The Walt Disney Co (The Walt Disney Co) Operating Income

: $9,935 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)

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The Walt Disney Co's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $2,936 Mil. Its Operating Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $9,935 Mil.

Operating Margin % is calculated as Operating Income divided by its Revenue. The Walt Disney Co's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $2,936 Mil. The Walt Disney Co's Revenue for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $23,549 Mil. Therefore, The Walt Disney Co's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 12.47%.

Warning Sign:

The Walt Disney Co operating margin has been in a 5-year decline. The average rate of decline per year is -17.6%.

The Walt Disney Co's 5-Year average Growth Rate for Operating Margin % was -17.60% per year.

Operating Income or EBIT is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition. The Walt Disney Co's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 4.79%. The Walt Disney Co's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 38.70%.

The Walt Disney Co Operating Income Historical Data

The historical data trend for The Walt Disney Co's Operating Income can be seen below:

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The Walt Disney Co Annual Data

Trend

Sep14

Sep15

Sep16

Sep17

Sep18

Sep19

Sep20

Sep21

Sep22

Sep23

Operating Income

11,830.00

3,794.00

3,659.00

6,770.00

8,992.00

The Walt Disney Co Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Operating Income																1,993.00	2,275.00	2,641.00	2,083.00	2,936.00

The Walt Disney Co Operating Income Calculation

Operating Income, is the profit a company earned through operations. All expenses, including cash expenses such as cost of goods sold (COGS), research & development, wages, and non-cash expenses, such as depreciation, depletion and amortization, have been deducted from the sales.

Operating Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $9,935 Mil.

The Walt Disney Co (NYSE:DIS) Operating Income Explanation

1. Operating Income or EBIT is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition.

The Walt Disney Co's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

	ROC % (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=	NOPAT	/	Average Invested Capital
=	Operating Income * ( 1 - Tax Rate % )	/	( (Invested Capital (Q: Sep. 2023 )	+	Invested Capital (Q: Dec. 2023 ))	/ count )
=	11744 * ( 1 - 25.08% )	/	( (183284	+	184160)	/ 2 )
=	8798.6048	/	183722
=	4.79 %

where

	Invested Capital		(Q: Sep. 2023 )
=	Total Assets	-	Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	-	Excess Cash
=	Total Assets	-	Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	-	( Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	-	max(0, Total Current Liabilities	-	Total Current Assets	+	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	))
=	205579	-	20671	-	( 14182	-	max(0, 31139	-	32763	+	14182	))
=	183284

	Invested Capital		(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=	Total Assets	-	Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	-	Excess Cash
=	Total Assets	-	Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	-	( Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	-	max(0, Total Current Liabilities	-	Total Current Assets	+	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	))
=	197774	-	18676	-	( 7192	-	max(0, 31033	-	25971	+	7192	))
=	184160

Note: The Operating Income data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) data.

2. Joel Greenblatt's definition of Return on Capital:

The Walt Disney Co's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

	ROC (Joel Greenblatt) %		(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=	EBIT	/	Average of (Net fixed Assets	+	Net Working Capital)
=	EBIT	/	Average of (Property, Plant and Equipment	+	Net Working Capital)
			Q: Sep. 2023		Q: Dec. 2023
=	EBIT	/	( ( (Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital)	+	(Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital) )	/	count )
=	13596	/	( ( (34941 + max(-10379, 0))	+	(35321 + max(-6167, 0)) )	/	2 )
=	13596	/	( ( 34941	+	35321 )	/	2 )
=	13596	/	35131
=	38.70 %

where Working Capital is:

	Working Capital		(Q: Sep. 2023 )
=	(Accounts Receivable	+	Total Inventories	+	Other Current Assets)	-	(Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	+	Defer. Rev.	+	Other Current Liabilities)
=	(10179	+	1963	+	4288)	-	(20671	+	6138	+	0)
=	-10379

	Working Capital		(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=	(Accounts Receivable	+	Total Inventories	+	Other Current Assets)	-	(Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	+	Defer. Rev.	+	Other Current Liabilities)
=	(14115	+	1954	+	2710)	-	(18676	+	0	+	6270)
=	-6167

When net working capital is negative, 0 is used.

Note: The EBIT data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) EBIT data.

3. Operating Income is also linked to Operating Margin %:

The Walt Disney Co's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Operating Margin %	=	Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )	/	Revenue (Q: Dec. 2023 )
	=	2936	/	23549
	=	12.47 %

4. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the Operating Income growth rate using Operating Income per share data.

Be Aware

Compared with a company's EBITDA margin, Operating Margin can be manipulated by adjusting the rate of depreciation, depletion and amortization (DDA).

If a company is facing competition, its Operating Margin may decline. Often the Operating Margin declines well before the company's revenue or even profit decline. Therefore, Operating Margin is a very important indicator of whether the company is facing problems.

For instance, by 2012, Nokia (NOK)'s problems were well known and its stock had lost more than 90% of its market value since 2007. But Nokia's Operating Margin had already been in decline since 2002, although its earnings per share were still rising. Investors who paid attention to Operating Margin would have avoided this huge loss. The same can be said for Research-in-Motion (RIMM).

Therefore, Operating Margin is a very important screening filter for GuruFocus. GuruFocus's Buffett-Munger screener requires that the profit margin is either consistent or expanding. The Model Portfolio of the Buffett-Munger screener has outperformed the market every year since inception in 2009.

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The Walt Disney Co (The Walt Disney Co) Business Description

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500 South Buena Vista Street, Burbank, CA, USA, 91521

Website

https://www.thewaltdisneycompany.com

Disney operates in three global business segments: entertainment, sports, and experiences. Entertainment and experiences both benefit from franchises and characters the firm has created over the course of a century. Entertainment includes the ABC broadcast network, several cable television networks, and the Disney+ and Hulu streaming services. Within the segment, Disney also engages in movie and television production and distribution, with content licensed to movie theaters, other content providers, or, increasingly, kept in-house for use on Disney's own streaming platform and television networks. The sports segment houses ESPN and the ESPN+ streaming service. Experiences contains Disney's theme parks and vacation destinations, and also benefits from merchandise licensing.

Executives

Sonia L Coleman	officer: Sr. EVP and Chief HR Officer	500 SOUTH BUENA VISTA STREET, BURBANK CA 91521
Brent Woodford	officer: EVP, Control, Fin Plan & Tax	1441 GARDINER LANE, LOUISVILLE KY 40213
Amy Chang	director	2100 SEAPORT BLVD., C/O INFORMATICA CORPORATION, REDWOOD CITY CA 94063
Kevin A Lansberry	officer: Interim Chief Finan Officer	500 SOUTH BUENA VISTA STREET, BURBANK CA 91521
Christine M Mccarthy	officer: SEVP-Chief Financial Officer	500 SOUTH BUENA VISTA STREET, BURBANK CA 91521-0964
Carolyn Everson	director	C/O THE HERTZ CORPORATION, 225 BRAE BOULEVARD, PARK RIDGE NJ 07656-0713
Kristina K Schake	officer: Sr. EVP and Chief Comm Officer	500 SOUTH BUENA VISTA STREET, BURBANK CA 91521
Horacio E Gutierrez	officer: Sr EVP, General Counsel & Secy	500 SOUTH BUENA VISTA STREET, BURBANK CA 91521
Geoff Morrell	officer: SEVP Chf Corp Affairs Officer	500 SOUTH BUENA VISTA STREET, BURBANK CA 91521
Robert A Chapek	officer: Chief Executive Officer	500 SOUTH BUENA VISTA STREET, BURBANK CA 91521
Paul J Richardson	officer: Sr. EVP and Chief HR Officer	500 SOUTH BUENA VISTA STREET, BURBANK CA 91521
Calvin Mcdonald	director	C/O LULULEMON ATHLETICA INC., 1818 CORNWALL AVENUE, VANCOUVER A1 V6J 1C7
Robert A Iger	director, officer: Chairman and CEO	C/O WALT DISNEY CO, 500 S BUENA VISTA STREET, BURBANK CA 91521-1062
Zenia B. Mucha	officer: SEVP Corporate Communications	500 SOUTH BUENA VISTA STREET, BURBANK CA 91521
Mary Jayne Parker	officer: SEVP and Chief HR Officer	500 SOUTH BUENA VISTA STREET, BURBANK CA 91521-0966