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
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 (Founded) | Burbank, Calif. (1923) |
| Market Cap | $69.8 billion |
| Industry | Movies and entertainment |
| Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $40.9 billion |
| Management | CEO Robert Iger (since 2005) CFO James Rasulo (since 2010) |
| Return on Equity (Average, Past 3 Years) | 11.7% |
| Cash/Debt | $3.19 billion / $14.3 billion |
| Dividend Yield | 1.5% |
| Competitors |
CBS News Corp. Time Warner |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 94% of the 5,116 members who have rated Disney believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just last month, one of those bulls, NJ7, nicely summed up the bull case for our community:
Owning a growing ESPN doesn't hurt. ... The growing Disney theme parks also provide a revenue stream. I think that we will see an improvement in the animated department for Disney and many, many more sequels of many, many more films, which will continue to provide Disney with strong revenue streams. The improvement of the economy, which we may finally be seeing, will have a dramatic impact as well. Worldwide growth of Disney and its affiliated companies will also help this stock to outperform long term.
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