Hold at $110.61 — trim into $113-$115, ladder buys at $103-106
Three-analyst consensus validates HOLD at $110.61 with stretched momentum (RSI 70, 19% vertical rally in 23 sessions) into binary Q3 FY2026 earnings catalyst. The aggressive analyst's re-rating thesis ($130-140) requires both EPS delivery and multiple expansion — the latter is unsupported given 88% Fed hold probability on Polymarket. The conservative analyst's bearish concerns (beta 1.40, $46B debt, 0.71 current ratio) argue for position management, not directional exit, as no structural breakdown has occurred (200 SMA intact, no close below 50 SMA at $99.68). Base case price target $118 (15.9x forward EPS of $7.44); upside to $128 (17x) only if ESPN DTC and parks margin exceed expectations. Do not add at current levels — pre-committed trim protocol into $113-$115 converts passive holding into active alpha generation.
| Position | Action |
|---|---|
| Overweight accounts | Trim 15-25% on any rally into $113-$115 supply zone to monetize gains and reduce beta exposure |
| New capital, Tier 1 add | 25% of intended size at $108 |
| New capital, Tier 2 add | 50% of intended size at $103-106 with MACD confirming |
| New capital, Tier 3 add | 25% of intended size at $99-100 with volume confirmation AND MACD re-expanding |
Disney is positioned for a multi-year re-rating from ~$94B revenue at 7% margins to $100B+ revenue at 10%+ margins with $12B+ FCF, driven by operating leverage compounding in Parks & Experiences, a fresh CEO with parks momentum, resolved football blackout, and a stacked live-sports portfolio — all trading at a sub-15x forward P/E.
| Indicator | Value | Signal |
|---|---|---|
| RSI (14) | 70.00 | neutral |
| MACD | +2.64 | bullish |
| MACD Signal | +1.97 | bullish |
| MACD Histogram | +0.67 | bullish |
| 10 EMA | 106.14 | bullish |
| 50 SMA | 99.90 | bullish |
| 200 SMA | 103.35 | bullish |
| Bollinger Upper Band | 111.16 | neutral |
| Bollinger Middle Band (20 SMA) | 102.95 | bullish |
| Bollinger Lower Band | 94.75 | bullish |
| ATR (14) | 2.39 |
This report is AI-generated for informational and educational purposes only and is not investment advice or a recommendation to buy or sell any security. Full disclaimer.
When: Close above $112-115 on volume ≥15M
Then: Upgrade to Overweight and add positions
Disney delivered a 5x EPS increase in two years, signaling structural operating leverage, not cyclical recovery
↩ rebuts: “Bears cite trailing -9% YoY return as the relevant lens”
EV: +13% to $125 base case · concedes: Bears anchor on trailing 1-year return of -9% and YTD of -3.6% — these reflect Iger-departure uncertainty, football blackout, and streaming profitability questions that are now resolved or in the rearview mirror; Golden cross has not yet completed (50 SMA is rising toward 200 SMA at $103.35); Today's intraday high pierced upper Bollinger Band at $111.87 before settling at $110.61
Disney's stock is a tactical rally to overbought levels on a declining 200 SMA, requiring all six bull catalysts to materialize while historical precedent suggests at least one will fail, justifying a SELL/HOLD-AGGRESSIVELY stance with fair value scenarios of $104 (base), $83 (bear), or $59 (recession case) versus the current $110.61.
EV: Bear case scenarios: $83 (-25%), Base case: $104 (-6%), Recession case: $59 (-47%) · concedes: The $7.4B net income jump from FY24 to FY25 includes non-recurring tailwinds, making the FY24-to-FY26 run-rate of $8.6B (73% two-year increase) a cleaner metric that is still 'strong'; Disney+ profitability is a 'real' one-time margin tailwind that the market has already discounted; Parks are a mature business that will continue generating cash, just not at the +50% growth rates implied by one peak-season quarter
→ vs conservative: Bear case -47% recession downside is overweighted ~6x — Polymarket prices recession at only 8% for 2026, making the downside scenario a low-probability joint event requiring both earnings miss AND multiple compression
→ vs conservative: $103.35 stop loss 'just barely below entry' is not risk management — it's an exit triggered by ordinary noise; ATR is 2.39, meaning normal daily range is $108-$113, and a single bad headline blows out the position
→ vs conservative: Waiting for pullback to $106-$108 may mean missing the move entirely if Q3 FY2026 earnings in early November confirms D'Amaro's 'big surprise' parks narrative
→ vs neutral: The 'asymmetric risk/reward +13% upside vs -47% downside' framing is mathematically misleading — anchors upside to current price instead of fundamental value; terminal earnings power justifies higher multiple than Morgan Stanley's $125
→ vs neutral: HOLD decision is 'defensible from a process standpoint' but leaves money on the table — 'a stock you load, not wait for pullbacks on' for a company tripling FCF and executing 5% annual buybacks
| neutral |
Support: 108 · 106.14 · 103.35 · 102.95 · 99.9 · 96.16 · 92.83 | Resistance: 111.87 · 111.16 · 110
DIS exhibits strong bullish technical setup with all major moving averages stacked positively (10 EMA > 50 SMA > 200 SMA), MACD in bullish acceleration phase with histogram re-expanding to +0.67 after a constructive reset, and price now decisively above the 200 SMA at $103.35 for the first time since April. Short-term caution is warranted as RSI just touched overbought territory at 70.00 and price pierced the upper Bollinger Band ($111.16) intraday before settling at $110.61, suggesting elevated probability (60–70%) of a tactical pullback within 3–5 sessions. The 50 SMA has not yet crossed above the 200 SMA (golden cross pending), and the 200 SMA itself remains in a declining trajectory at $103.35, indicating the long-term trend is still in transition. Trading recommendation: HOLD existing positions with trailing stops at $105.83 (2× ATR) or $103.35 (200 SMA); await pullback to $106–108 for new entries rather than chasing at all-time relative highs.
Market Cap
$190.99B
Share Price (implied)
~$110.60
52-Week High
$119.78
52-Week Low
$92.19
50-Day Avg Price
$99.86
200-Day Avg Price
$104.09
Beta
1.40
Dividend Yield
1.39%
P/E (TTM)
22.81
Forward P/E
14.86
PEG Ratio
2.68
P/B
1.74
EPS (TTM)
$4.85
Forward EPS
$7.44
Diluted EPS FY2025
$6.85
Diluted EPS FY2024
$2.72
Diluted EPS FY2023
$1.29
Diluted EPS FY2022
$1.72
Total Revenue FY2025
$94.43B
Total Revenue FY2024
$91.36B
Total Revenue FY2023
$88.90B
Total Revenue FY2022
$82.72B
Total Revenue FY2021
$67.42B
Gross Profit FY2025
$35.66B
Gross Profit FY2024
$32.66B
Gross Profit FY2023
$29.70B
Gross Profit FY2022
$28.32B
Operating Income FY2025
$13.83B
Operating Income FY2024
$11.91B
Operating Income FY2023
$8.99B
Operating Income FY2022
$6.77B
EBITDA FY2025
$19.14B
EBITDA FY2024
$14.63B
EBITDA FY2023
$12.11B
EBITDA FY2022
$12.00B
Net Income FY2025
$12.40B
Net Income FY2024
$4.97B
Net Income FY2023
$2.35B
Net Income FY2022
$3.15B
Q2 CY2026 Revenue
$25.25B
Q2 CY2026 Net Income
$2.64B
Q2 CY2026 EPS
$1.51
Q2 CY2026 Operating Income
$4.76B
Q1 CY2026 Revenue
$25.17B
Q1 CY2026 Net Income
$2.25B
Q1 CY2026 EPS
$1.27
Q1 CY2026 Operating Income
$3.79B
Q4 CY2025 Revenue
$25.98B
Q4 CY2025 Net Income
$2.40B
Q4 CY2025 EPS
$1.34
Q4 CY2025 Operating Income
$3.88B
Q3 FY2025 Revenue
$22.46B
Q3 FY2025 Net Income
$1.31B
Q3 FY2025 EPS
$0.73
Q3 FY2025 Operating Income
$2.60B
Cash Q2 FY26
$5.19B
Total Debt Q2 FY26
$46.04B
Net Debt Q2 FY26
$40.86B
Stockholders' Equity Q2 FY26
$110.03B
Total Assets Q2 FY26
$204.74B
Goodwill Q2 FY26
$74.68B
Current Ratio Q2 FY26
0.71
Cash Q1 FY26
$5.68B
Total Debt Q1 FY26
$47.36B
Net Debt Q1 FY26
$41.68B
Stockholders' Equity Q1 FY26
$108.71B
Total Assets Q1 FY26
$205.22B
Goodwill Q1 FY26
$74.68B
Current Ratio Q1 FY26
0.68
Cash FY25 End
$5.70B
Total Debt FY25 End
$44.88B
Net Debt FY25 End
$36.33B
Stockholders' Equity FY25 End
$109.87B
Total Assets FY25 End
$197.51B
Goodwill FY25 End
$73.29B
Current Ratio FY25 End
0.71
Cash FY24 End
$6.00B
Total Debt FY24 End
$48.74B
Net Debt FY24 End
$39.81B
Stockholders' Equity FY24 End
$100.70B
Total Assets FY24 End
$196.22B
Goodwill FY24 End
$73.33B
Current Ratio FY24 End
0.73
Operating Cash Flow FY2025
$18.10B
Free Cash Flow FY2025
$10.08B
CapEx FY2025
-$8.02B
Dividends Paid FY2025
-$1.80B
Buybacks FY2025
-$3.50B
Debt Repaid FY2025
-$3.74B
Operating Cash Flow FY2024
$13.97B
Free Cash Flow FY2024
$8.56B
CapEx FY2024
-$5.41B
Dividends Paid FY2024
-$1.37B
Buybacks FY2024
-$2.99B
Debt Repaid FY2024
-$3.06B
Operating Cash Flow FY2023
$9.87B
Free Cash Flow FY2023
$4.90B
CapEx FY2023
-$4.97B
Debt Repaid FY2023
-$1.68B
Operating Cash Flow FY2022
$6.01B
Free Cash Flow FY2022
$1.07B
CapEx FY2022
-$4.94B
Debt Repaid FY2022
-$4.02B
Q2 CY2026 Operating Cash Flow
$4.87B
Q2 CY2026 Free Cash Flow
$3.07B
Q2 CY2026 Buybacks
$1.75B
Q2 CY2026 CapEx
$1.79B
Q1 CY2026 Operating Cash Flow
$6.91B
Q1 CY2026 Free Cash Flow
$4.94B
Q1 CY2026 Buybacks
$3.47B
Gross Margin TTM
37.6%
Gross Margin FY2025
37.8%
Gross Margin FY2024
35.7%
Gross Margin FY2023
33.4%
Operating Margin TTM
19.3%
Operating Margin FY2025
14.6%
Operating Margin FY2024
13.4%
Operating Margin FY2023
10.1%
Profit Margin TTM
8.7%
Profit Margin FY2025
13.1%
Profit Margin FY2024
5.4%
Profit Margin FY2023
2.6%
EBITDA Margin TTM
21.2%
EBITDA Margin FY2025
20.3%
EBITDA Margin FY2024
16.0%
EBITDA Margin FY2023
13.6%
ROE
8.0%
ROA
4.8%
Debt/Equity
39.4%
Annual Interest Expense
$1.81B
Total Debt FY2022 (peak)
$51.6B
Revenue CAGR FY2021-25
~8.7%
EPS Growth FY2023 to FY2025
+431%
FCF Growth FY2022 to FY2025
+843%
vs 50-Day MA
+10.8%
vs 200-Day MA
+6.3%
Share Count FY2023
1.83B
Share Count Q2 FY26
1.74B
Strengths
Concerns
Disney is in a textbook post-restructuring earnings inflection with revenue growing at ~9% CAGR to $94.4B and net income more than tripling from $2.35B (FY2023) to $12.4B (FY2025), driving EPS from $1.29 to $6.85; consensus forward EPS of $7.44 implies another 53% growth cycle. The cash flow story is equally compelling — operating cash flow tripled to $18.1B and free cash flow reached $10.1B in FY2025, funding aggressive buybacks ($3.5B), a reinstated dividend ($1.8B), and continued debt paydown while supporting rising CapEx ($8B+) for parks and streaming investments. At a forward P/E of ~15x, valuation is fair but not cheap, with the stock trading near 52-week highs and 10.8% above its 50-day moving average, suggesting traders should monitor for pullbacks toward ~$100 for better risk/reward entries.
Macro: Macro indicators from FRED were unavailable due to API key configuration issues. The macro picture is sourced from prediction markets and qualitative news. The Fed is firmly on hold: Polymarket implies only 2% probability of a cut by September 2026, 4% by October 2026, and 12% by December 2026 — an 88%+ chance of no cut through year-end. US recession odds are priced at just 8% (high confidence, $1.7M volume), supporting a soft-landing base case favorable for consumer-discretionary names like DIS. However, higher-for-longer rates compress duration-heavy growth/streaming valuations and may pressure ad spending and parks ticket elasticity. Gold at approximately $4,640/oz and silver up +18% month-over-month signal lingering safe-haven and inflation-hedge demand, consistent with a market not convinced the Fed will ease quickly. No major earnings season for large-cap media this week; broader tape was mixed with Dow up but Nasdaq/AI leaders like Nvidia weaker. Trump-Canada trade tensions provided fresh risk-off headlines but are not a direct DIS catalyst.