“Interest expense, net Interest expense, net is as follows: Nine Months Ended (in millions) June 27, 2026 June 28, 2025 % Change Better (Worse) Interest expense $ (1,379) $ (1,396) 1 % Interest income, investment income and other 566 359 58 % Interest expense,…”10-Q · Aug 5, 2026 ↗
The Walt Disney Company
DIS
Market read
The Walt Disney Company's current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.
The latest filing is mixed. 0 of 11 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 10 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Revenue increased 6.8% versus the comparable filing period.
- Net income decreased 49.9% versus the comparable filing period.
- Disney disclosed higher other operating expense from new guest offerings, volume growth, and inflation, alongside a higher SG&A line.
- Net interest expense for the six months ended March 28, 2026 decreased to $(515)m, driven primarily by lower average rates reported in the filing.
Invalidation: The isolated read changes if DIS's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.
Research brief
The story so far
The latest filing is mixed. 0 of 11 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 10 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Revenue increased 6.8% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating margin improved 2.7 percentage points.
- Net income decreased 49.9% versus the comparable filing period.
- Net margin fell 11.8 percentage points.
- Disney disclosed higher other operating expense from new guest offerings, volume growth, and inflation, alongside a higher SG&A line.
- Net interest expense for the six months ended March 28, 2026 decreased to $(515)m, driven primarily by lower average rates reported in the filing.
Company research
Understand the business, not just the ticker
Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.
- Which operating variable is changing?
- Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
- What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
- Operating margin changed +1.5 percentage points in the latest annual period.
- Net margin changed +7.7 percentage points in the latest annual period.
- Macroeconomic conditions has repeated favorable evidence across 5 filings.
- Demand and volume has repeated favorable evidence across 4 filings.
- Credit and interest rates has repeated adverse evidence across 5 filings.
- P/E is 73% below the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Price as of Sep 11, 2026
106.56Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.
What management says matters
Persistent and emerging business drivers
“Revenues - Parks licensing and other The increase in parks licensing and other revenue was primarily due to higher co-branding and sponsorship revenue, partially offset by an unfavorable foreign exchange impact.”10-Q · Aug 5, 2026 ↗
“Selling, general, administrative and other Selling, general, administrative and other costs increased $119 million, to $3,142 million from $3,023 million, primarily due to new guest offerings and inflation.”10-Q · Aug 5, 2026 ↗
“Other operating expense increased due to new guest offerings, higher volumes, inflation and an unfavorable foreign exchange impact.”10-Q · Aug 5, 2026 ↗
Valuation discipline
Descriptive valuation snapshot
Price/sales 2.0× · EV/sales 2.4×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.
Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.
Price action
How the market is pricing the story
Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 11 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.
Developments
No sourced recent-development timeline yet
Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for DIS. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.
Business and financial condition
Reported financial figures are not available yet
Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.
Latest filing assessment
The latest filing presents a mixed picture
10-Q filed 2026-08-05 against the comparable filing from 2025-08-06.
Capital and cash conversion
Investment load increased
Capital spending consumed more revenue while free-cash-flow margin declined.
- Capital spending YoY
- +11.0%
- Capital spending / revenue
- +8.9%
- Free-cash-flow margin
- +7.5%
- FCF margin change
- -2.9 pts
Capex, revenue, and operating cash flow are matched to the same reported duration. Reported accounting context, not a forecast or trading recommendation.
What improved
- Revenue increased 6.8% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating margin improved 2.7 percentage points.
What weakened
- Net income decreased 49.9% versus the comparable filing period.
- Net margin fell 11.8 percentage points.
Filing receipts
“Higher other operating expense was primarily due to new guest offerings, volume growth and inflation.”
“Revenues - Parks licensing and other The increase in parks licensing and other revenue was primarily due to higher co-branding and sponsorship revenue, partially offset by an unfavorable foreign exchange impact.”
“Selling, general, administrative and other Selling, general, administrative and other costs increased $119 million, to $3,142 million from $3,023 million, primarily due to new guest offerings and inflation.”
Historical filing backfill generated after the original filing window. It is not part of Jodie's live track record.
Business ecosystem
The relationships behind DIS
Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.
Depends on
AMZNAmazon.com, Inc.customerNov 13, 2025 ▾
“We have licensed the rights for physical distribution to third parties who generally sell to retailers, such as Walmart and Amazon.”
WMTWalmart Inc.customerNov 13, 2025 ▾
“We have licensed the rights for physical distribution to third parties who generally sell to retailers, such as Walmart and Amazon.”
Depended on by
PRKSUnited Parks & Resorts Inc.competitorMar 3, 2026 ▾
“Principal direct competitors of our theme parks include theme parks operated by The Walt Disney Company, Universal Parks and Resorts, Six Flags Entertainment Corporation, Merlin Entertainments ltd., and Hershey Entertainment and Resorts Company.”
Filing peers
Companies whose filings use similar operating language.
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What is moving around it
Live connections
DIS is currently a Follower in the organic co-movement group Branded Consumer Products. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 3 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.
Context history
Theme membership history
No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.