The Walt Disney Co. is a diversified worldwide entertainment company. Co.'s segments include Entertainment, Sports and Experiences. The Entertainment segment generally encompasses the Co.'s non-sports focused global film, television and direct-to-consumer (DTC) video streaming content production and distribution activities. Its line of business includes Linear Networks, Direct-to-Consumer, and Content Sales/Licensing. The Sports segment generally encompasses the Co.'s sports-focused global television and DTC video streaming content production and distribution activities. Its line of business includes ESPN and Star. Experiences segment includes Parks and Experiences and Consumer Products. We show 61 historical shares outstanding datapoints in our DIS shares outstanding history coverage, used to compute DIS market cap on those dates.
Understanding the changing numbers of shares outstanding, the changing
share price, and the resulting changing DIS market cap history over the course of time is important for investors
interested in comparing DIS's market cap history versus its peers.
Many "beginner" or "novice" investors will look at one stock trading at a price of $10 per share and another trading at
a price of $20 per share and think the latter company is worth twice as much. Of course, that is a completely meaningless comparison without also knowing how many shares outstanding there are for each of the two companies,
and then calculating their respective market caps. Comparing the share price of DIS versus a peer is one thing; comparing
DIS market cap versus a peer is a completely different story.
Furthermore, via fluctuation both in per-share price and in the number of shares outstanding (via issuance of new shares over time, the repurchase of existing shares),
the market cap for a company like DIS can fluctuate over the course of history.
With this page we aim to empower investors researching DIS by allowing them to research the DIS market cap history. |
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