After years of volatility and a sluggish stock price, investors finally think Disney (DIS 1.92%) did something right. The entertainment giant gave investors a positive earnings report last week, with a huge earnings beat, and Disney stock surged roughly 10% in two days.But don't buy Disney stock because of one earnings report. There's a much better reason to buy it right now -- and that's CEO Bob Iger.Is everything finally going right?Disney isn't just a large company, with $89 billion in trailing 12-month ...

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Walt Disney (DIS) has been one of the most searched-for stocks on Zacks.com lately. So, you might want to look at some of the facts that could shape the stock's performance in the near term.Over the past month, shares of this entertainment company have returned +20%, compared to the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +5.8% change. During this period, the Zacks Media Conglomerates industry, which Disney falls in, has gained 13.2%. The key question now is: What could be the stock's future direction?While media release ...

Kudos to Walt Disney (DIS -1.95%). The company topped last quarter's earnings estimates, and then told investors everything they wanted to hear during last Wednesday evening's earnings call. Shares soared to the tune of 11% the next day. The market is cheering what could be considered the beginning of a much-needed turnaround.Just don't be too quick to jump on the bullish bandwagon. Disney CEO Bob Iger seems to know what's wrong, but fixing these problems is easier said than done. He doesn't have a whole lo ...

The $70 Million Fight To Control Disney Bastiaan Slabbers / iStock Unreleased via Getty Images What does the fight to control a large American company cost? According to The Wall Street Journal, about $70 billion has been spent in a battle to control Disney (NYSE: DIS). This includes the costs of attorneys, proxy solicitation firms, and marketing work to take the case to investors. Disney has a market cap of over $200 billion. Raider Nelson Peltz, who owns about $2.5 billion shares through his Trian Partn ...

Walt Disney's (DIS -1.95%) turnaround seems to be finally gaining some traction. The House of Mouse delighted investors on Thursday with its latest quarterly report and the stock price jumped 11.5%, its best single-day post-earnings performance in nearly 15 years.The surge in the stock came as Disney reported strong growth on the bottom line, raised its dividend by 50%, set a date for its flagship ESPN streaming service, revealed a new stake in Epic Games, and said Disney+ would become the exclusive streame ...

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The unrelenting cord-cutting movement already had the United States cable television industry on the ropes. Now the business may have just been dealt a knockout punch. Its single most important draw -- live sports broadcasts -- will soon no longer be predominantly tied to cable service providers.Once an anchor for the cable business, more and more sports programming has been making its way to streaming venues. A massive chunk of this programming is going to suddenly be made available online later this year. ...

Shares of Walt Disney (DIS -1.95%) soared on Thursday as the company's transformation plans started taking hold. Shares surged 11% on the day after the company's quarterly report, as analysts and investors applauded Disney's strong earnings growth, upbeat guidance, and the announcement of a fall 2025 launch of ESPN's long-awaited flagship streaming service (not to be confused with ESPN+).But with so much good news in the company's earnings report on Wednesday afternoon, one of the most exciting announcement ...

There's big news from the sports entertainment world. Disney (DIS -1.95%), Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD -1.93%), and Fox (FOX 3.12%), three of the top players in linear TV, are teaming up to launch a new sports streaming service.In a press release after hours on Tuesday, the media companies said they reached an understanding on principal terms to form a new joint venture for a streaming sports service, combining content from all major professional sports leagues and college sports. It's unclear how much the ...