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Goldman Sachs analyst Drew Borst believes that despite the 9 percent outperformance over the past two months, Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) shares have 24 percent upside potential over the next 12 months, driven by accelerated EPS growth in FY 2018. Borst upgraded the rating on Disney's stock...

You would be hard pressed to turn on Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS)'s ESPN today and not see the pundits talking about the San Diego Chargers' decision to leave its home of 55 years in favor of L.A. Unexpected Winner While the decision has been controversial, it has been in the works for over 15 years...

The valuations of companies currently do not “appropriately reflect that the environment for stocks and companies is riskier now than was the case several months ago,” Pivotal Research Group’s Brian Wieser said in a report. He downgraded the rating on Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS)...

Shares of Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) hit a new 52-week high of $107.62 on Thursday as investor attitude towards the media empire continues to improve amid a notable upgrade from Vijay Jayant of Evercore earlier this week. Jayant argued that Disney is well positioned to benefit from many macro-...

Vijay Jayant of Evercore ISI upgraded shares of Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) on Tuesday from Hold to Buy, with a price target boosted to $120 from a previous $103. In addition to an upgrade, Jayant stated in his note that he is now considering naming Disney a top pick for 2017, largely due to a...

Wunderlich said the recent positive comments from NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell bode well for CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS). The brokerage maintains its Buy rating and $72 price target on shares of CBS. Goodell On Ratings, CBS Goodell highlighted significant improvements post-election in...

Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) disclosed in November that its flagship sports network ESPN continued to suffer subscriber losses. The recent speculation of Disney acquiring Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) would result in only modest cost synergies and Disney’s stock may trade down on such a deal...

Shares of World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: WWE) gained more than 2.50 percent on Thursday as investors cheered the company's newest offering to consumers. According to ESPN (Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS), WWE introduced a new package where consumers can buy tickets to four different events...

Deutsche Bank upgraded Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) to Buy, with the revision attributed to five key investment points. The firm said it's now more confident in the outlook, while earlier it was held back by concerns over weakening performance in the cable networks and consumer products....

Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS)’s ESPN is hemorrhaging subscribers, but the stock is up more than 7.5 percent in the past month. The market certainly doesn’t seem to be too concerned about ESPN’s record one-month loss of 621,000 subscribers in October. Here’s what Wall Street is...

It’s no secret that TV ratings have been on the decline in recent years. However, the ratings struggle for the NFL has caught sports fans and investors by surprise this year. Heading into this past weekend, Monday Night Football ratings were down 24 percent this year, Sunday Night...

Reviewing Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS)'s fourth-quarter results, BMO Capital Markets said it believes the shares reacted well to CEO Robert "Bob" Iger's observation that ESPN is seeing less impact from MVPD subscribers downgrading to packages that exclude ESPN. At the time of writing, shares of...

By many measures Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS)'s fourth-quarter earnings report was poor and demonstrated continued weakness in the company's ESPN unit. Nevertheless, Kannan Venkateshwar of Barclays upgraded Disney's stock to Equal Weight from Underweight with an unchanged $89 price target. According...

Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) reported a Q4 earnings miss. With the company quantifying the impact of ESPN's new NBA contract, there is increased visibility at least over the next year, which should lower the pressure on Walt Disney’s shares from this factor, Barclays’ Kannan...

Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) reported its Q4 adjusted EPS short of expectations on continued ESPN woes. There are a couple of “silver linings” for the company, Goldman Sachs’ Drew Borst said in a report. He reiterated a Neutral rating on Disney, while raising the 12-month price...