{"id":111101,"date":"2021-11-12T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/?p=111101"},"modified":"2023-01-19T17:37:50","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T22:37:50","slug":"disney-minus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/traders-insight\/securities\/stocks\/disney-minus\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney Minus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-s-going-on\">What&#8217;s going on?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Entertainment giant Disney&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/11\/10\/disney-dis-fiscal-q4-2021-earnings.html\">reported<\/a>&nbsp;worse-than-expected earnings late on Wednesday, thanks to a \u2013 ahem \u2013&nbsp;<em>Minnie<\/em>&nbsp;audience subscribing to the Mouse House\u2019s magic movies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-does-this-mean\">What does this mean?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Disney\u2019s streaming service \u2013 Disney+ \u2013 had a roaring time during the pandemic, as locked-down fans were pushed out of the entertainment giant\u2019s theme parks and towards their screens instead. But that\u2019s slowing down now: Disney+ added just two million subscribers last quarter \u2013 its smallest quarterly gain since launching two years ago \u2013 bringing its total count to a lower-than-predicted 118 million.<br><br>Things aren\u2019t much better for Disney\u2019s big screen business either: high marketing costs meant its film studio made a loss last quarter. And, sure, vaccinated vacationers have headed back into Disney\u2019s theme parks, but the segment\u2019s profit still came in below expectations. Overall profit, then, came in lower-than-expected too, so investors initially sent its stock down 4%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-why-should-i-care\">Why should I care?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>The bigger picture:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><em>Misery loves company.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lockdown\u2019s streaming boom is fading fast, and industry giants are struggling to attract new subscribers \u2013 especially in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/250937\/quarterly-number-of-netflix-streaming-subscribers-in-the-us\/\">mature markets<\/a>&nbsp;like the US and Canada. Look at Netflix: it brought in just 88,000 North American subscribers this year, versus the three million and six million it added in 2019 and 2020 respectively. Plus, with the industry getting even more competitive, streaming services are having to fork out more than ever on marketing and content production to lure in new subscribers and keep existing ones around. And those increased costs won\u2019t help their bottom lines\u2026<br><br><strong><em>Zooming in:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><em>Mickey\u2019s going Meta.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Good thing, then, that Disney\u2019s got its iconic gloved fingers in many pies:&nbsp;it announced plans this week to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/technology\/disney-wants-become-happiest-place-metaverse-2021-11-11\/\">build<\/a>&nbsp;its own \u201cmetaverse\u201d, a virtual reality experience that companies like Facebook are already investing in&nbsp;(<a href=\"https:\/\/ctt.ac\/fk2E6\">tweet this<\/a>). Disney reckons it\u2019s got strong enough brands and characters to get customers interested, but it might be a while until the virtual magic arrives: the company\u2019s yet to spell out any specifics about its venture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Originally Posted on November 11, 2021 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.finimize.com\/wp\/news\/disney-minus\/\">Disney Minus<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Entertainment giant Disney reported worse-than-expected earnings late on Wednesday, thanks to a \u2013 ahem \u2013 Minnie audience subscribing to the Mouse House\u2019s magic 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