Walt Disney vs Netflix
DIS and NFLX side by side. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How DIS and NFLX compare
Netflix is the larger company, worth 1.3 times as much as Walt Disney ($258B against $192B).
On earnings, Netflix is cheaper: it trades at 19.5× trailing earnings, against 22.9× for Walt Disney.
Netflix grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (16.0% versus 4.6% for Walt Disney).
Netflix keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 28.2% compared with 8.7% at Walt Disney.
Walt Disney pays a dividend yielding 1.4%; Netflix does not pay one.
Netflix scores higher on the StockData Score (21 against 15 for Walt Disney), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | DIS | NFLX |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $192B | $258B |
| Share price | $110.94 | $62.08 |
| Change, 1 year | 0.63% | −43.6% |
| Change, 5 years | −36.8% | −3.9% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.08 | 1.41 |
| Employees | 231K | 16K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 15 | 21 (better) |
| Valuation score | 6 (better) | 4 |
| Growth score | 2 | 6 (better) |
| Performance score | 3 | 6 (better) |
| Health score | 3 | 5 (better) |
| Dividend score | 1 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 22.9× | 19.5× (better) |
| P/S | 1.9× (better) | 5.3× |
| P/B | 1.7× (better) | 8.6× |
| EV/EBITDA | 10.1× (better) | 17.9× |
| P/FCF | 23.1× (better) | 23.2× |
| PEG | 0.39 (better) | 0.54 |
| FCF yield | 4.3% (better) | 4.3% |
| Fair value | $181.19 | $86.31 |
| Margin of safety | 38.8% (better) | 28.1% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 4.6% | 16.0% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 7.6% | 12.6% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −25.5% | 33.2% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −24.0% | 35.2% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 33.0% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | – | 49.1% |
| Operating margin | 18.4% | 29.7% (better) |
| Net margin | 8.7% | 28.2% (better) |
| FCF margin | 8.4% | 23.1% (better) |
| Return on equity | 7.8% | 49.5% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 8.9% | 35.8% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.42 (better) | 0.47 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.72 | 0.35 (better) |
| Interest coverage | – | 16.9× |
| Current ratio | 0.71 | 1.14 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 2.47 | 8.37 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 7 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 1.4% | – |
| Buyback yield | 4.3% (better) | 3.8% |
| Shareholder yield | 5.7% (better) | 3.8% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 76.8% | 81.7% |
| Held by insiders | 0.05% | 0.55% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | $21.6K (better) | −$357M |
| Superinvestors holding | 9 | 10 (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 1.1% | 2.0% |
Go deeper
- DIS stock overview
- DIS income statement
- DIS valuation and score
- NFLX stock overview
- NFLX income statement
- NFLX valuation and score
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