The Walt Disney Company (DIS) vs Fox Corporation (FOX)

The Walt Disney Company and Fox Corporation are both Entertainment companies. The Walt Disney Company is the larger, with a market value of $182.1B against $25.8B — 7.1× the size. Fox Corporation trades at the lower P/E: 14.8× against 21.8×. Fox Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 5.07% against 4.58%. Fox Corporation has the higher net margin (9.84% vs 8.70%) and the higher return on invested capital (15.5% vs 5.35%). Both pay a dividend; Fox Corporation yields more (1.98% vs 0.54%). Across the 23 metrics below, Fox Corporation leads on 17 and The Walt Disney Company on 6.

Valuation

Metric DIS FOX Entertainment median
P/E 21.84 14.76 22.03
P/S 1.87 1.42 1.47
P/B 1.58 2.08 2.00
Price to free cash flow 22.25 16.60 16.60
EV/EBITDA 11.02 7.01 9.65
EV/Sales 2.28 1.60 1.76
Earnings yield 4.58% 6.77% (0.67%)
Free cash flow yield 4.50% 6.02% 3.26%

Profitability

Metric DIS FOX Entertainment median
Gross margin 37.60% 36.63% 45.02%
Operating margin 13.66% 20.41% 2.30%
Net margin 8.70% 9.84% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 8.39% 8.57% 1.56%
Return on equity 7.46% 14.16% 0.00%
Return on assets 4.29% 7.38% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 5.35% 15.46% 0.00%

Growth

Metric DIS FOX Entertainment median
Revenue growth (TTM) 4.58% 5.07% 5.07%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 151.84% (21.79%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.63% 5.82% 10.25%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% (4.76%) 0.00%

Health

Metric DIS FOX Entertainment median
Debt to equity 0.39 0.56 0.46
Current ratio 0.71 3.17 0.86
Net debt to EBITDA 1.89 0.61 0.72

Dividend

Metric DIS FOX Entertainment median
Dividend yield 0.54% 1.98% 1.16%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.21 0.00

Size

Metric DIS FOX Entertainment median
Market cap 182.11b 25.76b 1.87b

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