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 (DIS +0.50%) has earned a coveted five-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Disney and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Disney facts
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Headquarters (founded) |
Burbank, Calif. (1923) |
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Market Cap |
$113.5 billion |
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Industry |
Movies and entertainment |
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Trailing-12-Month Revenue |
$42.8 billion |
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Management |
Chairman/CEO Robert Iger CFO James Rasulo |
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Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) |
13.6% |
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Cash/Debt |
$3.2 billion / $17.5 billion |
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Dividend Yield |
1.2% |
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Competitors |
CBS News Corp. Time Warner |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 94% of the 5,770 members who have rated Disney believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Earlier this week, one of those bulls, fellow Fool Jason Moser (TMFJMo), succinctly summed up the Disney bull case for our community:
No reason to not give this one the thumbs up. Iron Man 3 killing it and I expect Star Wars will be a successful venture as well. Best of all they make their money a lot of different ways and work the generational cycle like they invented it.
