The Walt Disney Co (BUE:DIS) Debt-to-Equity

: 0.50 (As of Mar. 2023)

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The Walt Disney Co's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2023 was ARS681,943 Mil. The Walt Disney Co's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2023 was ARS8,902,789 Mil. The Walt Disney Co's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2023 was ARS19,332,046 Mil. The Walt Disney Co's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2023 was 0.50.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

The historical rank and industry rank for The Walt Disney Co's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

BUE:DIS' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.18 Med: 0.49 Max: 0.77
Current: 0.5

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of The Walt Disney Co was 0.77. The lowest was 0.18. And the median was 0.49.

BUE:DIS's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
61.35% of 771 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 0.31 vs BUE:DIS: 0.50

The Walt Disney Co Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for The Walt Disney Co's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

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The Walt Disney Co Annual Data

Trend

Sep13

Sep14

Sep15

Sep16

Sep17

Sep18

Sep19

Sep20

Sep21

Sep22

Debt-to-Equity

0.43

0.53

0.74

0.65

0.54

The Walt Disney Co Quarterly Data
	Jun18	Sep18	Dec18	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23
Debt-to-Equity																0.57	0.56	0.54	0.50	0.50

Competitive Comparison

For the Entertainment subindustry, The Walt Disney Co's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Annual Data Quarterly Data

The Walt Disney Co Debt-to-Equity Distribution

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, The Walt Disney Co's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where The Walt Disney Co's Debt-to-Equity falls in comparison to its industry or sector. The grey bar indicates the Debt-to-Equity's extreme value range as defined by GuruFocus.

The Walt Disney Co Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

The Walt Disney Co's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2022 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(426576.494	+	6744355)	/	13201361.404
	=	0.54

The Walt Disney Co's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(681942.616	+	8902788.507)	/	19332045.9
	=	0.50

The Walt Disney Co (BUE:DIS) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.

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The Walt Disney Co (BUE:DIS) Business Description

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Address

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

Website

https://www.thewaltdisneycompany.com

Walt Disney owns the rights to some of the most globally recognized characters, from Mickey Mouse to Luke Skywalker. These characters and others are featured in several Disney theme parks around the world. Disney makes live-action and animated films under studios such as Pixar, Marvel, and Lucasfilm and also operates media networks including ESPN and several TV production studios. Disney shifted into a more streaming-focused firm by acquiring the remainder of Hulu and launching Disney+ and ESPN+. Across its streaming platforms, Disney had over 235 million subscribers as of September 2022, up sharply from under 64 million in December 2019.