Walt Disney Co. (DIS)

A firm believer in CEO Bob Iger.

A disappointment. Activist pressure. Previous CEO is back, significant cost cuts. Have to be patient. Hasn't participated in the market rebound, but there's massive underlying value. The most hidden value of all the names he covers. Don't give up, he'd be willing to buy today.

Has owned this for years. She's glad that Bob Iger is back, focussing on costs and streaming. Benefit from a huge content library (Disney, Marvel, etc.). Now have an ad-supported level. Their theme parks are doing very strong with per-capita spending rising. China's parks will return to full capacity. Lots of hidden value here. She's willing to wait to see how things unfolds.

Extremely tough to own. Incredible set of assets. Likes the parks business, which has been doing well this past year as travel has opened up. Streaming is tough, expensive, hard to keep subscribers. Multiple will re-rate eventually. Hold, but too early to load up.

They need to fix their balance sheet. DIS is ridiculously undervalued below $100. Sellers are missing the boat.

41% of revenue comes from parks, which will do better as travel starts to improve. Brand gives them really good pricing power. ESPN is difficult. Great media library. Needs to re-evaluate all businesses and rationalize them. Return of dividend is on the agenda.

Very strong franchise and owns shares in business.
Big Igor return good for business.
Current share price presenting good buying opportunity.
Excellent long term investment.
Lots of new content coming out this year.
Very strong brand name in the minds of consumers.

(A Top Pick Jan 07/22, Up 41%)

Incredible content and intellectual property.
Very large production capabilities. 
Distribution abilities very strong as well.
Concerns of streaming costs overblown.
Strong believer in Bog Iger.

Turnaround story with return of Bob Iger. Encouraged with two year contract.
Will expect company to cut costs. 
Re-structuring program will benefit company immensely. 
Expecting streaming business to break even.
Theme parks re-opening in North America & China good for the company.

Continues to like it. It's doing what he expected it to do, and still rebounding from the pandemic. Their streaming continues to perform.  Be where the consumer is spending, which is at Disney.

Very undervalued. Strong recent quarterly results, plan to cut costs. Costs had been a big overhang. Business is performing well. Path to increasing profitability is there. 

Streaming will take time to be profitable, but streaming is the future and Disney is gaining speed. Their combined subscriber count including ESPN and Hulu is over 235 million, more than Netflix. DIS needs to make this more profitable, perhaps charging more. Parks and resorts are doing very well with the crazy demand for travel. China's reopening will benefit theme parks and cruise line segments. Studios: many great movies are coming like Indiana Jones while Avatar is doing well. CEO Bob Iger's restructuring plans will turn the company around.

The house of Mickey has been the talk of Wall Street of late after it delivered an impressive quarter last week, cost cuts and the resumption of its dividend sometime this year. CEO Bob Iger has been hailed as the returning saviour and, indeed, he was charming and persuasive in his conference call and media interviews after the report. DIS shares popped 5% immediately after hours, but finished last Thursday -1.31%, because the overall market sank on interest rate fears. Read: Risk tolerance and safety for our full analysis.

It is deep in debt on the streaming platform component, is not making money on it, and may sell programs to Netflix. The Parks business is amazing and Avatar will make a fortune. For streaming he prefers Netflix which makes a lot of money.