The media giant has a lot going on as it kicks off fiscal 2025 this month.The losing streak is over. Shares of Walt Disney (DIS 0.19%) rose in September, a notable achievement after closing lower in each of the previous five months. Can it string together back-to-back months of positive returns?Disney won't report financial results until early next month, but it doesn't mean that October will be boring. It's the start of Disney's new fiscal year, for starters. From a significant pricing move to fresh conten ...

Walt Disney Co (NYSE:DIS) is down 0.2% to trade at $95.85 at last glance, even after Seaport Research upgraded the blue chip stock to "buy" from "neutral," citing its improved macroeconomic outlook. The brokerage also lifted its price target to $108, which is close to analysts' consensus price target of $110.86. Walt Disney stock is on track to snap a five-month losing streak today, and is fresh off its fourth-straight daily gain. Since the start of the year, the equity is up 6.2%. A short-term dip could so ...

Investors often turn to recommendations made by Wall Street analysts before making a Buy, Sell, or Hold decision about a stock. While media reports about rating changes by these brokerage-firm employed (or sell-side) analysts often affect a stock's price, do they really matter?Before we discuss the reliability of brokerage recommendations and how to use them to your advantage, let's see what these Wall Street heavyweights think about Walt Disney (DIS) .Disney currently has an average brokerage recommendatio ...

Disney (NYSE: DIS ) performed poorly through the heart of the summer, including in response to the earnings report it delivered in early August. Since the start of September, DIS shares turned themselves around, and are exiting the month on what appearsZvi provides advisory services to companies, trusts, and individuals, including consulting expert services regarding retirement and estate planning. Zvi is admitted to practice law in the state of New York, where he offers cash management, Bitcoin, and Trust ...

Disney is a solid buy for patient investors.In response to lower inflation and a softening labor market, the Federal Reserve decided to lower its benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points for the first time in four years on Sept. 18. Here's why lower interest rates could help Walt Disney (DIS 0.85%) improve its profitability and deliver on shareholder expectations, and why the value stock is a buy now. A roller coaster to forgetDisney launched its long-awaited streaming service, Disney+, in November 2019. ...

Hurricane Helene is on track to hit Florida and the Gulf Coast region Thursday night in what could be one of the most powerful storms to strike the regions in decades.Here's a look at the regions most affected, and how the hurricane is impacting travel, sports, and key stocks to watch.Hurricane Path: Hurricane Helene could hit and impact several major cities in Florida and the nearby states, including Tampa, Tallahassee and Atlanta.Currently a Category 2 hurricane, the storm could be elevated to a Category ...

Needham analyst Laura Martin reiterated a Buy rating for Walt Disney Co DIS with a $110 price target.The re-rating is based on:• Direct to Consumer (DTC) breakeven in fiscal 2024 with “double-digit” margins at maturity.• 5.5 million to 6 million new subscribers from Charter Communications, Inc CHTR starting in the second half of fiscal 2024.• Disney’s $1.5 billion investment in Epic Games (to build Disney video games).• 70% of $60 billion Parks CapX will be “incremental capacity” leading to a revenue boost. ...

Disney is reportedly eliminating 300 corporate jobs this week — the latest round in a broad cost-cutting initiative by Chief Executive Bob Iger.The job cuts — which began Wednesday and will continue Thursday and possibly Friday, according to a Deadline report — affect positions in the US and impact the Mouse House’s corporate operations, according to the entertainment news outlet.Affected departments include human resources, legal, finance and communications. Since returning to Disney as CEO in 2022, Bob Ig ...

Disney+ has laid out how its password sharing crackdown – or what streamers calls “paid sharing” – will unspool and what subscribers can expect. In a blog post today called Paid Sharing on Disney+: Here’s What You Need to Know, it said the “features and capabilities” are now available in the U.S., Canada, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region after launching in select markets over the summer and that it expanded the program this week. The streamer, as has Netflix with other platforms fo ...

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