Walt Disney at the moment doesn’t take benefit from the news of purchase Euro Disneyland, but is still well oriented and is going to new highs. In the last trading strategy on the stock we indicated a target price at USD 47. This objective has been reached and now we rise to new high target.
From a fundamental viewpoint, despite a high valuation, analysts polled by Thomson Reuters have regularly revised upward the earning per share estimates. Consequently, profitability is improving, showing a relatively good financial health of the company.
The share is trading in upward trend within a bullish wedge. Moving averages are well oriented both in daily and weekly data. The share in the next trading sessions should break out the resistance of USD 50.5. We suggest a long position on the stock in order to aim a new price target at USD 58, with a stop loss at USD 48 in order to cover the position.
The Walt Disney Company is a media and entertainment group. Net sales (including intragroup) break down by activity as follows:
- operation of theme parks and hotel resorts (33.9%): operation, as of 01/10/2022, of 10 theme parks (35 hotels) located in the United States (Walt Disney World Resort, Disneyland Resort and Aulani; 6 theme parks and 23 hotels), France (Disneyland Paris; 2 theme parks and 7 hotels), Japan (Tokyo Disney Resort; 2 theme parks and 5 hotels), Hong Kong (Hong Kong Disneyland; 1 theme park and 3 hotels) and China (Shanghai Disney Resort; 1 theme park and 2 hotels). The group is also involved in cruise sales (Disney Cruise Line), travel organization (Disney Vacation Club and Adventures By Disney), design and development of parks and other real estate properties, and sale of consumer products (children's books, toys, game software, films, etc.);
- operation of TV and radio channels (33.4%): domestic channels (Disney Channels, ESPN, ESPN Radio, Freeform, FX Channels and National Geographic Channels) and international channels (Disney, ESPN, Fox, National Geographic and Star). The group is also developing film post-production and website operation businesses;
- video streaming (23.1%);
- audiovisual content production and distribution (9.6%): TV programs, animated films, TV series, music, live entertainment, etc.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Americas (81.5%), Europe (10.4%) and Asia/Pacific (8.1%).