Walt Disney Co. (DIS-N)

Very strong franchise and owns shares in business.
Big Igor return good for business.
Current share price presenting good buying opportunity.
Excellent long term investment.
Lots of new content coming out this year.
Very strong brand name in the minds of consumers.

(A Top Pick Jan 07/22, Up 41%)

Incredible content and intellectual property.
Very large production capabilities. 
Distribution abilities very strong as well.
Concerns of streaming costs overblown.
Strong believer in Bog Iger.

Turnaround story with return of Bob Iger. Encouraged with two year contract.
Will expect company to cut costs. 
Re-structuring program will benefit company immensely. 
Expecting streaming business to break even.
Theme parks re-opening in North America & China good for the company.

Continues to like it. It's doing what he expected it to do, and still rebounding from the pandemic. Their streaming continues to perform.  Be where the consumer is spending, which is at Disney.

Very undervalued. Strong recent quarterly results, plan to cut costs. Costs had been a big overhang. Business is performing well. Path to increasing profitability is there. 

Streaming will take time to be profitable, but streaming is the future and Disney is gaining speed. Their combined subscriber count including ESPN and Hulu is over 235 million, more than Netflix. DIS needs to make this more profitable, perhaps charging more. Parks and resorts are doing very well with the crazy demand for travel. China's reopening will benefit theme parks and cruise line segments. Studios: many great movies are coming like Indiana Jones while Avatar is doing well. CEO Bob Iger's restructuring plans will turn the company around.

The house of Mickey has been the talk of Wall Street of late after it delivered an impressive quarter last week, cost cuts and the resumption of its dividend sometime this year. CEO Bob Iger has been hailed as the returning saviour and, indeed, he was charming and persuasive in his conference call and media interviews after the report. DIS shares popped 5% immediately after hours, but finished last Thursday -1.31%, because the overall market sank on interest rate fears. Read: Risk tolerance and safety for our full analysis.

It is deep in debt on the streaming platform component, is not making money on it, and may sell programs to Netflix. The Parks business is amazing and Avatar will make a fortune. For streaming he prefers Netflix which makes a lot of money.

It reports Wednesday. Though it's still early, the report will reflect on returning CEO Bob Iger. But he expects things to return to some normalcy under him. His shares were obliterated by the former CEO, but he sees happier days ahead and is holding on.

He will vote in favour of activist investor Norman Peltz. Disney needs more board oversight and has made mistakes. Blackrock has a big stake in Disney and he supports Blackrock.