WALT DISNEY CO/ vs Spotify Technology S.A., two Entertainment stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where DIS and SPOT diverge most: on debt / equity, DIS reads 0.41 and SPOT reads 0.00; on p/b, DIS reads 1.47 and SPOT reads 10.89. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What DIS's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What SPOT's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | DIS | SPOT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $95.59 | $479.98 |
| Market cap | $169.4B | $98.6B |
| Sector | Entertainment | Entertainment |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| P/E | 15.3 | 41.0 |
| P/B | 1.47 | 10.89 |
| P/S | 1.74 | 5.28 |
| EV/EBITDA | 9.3 | 38.9 |
| Revenue growth | +3.4% | +15.6% |
| Gross margin | — | 32.0% |
| Operating margin | 18.3% | 12.8% |
| Net margin | 8.1% | 12.9% |
| Return on equity | 6.9% | 26.6% |
| Return on assets | 3.9% | 14.7% |
| Return on invested capital | 7.8% | 26.3% |
| FCF yield | 4.2% | 3.2% |
| Debt / equity | 0.41 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 0.68 | 1.72 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.91 | 7.90 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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