Walt Disney: Do not rush!

by Sentiment Analyst |

Walt Disney: Investors are in the best mood

The basis of investor sentiment are discussions and interactions of market participants in social media around the stock market. Walt Disney has been discussed particularly positively over the past two weeks. On six days, the discussion was dominated by positive topics, while negative communication prevailed on four days. Currently, during the past one or two days, it is also mainly positive topics that investors are interested in. Based on this sentiment, the stock gets a “buy” rating today. Deeper and automatic analysis of communications has shown that “Sell” signals have been the main focus lately. This gives Walt Disney an overall “Buy” rating based on the investor sentiment barometer.

How do analysts assess the situation?

On a long-term basis, analysts rate the Walt Disney share as a “Buy” stock. For from a total of 18 analysts, these ratings were17 Buy, 4 Hold, 0 Sell. Shorter-term results in this pictureWithin a month, there are 5 Buy, 1 Hold, 0 Sell assessments. Thus, however, the share is to be rated most recently with a “Buy”. On average, the analysts expect a price target of 144.76 USD. This results in an expectation of 46.42 percent, as the closing price is currently USD 98.87, which corresponds to a “Buy” rating. Based on all analyst estimates, we therefore assign a “Buy” rating.

The share price in the chart analysis

On the basis of the moving average price, the Walt Disney is currently a “Sell”. This is because the GD200 of the value runs at the level of 112.74 USD, which means that the price of the share (98.87 USD) is -12.3 percent above this trend signal. This corresponds to the classification as “Sell”. Based on the past 50 days, this results in a moving average price (GD50) of USD 98.93. This in turn corresponds to a deviation of -0.06 percent from the perspective of the share price itself. This means that the share is a “hold” value over this period. Overall, this corresponds to a “hold” rating.

Poor sentiment weighs on Walt Disney

An evaluation of the rate of change in sentiment as well as the intensity of discussion reveals the following pictureDuring the past month, investor sentiment became increasingly gloomy. Therefore, we rate this item as Sell. Let’s look at the intensity of discussions from last month. This provides information on whether a share tends to receive a lot or little attention. The company was discussed less than before and moved out of the focus of investors. This leads to a “sell” rating. This gives Walt Disney stock a “sell” rating.