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The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries, is a diversified worldwide entertainment company with operations in five business segments: Media Networks, Parks and Resorts, Studio Entertainment, Consumer Products and Interactive Media. For convenience, the terms “Company” and “we” are... More
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- Wednesday, May 8, 9:39 AM Heard during Disney's (DIS -1%) earnings call: 1) Investments in Fantasy Land at Magic Kingdom in Orlando look to be helping traffic. An all-time single day attendance record was set at the park during Easter weekend. 2) CEO Robert Iger addresses the one segment that is under-performing at the company (TV business) by noting that TV markets are compressing, but the exec sees market share improving. 3) Disney is working on opportunities to utilize the Star Wars franchise into television and theme parks. Details will follow later this year. (transcript) 5 Comments [Consumer, On the Move]
- Tuesday, May 7, 4:22 PM Disney (DIS): FQ2 EPS of $0.79 beats by $0.03. Revenue of $10.55B (+14% Y/Y) beats by $50M. Shares +0.7% AH. (PR) 4 Comments [Breaking News, Consumer, On the Move, Earnings]
- Tuesday, May 7, 8:51 AM Shares of Disney (DIS) are up 0.6% to $65.44 premarket after the company announces a deal with Electronic Arts to make new Star Wars games and with its FQ2 earnings report slated for release later today. What to watch: Disney says it will make games for a "core gaming audience" and will hold on to the rights to develop titles for other mobile devices. Look for some visibility from execs tonight on a conference call (webcast) as to the when and how on making Disney Interactive profitable. Comment! [Consumer, On the Move]
- Monday, May 6, 5:47 PM Electronic Arts (EA) +2.1% AH after announcing a multi-year deal with Disney (DIS) to make new Star Wars games "spanning all interactive platforms and the most popular game genres." Disney maintains the rights to develop mobile, online, and social games for the franchise. The deal comes shortly after Disney decided to shutter LucasArts' game development studio, and close to 18 months after EA launched Star Wars: The Old Republic, whose performance has underwhelmed. (PR) 1 Comment [Tech, On the Move, Consumer]
- Wednesday, February 6, 6:15 PM Netflix (NFLX +5.7%) continued its winter to remember today, possibly aided by favorable comments from Disney (DIS) CEO Bob Iger during the media giant's FQ1 earnings call. When asked about the impact Disney's movie deal with Netflix could have on Disney Channel viewing and pay-TV relationships, Iger stated Disney "thought long and hard" about the impact, and concluded the deal was a "movie play" that wouldn't hurt Disney Channel. Also: Time Warner (TWX) CEO Jeff Bewkes offered Netflix (both a customer and rival) guarded praise during TWX's earnings call. (earlier) Comment! [Tech, Consumer, On the Move]
- Wednesday, February 6, 7:27 AM Disney (DIS) will consider an exit for ESPN from the U.K. due to the losses it has piled up in the region. The company is also struggling to retain the rights to key sporting events which doesn't bode well for the network. The topic came up during the company's FQ1 earnings conference call (transcript) in which CFO Jay Rasulo highlighted the unprofitability of ESPN in the U.K. DIS +2.7% premarket. 2 Comments [Consumer, On the Move]
- Friday, November 9, 2012, 12:54 PM Disney (DIS -5.3%) continues to trade lower as a host of analysts lower their expectations for the company primarily due to fears advertising revenue could be under pressure. Comments from execs on yesterday's earnings call (transcript) highlighted the idea the company is transitioning from an investment phase (Lucasfilm, Cars Land, Disneyland) into a growth mode. Reading between the lines of analyst comments, Disney investors may have to play a waiting game for those investments to pay dividends and for the economy to turn around to help drive revenue higher. 8 Comments [Consumer, On the Move]
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Friday, November 9, 2012, 9:10 AM
Premarket gainers: ZIP +27%. KYAK +26%. LGF +9%. ENR +8%. PSTI +8%. IGT +7%. WCRX +6%. ISIS +5%.
Losers: GRPN -23%. MTG -15%. ARRY -12%. PGRX -12%. SPRD -10%. JCP -8%. PVR -6%. CPIX -5%. DIS -5%. 1 Comment [On the Move] - Wednesday, October 31, 2012, 11:06 AM Disney (DIS -2.5%) CEO Robert Iger says (video) the mega-deal to buy Lucasfilm will be slightly dilutive for two years after the closing and then turn accretive after that point. The exec also notes the consumer product and licensing opportunities from the transaction is close what Marvel Entertainment offered up at the point of purchase, but highlights the Lucasfilm buy includes digital properties. After a rush of gushing analysts weighed in on the deal, shares have peeled off early gains rather quickly. 2 Comments [Consumer, On the Move]
- Wednesday, October 31, 2012, 8:24 AM Chewbacca meets the Incredible Hulk: Disney's (DIS) deal to snap up the Star Wars franchise for a cool $4.05B has the entertainment industry buzzing and analysts chatty. Barclays says the company will monetize the property and roll it through the Disney ecosystem, while both JPMorgan and Wells Fargo call the purchase positive for future earnings. By all accounts, the relationship between 2%-Disney owner George Lucas and the House of Mouse will remain positive with Lucas adding creative input, but not calling the shots on scripts. DIS +2.5% premarket. 7 Comments [Consumer, On the Move, M&A]
- Wednesday, September 5, 2012, 2:37 PM Shares of Disney (DIS +2.5%) trace out a new all-time high with the Street still firmly backing the House of Mouse to see even further gains. Though theme parks, ESPN, and Marvel Studios continue to be the rock stars behind the company's consistent revenue growth - clever deals in new areas also keep the Disney pipeline fresh. The latest is a venture to supply Nokia with edgy content and apps for its smartphones as the Finnish company trails far behind Apple and Google. 5 Comments [Consumer, On the Move]
- Tuesday, July 17, 2012, 3:29 PM Shares of Disney (DIS +3.4%) ride an upgrade from Bank of America to hit an all-time intraday high of $49.92. Shrugging off a sluggish U.S. economy, the company appears to be clicking on all cylinders, with its theme parks, film studio, and media properties more synchronized than ever. As for mega-hit The Avengers, BofA says Disney shareholders could see a $0.11-a-share boost from the well-received film. Comment! [Consumer, On the Move]
- Wednesday, June 27, 2012, 10:37 AM Jakks Pacific (JAKK +0.4%) forecasts that sales of merchandise from Disney's (DIS +1.4%) Brave will be triple that of original estimates based on early numbers. A key to the boom in toy sales and the movie's strong box office showing is attributable to the warm reaction to Merida - the first heroine character to feature in a Pixar-produced movie for Disney. Comment! [Consumer, On the Move]
- Monday, April 9, 2012, 3:58 PM Major media companies take a dive after Citigroup slashes its ratings on CBS (CBS -2.2%), Discovery (DISCA -1.7%), Disney (DIS -2.2%) and News Corp. (NWSA -2.2%) to Neutral from Buy. Time Warner (TWX -1.6%) also tumbles even after the firm hikes its price target on the company to $45 from $40. Comment! [Consumer, On the Move]
- Friday, March 30, 2012, 12:44 PM Disney (DIS +1.4%) gains on an upgrade to Buy on valuation at Lazard Capital, citing secular positive program fee growth, and a strong net cash position that can be used for repurchases or acquisitions. Comment! [On the Move]
- Tuesday, February 7, 2012, 4:30 PM More on Disney's FQ1: Growth was fueled a 10% Y/Y revenue increase for the Parks & Resorts division, and hurt by declines of 16% and 10%, respectively, for the Studio Entertainment and Interactive Media (gaming) divisions. After respectively growing 9% and 14% in FQ4, the Media Networks and Consumer Products divisions only grew 3% each. A 7% drop in broadcasting revenue (ABC) hurt Media Networks. DIS -2% AH. (PR) 2 Comments [Consumer, Earnings, On the Move]
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Andrew Shapiro
#Netflix and #Amazon ink #DreamWorks and #Disney content deals http://ow.ly/maDyo $NFLX $AMZN #DWA $DIS - View all 0 replies
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Ocean Man
Sold $DIS for a gain of 4.2% in 12 days. $62.72 ---> $65.34. http://seekingalpha.com/s/fi12z - View all 0 replies
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J. A. Saglimbeni: Disagree, I think that this is a two man race to greatness, plus I bought $GWW years ago for the superior growth in dividends & revs...
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Ocean Man: more upside than downside, or a higher likelihood of going up than down imo. Or sometimes I'm just happy with the yield.
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Ocean Man: But I am never surprised when a stock goes down after I buy it. If my thesis hasn't changed, I am happy to buy more.
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J. A. Saglimbeni: Disagree, I think that this is a two man race to greatness, plus I bought $GWW years ago for the superior growth in dividends & revs...
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Ocean Man: more upside than downside, or a higher likelihood of going up than down imo. Or sometimes I'm just happy with the yield.
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Ocean Man: But I am never surprised when a stock goes down after I buy it. If my thesis hasn't changed, I am happy to buy more.
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wheelz23: buy quality on a dip...i posted it here because it's the same principle
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Perkins Cove: Seeing my wife's name is Fran, I don't dare disagree.....grin
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wheelz23: i saw DIS hold 63 yesterday and didn't buy either...i need to follow my own advice
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Philip Saglimbeni
Adding lightly to my $DIS position here, still great long-term with the best content lineup in media - View all 5 replies
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Philip Saglimbeni: interesting, I looked at CMCSA a while back and their lineup didn't seem that impressive to me, NWS is interesting with the Sports programs
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Ocean Man: No. Great company, but ESPN could lose some pricing power with all of these changes coming to tv, bundling etc.
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m@ximus: Lowered guidance affecting, no big deal. 1 year target still $75 with diversif company. just put partial postion @ 63.83.
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James Sands
Hulu will probably never be publicly available for investors: http://bloom.bg/12SYbWC $NFLX, $GOOG, $DIS, $CMCSA, $NWSA, $YOKU, $BIDU - View all 4 replies
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James Sands: At least that was publicly disclosed rather than pure speculation.
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James Sands: Only 4 million paying subscribers compared to Netflix's 30+ million.
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Philip Saglimbeni: but I do the same with Seeking Alpha, I can't stand the SA app
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James Sands: Same here, I like my desktop functionality much more so than mobile.
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The Complete Dividend Plan: Up over 1.5% today. PBA,AGGZF,STAG leading the charge will most own the same widely held that Wall Street wants them to own. Outside the box
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Minutemen: Yeah, I thought about adding more yesterday and now wish I had. Oh well.
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Philip Saglimbeni
$DIS, rallying hard the last few months, I'm long and expect solid results tonight but it's hard to see it not sell off - View all 12 replies
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Philip Saglimbeni: solid beat on top and bottom, slightly higher AH, looks nice!
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Minutemen: Definitely a very solid beat, but I guess not solid enough. Will be interesting to see how it does today. Can't imagine much downside.
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J. A. Saglimbeni
New highs all over the place: $MA, $DIS, $UNP, $PKG just to name a few....nice indeed! - View all 2 replies
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Philip Saglimbeni: many caught with their pants down today, nice day
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J. A. Saglimbeni: Best of luck, also....just remember $FB is no $GOOG and trades with too high of a Market Cap for its EPS and REVS...no hard feelings...
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Fear&Greedtrader: Same here , always enjoy different input and perspectives.....