Walt Disney DIS
The Walt Disney Company, together with the subsidiaries through which businesses are conducted (the Company), is a diversified worldwide entertainment company with operations in three segments: Entertainment, Sports and Experiences. 10-K, Item 1
- Employees
- 231,000
- Headquarters
- Burbank, CA
- Next results
- around Feb 1, 2027
DIS among Communication peers
Six ratios from the latest 10-K. Each corner is the share of 18 peers the company is above, not a score.
What changed
6 new risk paragraphs and 1 accounting fact worth reading about. 10-K filed Nov 13, 2025 against Nov 14, 2024.
Each row opens the detail with the quote and the filing. A row is a change worth reading, not a verdict.
Accounting checks
11 checks on the latest 10-K. Checks, not verdicts.
1fact worth reading about the other 10 checks found nothing to note
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Critical audit matters changedNew this year: Amortization of Production Costs Predominantly Monetized as a Group (“As described in Notes 2 and 7 to the consolidated financial statements, production costs that are predominantly monetized as a group (hereinafter referred to as “production costs”) are amortized based on projected usage. For the year ended September 27, 2025, the Company recognized $7,072 million of”). No longer listed: TABLE OF CONTENTS; Annual Goodwill Impairment Assessment - Entertainment Linear Networks and Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) Services Reporting Units
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Receivables +3.8% vs revenue +3.4% (+0.5 pts)
9 more checks with nothing to note
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Cash from operations $18.1B vs net income $12.4B (FY ending Sep 27, 2025)
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Inventory +5.5% vs revenue +3.4% (+2.2 pts)
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Same auditor in both 10-Ks: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
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No statement of substantial doubt about going concern
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No 8-K item 4.02 in the last 2 years
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No NT 10-K or NT 10-Q in the last 2 years
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No sentence in the 10-K concludes that controls were not effective because of a material weakness
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No 8-K item 2.06 in the last 2 years
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No 8-K item 1.03 in the last 2 years
In their words
6 paragraphs in Risk Factors that were not in the 10-K filed Nov 14, 2024. Quoted as filed.
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Item 1A · new paragraph · not in the 10-K filed Nov 14, 2024 10-K, ITEM 1A
The success of our DTC streaming services will be impacted by the success of our content curation and investment decisions and ability to offer compelling content and product features; our ability to grow subscription and advertising
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Item 1A · new paragraph · not in the 10-K filed Nov 14, 2024 10-K, ITEM 1A
We face risks from claims, litigation, governmental investigations and other proceedings to our businesses, reputation, results of operation and financial condition. We are subject to various actual and threatened claims, litigation, investigations and other proceedings, including private individual actions, class actions and actions…
New risk paragraphs, against peers
Latest 10-K of each, Communication companies closest in revenue
Paragraphs in Risk Factors with nothing like them in the company's 10-K the year before. A count of text, not of risk.
Financial performance
Last 4 fiscal years · 10-K XBRL
| Metric | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $82.7B | $88.9B | $91.4B | $94.4B |
| Net income | $3.1B | $2.4B | $5.0B | $12.4B |
| Operating cash flow | $6.0B | $9.9B | $14.0B | $18.1B |
| Free cash flow | $1.1B | $4.9B | $8.6B | $10.1B |
Revenue, FY2017 to FY2025
Ten fiscal years, each from its own 10-K · XBRL · USD
$94.4B ▲ 3.4% in FY2025$12.4B ▲ 149.5% in FY2025$10.1B ▲ 17.7% in FY2025
Recent filings
No new filings in the last 30 days · SEC EDGAR
Nothing new. The most recent filings:
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8-KAug 5, 2026Quarterly results 8-K item 2.02
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10-QAug 5, 2026Quarterly report (10-Q) period ended Jun 27, 2026
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8-KMay 6, 2026Quarterly results 8-K item 2.02
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10-QMay 6, 2026Quarterly report (10-Q) period ended Mar 28, 2026
About the company
Walt Disney, Burbank, CA · from the 10-K filed Nov 13, 2025
The Walt Disney Company, together with the subsidiaries through which businesses are conducted (the Company), is a diversified worldwide entertainment company with operations in three segments: Entertainment, Sports and Experiences. The Entertainment segment generally encompasses the Company’s non-sports focused global film and episodic content production and distribution activities. The lines of business within Entertainment along with their significant business activities include the following:
- Headquarters
- Burbank, CA
- Country
- United States
- Reports in
- USD
- Listed on
- NYSE
- Fiscal year ends
- October 3
- Last results
- Aug 5, 2026
- Incorporated in
- DE
Employees, at the top of the page: "The Company employed approximately 231,000 people as of fiscal year end 2025, of which approximately 172,000 were employed in the U" (10-K). Address and exchange: SEC's company file.
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Sources
The 10-K filed Nov 13, 2025 (open at SEC), compared with the 10-K filed Nov 14, 2024. Numbers from the XBRL of the 10-Ks; filings from SEC EDGAR.
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