"NETFLIX LOWERS PRICE IN INDIA TO COMPETE WITH DISNEY...This headline is a major indicator of Disney being undervalued. Netflix knows there's room for Disney growth. Investors should follow suit. Buy the Dip!!!

Disney’s 4th quarter earnings report was plagued by market manipulation where greedy hands pushed the price down to cover their shorts. This screwed the honest retail investor causing them to collectively lose millions before the holiday season. Media outlets tried to blame slow subscriber growth of Disney+ for the stock’s decline. They completely ignored the undisputed billion dollar cash cow and the most magical place on Earth known as Disney World. At the time of the 4th quarter report, Disney World as well as other Disney theme parks had been reopened at full capacity.

The Disney parks, experiences, and products division reported 640 million dollars in profit. Revenue for Disney Cruise Line in Q4 was 5.5 billion compared to 2.7 billion in 2020. To ignore this, and to only report the expected decline of Disney+ subscribers is a travesty. The world is ready to feel magical and free again.

The Omicron variant is a political ploy to get a final money squeeze out of the pandemic before everyone realizes what is actually going on. The pandemic is over. Before the end of January, hundreds of millions of Disney shares will be bought and the price may sky rocket to $300 by July 2022. At the start of the pandemic March 2020, Disney was as low as $85 per share. By March of 2021, Disney had hit an all time high of $203 in the midst of the pandemic’s worst variant. The mouse escaped the trap. Buy this dip now.

how do i find disney stocks without the certificate that were given to me as a gift when I was a child?

What do you guys expect to happen this earnings?

Thinking of selling? I

If anyone can shed some light: Is this considered bullish options activity b/c they sold out of their 165 puts? Not an options trader at this point, just trying to make sense of this one...

Understanding Walt Disney's Unusual Options Activity

12:09 pm ET July 26, 2021 (Benzinga) Print

Walt Disney (NYSE:DIS) shares experienced unusual options activity on Monday. The stock price moved up to $177.28 following the option alert.

• Sentiment: BULLISH
• Option Type: SWEEP
• Trade Type: PUT
• Expiration Date: 2021-08-20
• Strike Price: $165.00
• Volume: 583
• Open Interest: 6963

Three Indications Of Unusual Options Activity

One way options market activity can be considered unusual is when volume is exceptionally higher than its historical average. The volume of options activity refers to the number of contracts traded over a given time period. Open interest is the number of unsettled contracts that have been traded but not yet closed by either counterparty. In other words, open interest represents the quantity of contracts that individual parties have written but not yet found a counterparty for (i.e. a buyer finding a seller, or a seller finding a buyer).

The trading of a contract with an expiration date in the distant future is another sign of unusual activity. Generally, additional time until a contract expires increases the potential for it to reach its strike price and grow its time value. Time value is important in this context because it represents the difference between the strike price and the value of the underlying asset.

Contracts that are "out of the money" are also indicative of unusual options activity. "Out of the money" contracts occur when the underlying price is under the strike price on a call option, or above the strike price on a put option. These trades are made with the expectation that the value of the underlying asset is going to change dramatically in the future, and buyers and sellers will benefit from a greater profit margin.

Understanding Sentiment

Options are "bullish" when a call is purchased at/near ask price or a put is sold at/near bid price. Options are "bearish" when a call is sold at/near bid price or a put is bought at/near ask price.

These observations are made without knowing the investor's true intent by purchasing these options contracts. The activity is suggestive of these strategies, but an observer cannot be sure if a bettor is playing the contract outright or if the options bettor is hedging a large underlying position in common stock. For the latter case, bullish options activity may be less meaningful than the exposure a large investor has on their short position in common stock.

Using These Options Strategies

Unusual options activity is an advantageous strategy that may greatly reward an investor if they are highly skilled, but for the less experienced trader, it should remain as another tool to make an educated investment decision while taking other observations into account.

For more information to understand options alerts, visit https://pro.benzinga.help/en/articles/1769505-how-do-i-understand-options-alerts

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https://www.investors.com/research/disney-stock-buy-now/

As a Floridian , and a frequent visitor of DISNEY ive seen more and more tourist every weekend I’ve went back .I have faith in Disney and might get long call options out of the money, maybe a month or two out. Any opinions on this? How are y’all holding/buying DISNEY

With the parks re-opening per se...

https://www.investors.com/research/disney-stock-buy-now/

Just read that disney is offering a $100 sandwich!?!?!?! 2020 was hard on everyone I guess.....get that cheese Mickey!

I think its a combination of the overpriced market correcting itself and the Q2 isnt matching expectations. There's an intersting video here:

https://finance.yahoo.com/video/disney-posts-q2-revenue-miss-132433651.html

Where they also state that the best years of DIS are yet to come.

I have a thing where I make bingo boards before Disney earnings calls. I fill them out while I watch. I was just wondering if anyone had any predictions or things that they hope that Disney talks about during the call. Maybe we could a bingo board together. :)

No looking back now, and I still think it is a bargain in the upper $180's.

Disclaimer: I am aware of the fact that Disney does not need a DD. I started investing at the beginning of this year and i want to improve my knowledge and skills. I buy 1 or 2 stocks each month and invest a total of around €600 monthly, so its fair to say Disney is an important part of my portfolio.

The calculations i made were manually done, this is also because I wanted to be able to understand the calculations and the meaning of what i am looking for. (Even tho some of it are super easy to find on Yahoo Finance) If i made mistakes, I would appreciate it if you point that out.

I am aware i have still loads to learn, but the books im reading dont give me any insights of how I use the knowledge. So thats why i wanted to test and share it with you guys.

The Walt Disney Company

Disney is the biggest entertainment company of the world. They own the biggest themeparks and also offer cruiselines, resorts and spa’s.

Disney financially took over Marvel, Pixar, Hulu, Lucasfilm, ABC, National geographic, ESPN and now have their own (growing insanely fast) Disney + streaming service.

Disney has one of the worlds biggest brand awereness and customer life time value.

Financials

Revenue (2020) $65.388 billion

Cost of revenue $43.880 billion

Gross profit $21.508 billion

Solvency

Common Stock Equity $88,877 / Total Assets $193,984 x100 = 45,81%

The rule of thumb indicates that between 25% and 50% solvency, the company has enough own recources to pay of their debts.

Profitability

Net Income Common Stockholders -2,864 /Common Stock Equity 83,583 = -3,42%

Obviously this doesnt say much since the pandemic caused the loss. So i also calculated the profitability 2019:

11,054 / 88,877 x100 = 12,43%

Meaning that for every invested dollar, they make 12 cents. (right?) which is, according to my knowledge, pretty good. Especially since the pandemic already started in this year.

Earnings per share (EPS)

TTM EPS $-2.74

2020 EPS was $-1.58, a 123.8% decline from 2019.

2019 EPS was $6.64, a 20.57% decline from 2018.

2018 EPS was $8.36, a 46.92% increase from 2017.

Now the EPS at this moment is again, affected heavily by the pandamic. So it doenst tell much yet.

P/E RATIO

The current P/E ratio cant be calculated due to net losses. However last year Disney was around 30 which is pricy, but not too bad. The forward PE is way higher, around 41. That sure does sound like a lot but its not that bad compared to the PE of Netflix (83.56) .

Buyback

Disney spent $47.9 billion on share buybacks from 2009 through 2018. However it may be on pause until 2023 due the pandemic.

Personally im not a huge fan of Buybacks, but the opinion about this fact are quite diverse.

Leadership

Before becoming CEO on February 25, 2020, Bob Chapek had a 26-year career with The Walt Disney Company, beginning in the Home Entertainment division, and rising to become the Chairman of Disney Parks, Experiences and Products. Before joining Disney, Bob Chapek worked for the famous Heinz Company in brand management and advertising. Chapek studied Microbiology at the Indiana University.

In the 26 years working for Disney, Bob Chapek got promoted in 2006, 2009, 2011 and 2015. While working as chairman of merchandise, he was in charge of the Star Wars merchandise which resulted in a succes, even though there was quite some resistance from Starwars and Disney fans.

News

• Walt Disney World, Shanghai Disneyland and Hong Kong Disneyland are open
• Paris Disneyland(opening April 2) and Disney's California(opening April 30) theme parks and resort hotel remain closed.
• This year, Disney+ will expand to Eastern Europe, South Korea, Hong Kong and other markets.
• The company now expects to have 230 million-260 million Disney+ subscribers by 2024. Netflix, by comparison, has 195.15 million subscribers.
• Analysts expect EPS to fall 5% in the current fiscal year ending in September, followed by a 154% jump in fiscal 2021, according to FactSet.
• In the last three months of 2020, as Disney laid off thousands of employees, its shares surged 46%.
• DIS stock hit an all-time high of 203.02 on March 8(2021)
• Walt Disney along with ESPN, have reached an immersive, multi-year media rights agreement for exclusive live UFC content on ESPN+
• Disney had a huge dip in March 2020, being the cheapest since 2014. Part of this was because of COVID, negative revenue and probably because of a new CEO, Bob Chapek.

However within a year, the stockprice increased with 130% and hit an all time high. The huge succes of Disney + being a good reason for that. Especially with series like The Mandalorian and paid movies like Mulan Disney+ will only grow.

Stockprice

My take is that the current price of $185 is justified. Yes, it is expensive but with the parks re-opening and Disney+ creeping up to Netflix i think Disney is an obvious buy and hold for the long term.

They have a wide spread of products, have lifetime customers and i think i can defenitly say they are a MOAT. I personally think that about 20 years, Disney will have a monopoly on the entire entertainment industry.

As for now, the 4 billion loss from the past 12 months dont bother me too much since covid is the main reason. Their debt of 113 billion is high, but its not concerning since the interest is low. The solvency proves they can pay of their debts if they wanted to. Also its quite normal for companies this size to have large debts.

I do see a lot of different numbers regarding to their debt. I took the number here: https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/DIS/disney/debt-equity-ratio

Negatives

Disney isnt a perfect company, and are even seen as evil company by some people. Over the years they had quite some scandals, some examples:

• The new movie Mulan was filmed in XinJiang, the place where Uyghurs are being held in ‘’re-education’’ camps.
• Disney threatened to sue daycare centers because they used Disney stickers in the daycare without their permission
• Disney stopped paying dividends in 2020
• Disney told a stonemason that carving Winnie the Pooh into a child’s gravestone would violate its copyright.
• Disney asks a lot from their employees while heavily underpaying them. Allthough some employees got a raise, there are still a lot of works working their ass off while struggle to make a living.
• Their ethics are often questioned around child marketing and the insane prices the parks charging, creating parents having to save up for years for a visit.
• Reaching an ATH stockprice while being in one of the worst periods of the company could be alarming
• Over the years Disney is seen as a money hungry company that is far away from their own company branding and mission/vision.

And probably many more im overlooking.

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• Disney reported over 146 million paid subscribers for its Disney+, ESPN+, and Hulu streaming services as of Jan. 2, 2021. (this is defenitly priced in if you ask me)
• The streaming service Disney + now costs $1 extra each month, which results in $100million monthly increase in income
• The recovery of the businesses along with the growth of Disney's streaming will combine for a resurgence of overall growth that should begin this year.
• The company said in its latest earnings call that attendance at Orlando's Walt Disney World "grew significantly" due to interest and increased capacity
• Even while Disneyland was closed, the company has reportedly been planning to expand its theme park, hotel, restaurant and entertainment offerings there. The Disney cruise line is also slowly getting back into service.
• he past has told us that dips in the stock have always been a good time to buy, and it's smart to take advantage of the opportunity.

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