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The Walt Disney Company (DIS) Altman Z-score
The Walt Disney Company's Altman Z-score for fiscal 2025 is 2.56, in the grey zone (1.81–2.99).
Altman Z-score, annual
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Annual
| Period | Altman Z-score | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 2.56 | 0.49 |
| FY2024 | 2.06 | 0.35 |
| FY2023 | 1.71 | (0.08) |
| FY2022 | 1.80 | (0.54) |
| FY2021 | 2.34 | 0.54 |
| FY2020 | 1.80 | (0.32) |
| FY2019 | 2.12 | (2.44) |
| FY2018 | 4.56 | 0.67 |
| FY2017 | 3.89 | (0.26) |
| FY2016 | 4.15 | (0.51) |
How fiscal 2025’s score is made up
| Component | This year | Year before | Result | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Working capital / total assets | (0.05) | — | −0.06 | |
| Retained earnings / total assets | 0.31 | — | 0.43 | |
| EBIT / total assets | 0.07 | — | 0.22 | |
| Market value of equity / total liabilities | 2.49 | — | 1.49 | |
| Sales / total assets | 0.48 | — | 0.48 | |
| Altman Z-score | Grey zone | 2.56 | ||
| Z″ Variant for non-manufacturing and asset-light companies (drops the sales/assets term, uses book equity) | Grey zone | 2.56 | ||
How the Altman Z-score works
Z = 1.2 × working capital ÷ total assets + 1.4 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 3.3 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 0.6 × market value of equity ÷ total liabilities + 1.0 × revenue ÷ total assets (Altman, 1968). The market value of equity is the close on the last trading day of the fiscal year times weighted basic shares.
Z″ = 6.56 × working capital ÷ total assets + 3.26 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 6.72 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 1.05 × book equity ÷ total liabilities (Altman, Hartzell and Peck, 1995), the variant for non-manufacturing and asset-light companies.
| Zone | Z | Z″ |
|---|---|---|
| Safe zone | above 2.99 | above 2.60 |
| Grey zone | 1.81–2.99 | 1.10–2.60 |
| Distress zone | below 1.81 | below 1.10 |
Not worked out for banks, insurers and REITs, whose balance sheets the model does not describe, nor when a figure is missing or there is no share price in the week to the fiscal year end.
Altman Z-score against peers
| Company | Altman Z-score |
|---|---|
| NFLX Netflix, Inc. compare | 11.0× |
| ROKU Roku, Inc. compare | 6.6× |
| FOXA Fox Corporation compare | 3.1× |
| FOX Fox Corporation compare | 3.0× |
| DIS The Walt Disney Company | 2.6× |
| LYV Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. compare | 2.1× |
| TKO TKO Group Holdings, Inc. compare | 2.1× |
| WBD Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. compare | 0.9× |
| FWONK Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Formula One Series C compare | — |
What Altman Z-score is
The Altman Z-Score weighs working capital, retained earnings, operating profit, market value and sales against assets and debts to gauge the risk of distress.
1.2 × working capital ÷ total assets + 1.4 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 3.3 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 0.6 × market value of equity ÷ total liabilities + 1.0 × revenue ÷ total assets
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