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The Walt Disney Company (DIS) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review

GlobalData, February 2013, Pages: 32

Summary

The Walt Disney Company (Walt Disney) is a diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise company. The company’s media business encompasses an array of broadcast, cable, radio, and publishing businesses. It produces and acquires live-action and animated motion pictures, musical recordings and live stage plays. Walt Disney also licenses the Disney brand for a variety of merchandise. The company manages resorts, vacation clubs, and cruise lines. Geographically, the company operates in Europe, North America, Latin America and Asia Pacific.

This comprehensive SWOT profile of The Walt Disney Company provides you an in-depth strategic SWOT analysis of the company’s businesses and operations. The profile has been compiled by GlobalData to bring to you a clear and an unbiased view of the company’s key strengths and weaknesses and the potential opportunities and threats. The profile helps you formulate strategies that augment your business by enabling you to understand your partners, customers and competitors better

The profile contains critical company information including:

- Business description – A detailed description of the company’s operations and business divisions.
- Corporate strategy – Analyst’s summarization of the company’s business strategy.
- SWOT Analysis – A detailed analysis of the company’s strengths, weakness, opportunities and threats.
- Company history – Progression of key events associated with the company.
- Major products and services – A list of major products, services and brands of the company.
- Key competitors – A list of key competitors to the company.
- Key employees – A list of the key executives of the company.
- Executive biographies – A brief summary of the executives’ employment history.
- Key operational heads – A list of personnel heading key departments/functions.
- Important locations and subsidiaries – A list and contact details of key locations and subsidiaries of the company.
- Detailed financial ratios for the past five years – The latest financial ratios derived from the annual financial statements published by the company with 5 years history.
- Interim ratios for the last five interim periods – The latest financial ratios derived from the quarterly/semi-annual financial statements published by the company for 5 interims history.

Note: Some sections may be missing if data is unavailable for the company

Key benefits of buying this profile include:

You get detailed information about the company and its operations to identify potential customers and suppliers.
- The profile analyzes the company’s business structure, operations, major products and services, prospects, locations and subsidiaries, key executives and their biographies and key competitors.

Understand and respond to your competitors’ business structure and strategies, and capitalize on their weaknesses. Stay up to date on the major developments affecting the company.
- The company’s core strengths and weaknesses and areas of development or decline are analyzed and presented in the profile objectively. Recent developments in the company covered in the profile help you track important events.

Equip yourself with information that enables you to sharpen your strategies and transform your operations profitably.
- Opportunities that the company can explore and exploit are sized up and its growth potential assessed in the profile. Competitive and/or technological threats are highlighted.

Scout for potential investments and acquisition targets, with detailed insight into the companies’ strategic, financial and operational performance.
- Financial ratio presented for major public companies in the profile include the revenue trends, profitability, growth, margins and returns, liquidity and leverage, financial position and efficiency ratios.

Gain key insights into the company for academic or business research.
- Key elements such as SWOT analysis, corporate strategy and financial ratios and charts are incorporated in the profile to assist your academic or business research needs.

List of Tables
List of Figures
Section 1 - About the Company
The Walt Disney Company - Key Facts
The Walt Disney Company - Key Employees
The Walt Disney Company - Key Employee Biographies
The Walt Disney Company - Major Products and Services
The Walt Disney Company - History
The Walt Disney Company - Company Statement
The Walt Disney Company - Locations And Subsidiaries
Head Office
Other Locations & Subsidiaries
Section 2 – Company Analysis
The Walt Disney Company - Business Description
The Walt Disney Company - Corporate Strategy
The Walt Disney Company - SWOT Analysis
SWOT Analysis - Overview
The Walt Disney Company - Strengths
Strength - Diverse Business Operations
Strength - Strong Brand Identity
Strength - Marketing Activities
Strength - Positive Returns
The Walt Disney Company - Weaknesses
Weakness - Increasing Restructuring and Impairment cost
Weakness - Highly Leveraged
The Walt Disney Company - Opportunities
Opportunity - Growing Focus on e-Commerce
Opportunity - Expanding Entertainment and Media Industry
Opportunity - Strategic Acquisitions
Opportunity - Growing Advertising Market
The Walt Disney Company - Threats
Threat - Vulnerability of Intellectual Property
Threat - Competitive Pressure
Threat - Stringent Regulatory Environment
Threat - Subdued Global Economic Growth
The Walt Disney Company - Key Competitors
Section 3 – Company Financial Ratios
Financial Ratios - Capital Market Ratios
Financial Ratios - Annual Ratios
Performance Chart
Financial Performance
Financial Ratios - Interim Ratios
Financial Ratios - Ratio Charts
The Walt Disney Company, Recent Deals Summary
Section 4 – Appendix
Methodology
Ratio Definitions
About Us
Contact Us
Disclaimer

List of Tables
The Walt Disney Company, Key Facts
The Walt Disney Company, Key Employees
The Walt Disney Company, Key Employee Biographies
The Walt Disney Company, Major Products and Services
The Walt Disney Company, History
The Walt Disney Company, Subsidiaries
The Walt Disney Company, Key Competitors
The Walt Disney Company, Ratios based on current share price
The Walt Disney Company, Annual Ratios
The Walt Disney Company, Interim Ratios
The Walt Disney Company, Recent Deals Summary
Currency Codes
Capital Market Ratios
Equity Ratios
Profitability Ratios
Cost Ratios
Liquidity Ratios
Leverage Ratios
Efficiency Ratios

List of Figures
The Walt Disney Company, Performance Chart (2008 - 2012)
The Walt Disney Company, Ratio Charts

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