) and TheMiracleDJR, both of whom are ranked in the top 10% of our community.
Just last month, TMFNato listed several of Disney's positives: "A strong slate of upcoming movies, the Pixar powerhouse, and the addition of Marvel to drive box office and merchandising, should offset a weak-looking lineup at ABC. Bob Iger's a smart leader, too."
Disney even boasts a robust three-year average operating margin of 17.5%. That's much higher than that of other big media plays like CBS (12.7%) and News Corp. (13.4%), as well as NBCUniversal minority investor General Electric (NYS: GE) (9.4%).
CAPS member TheMiracleDJR expands on the Disney outperform argument:
Pixar, Marvel, ESPN, great connection to Apple -- I'm way too stupid to value multbillion-dollar companies, but assuming the valuation is fair enough now, one has to figure that the explosion of distribution possibilities, and the massive consumption of content, works in their favor. I used to be more bearish on big media, but now my thoughts are, as the Internet becomes a normal part of all of our lives, that we actually prefer fewer, larger sources to get our media. It gives more of a common bond and connection to each other. For better or worse, reports of the death of big media were greatly exaggerated.
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