In the fiscal year 2022, The Walt Disney Company held assets worth 203.63 billion U.S. dollars, up 0.01 percent from 203.61 billion dollars a year earlier.
As of November 2023 Walt Disney has a market cap of $169.30 Billion. This makes Walt Disney the world's 66th most valuable company by market cap according to our data.
In 2023, the brand value of Disney amounted to 49.5 billion U.S. dollars. A year earlier, the value stood at 57.06 billion dollars. Disney was the fifth most valuable media brand worldwide in 2023.
Disney annual gross profit for 2023 was $29.697B, a 4.86% increase from 2022. Disney annual gross profit for 2022 was $28.321B, a 27.07% increase from 2021. Disney annual gross profit for 2021 was $22.287B, a 3.62% increase from 2020.
Total debt on the balance sheet as of September 2023 : $46.43 B. According to Walt Disney's latest financial reports the company's total debt is $46.43 B. A company's total debt is the sum of all current and non-current debts.
Paul R. La Monica of CNN Business wrote that while Apple certainly had the financial wherewithal to purchase Disney, it was unlikely they would be willing to do so due to Disney's high market value.
Vanguard Group, BlackRock, State Street Corporation, and Berkshire Hathaway are the key players in Disney's ownership landscape. State Street Corporation is the largest shareholder of Disney, indicating its significant influence on the company's operations and decision-making.
Disney's Cable & TV Business Generates 43% of Total Revenue. While most investors associate the Disney brand with its legendary feature films and amusement parks, the company's largest revenue generating segment is its media networks business.
With such a strong brand and emotional connection, Disney can set prices higher than many other theme parks. In recent years Disney has also implemented dynamic pricing for single day tickets in an attempt to spread demand across dates.
So, needless to say, because of Disney's attention to detail and mission to maintain a clean and safe park experience, maintaining their parks and property is an expensive endeavor. And that cost is passed on to you.
In 2024, the average cost of a Disney World vacation per person, per day is estimated to be around $250. This cost primarily covers essential elements such as park admission, hotel accommodations, transportation within the resort, and some meals.
Within the United States, Disney's main income stream aside from its theme parks is its streaming services. Streaming services are considered a direct-to-consumer model. In the third quarter of 2022, the company boasted 14.4 million new Disney+ subscribers.
Disney is one of the biggest and best-known companies in the world, and has been ranked number 53 on the 2022 Fortune 500 list of biggest companies in the United States by revenue. Since its founding, the company has won 135 Academy Awards, 26 of which have been awarded to Walt.
But for all its success, the family behind "The Happiest Place on Earth" has largely stayed out of the limelight and the business. While it's not known just how much the family is worth, GOBankingRates estimated the company's net worth to be $130 billion.
It's not known just how much the Disney family is worth. GOBankingRates estimated the company's net worth to be roughly $130 billion. Roy O.'s grandson, Roy P., said at one point that the family owns less than 3% of the company.
According to Walt Disney's grand-nephew, Roy Patrick Disney, Walt and Roy owned about 20% of the company by 1960 and today the whole family owns less than 3% of it. Most of the family has stayed out of the business.
By market cap measure, Apple (AAPL), with valuation of $2.6T, is in a league that includes Microsoft (MSFT) and, really, no one else is even close. Disney (DIS) has a market cap of about $178B.
By the early 2000s, when Pixar was making movies on its own, Disney was desperate to catch up. Jobs sold the company to Disney in January 2006 for $7.4 billion. After the acquisition, Jobs owned roughly 7% of Disney, making him the single largest shareholder.
1. In 2019, Disney reached a deal with Comcast to acquire a majority stake in Hulu, leaving Comcast with a 33% stake in Hulu. The deal required Disney to buy the stake as early as Jan. 2024 or sell its stake for fair market value at that time.
