Investors are clearly betting that the streaming strength will offset any lingering weakness in other areas of the House of Mouse empire: Disney raised its forecast for subscriber growth and is upping prices for Disney+.
Wall Street analysts rushed to upgrade Disney following Thursday’s event. At least 13 analysts boosted their price targets on the stock Friday morning.
Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy introduces upcoming Star Wars projects. Image: Disney/Screenshot.
Highs Thanks To Disney Plus
And the stock hit 175.72, up from its previous close of 154.69:
Today, Disney stock hit an all-time record high. Note the low, 79.07 during the first weeks of the pandemic. Image: Google.
“Citi analyst Jason Bazinet noted in a report Friday that Disney was making a “robust commitment” to new content, noting that the increased costs on programming were paying off as subscriber growth has continued to increase faster than forecast,” explained CNN. “The numbers prove Disney can go toe-to-toe with current streaming king Netflix (NFLX), whose shares are up more than 50% year-to-date. In addition to its namesake movie studio and animated library, Disney also owns Pixar, Marvel and Star Wars creator Lucasfilm.”
Disney said on Thursday during its investor day that it will release more than 100 movies and shows in the upcoming years, with 80% of those going directly to Disney+.
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A graduate of Boston and Northeastern universities, John Bishop, became the beat reporter for BostonBruins.com before the B’s 2006-07 hockey season. While with the Bruins, “Bish” traveled North America and Europe to cover the Black & Gold’s every move via laptop, blog, and smartphone. The co-author of two books, Bygone Boston and Full 60 to History: The Inside Story of the 2011 Stanley Cup Champion Boston Bruins, John covered the XXI Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver in 2010 and the B’s 2011 championship run and banner raising before taking a faculty/communications position at a prep school outside Boston in 2013. He lives with his wife Andrea, and sons Jack, Scott, and Luke, in central Massachusetts.
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