Disney Stock Analysis: Ads, Park


Our takeaways for Disney Stock Analysis 2022, begin with the pros:

  1. Sticky customer, kids watch Disney again and again. Come to its park every holiday.
  2. Theme Park shows significant improvement. We believe this year it will achieve its pre-COVID performance. Another good news is Disney keeps enhancing its places. Elaborate later.
  3. Though till now Disney+ still burning cash to run its business, the ad-supported content will be the game changer (unlike Netflix). Disney’s content is specific, family-friendly, and targeted. It is good for a third party to access Disney viewers. We will elaborate on this later.
  4. Disney stock price is at COVID level (July 2022)

Cons:

  1. Disney runs an expensive business that needs a high amount of capital. Theme Park requires massive investment, even their digital content needs regular reinforcement like the Fox acquisition in 2017. Unfortunately, Disney’s balance sheet isn’t as spectacular as its magical story to handle all of that needs easily.
  2. Management fails our expectations. Under though situation – the COVID – they prioritize themselves and leave shareholders.
  3. Lack of tailwind. The key driver for growth is increasing Disneyland ticket or subscriber fees. Reaching more people is more difficult. Disney is simply not a fast grower company.

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Analysis of Netflix Stock: Ads. New Chapter of Streaming


Analysis of Netflix stock need to consider the ads-supported plan.
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Analysis of Netflix Stock is focused on answering this question: It loses 200 million subscribers in the first quarter of 2022. The streaming giant plan to launch an ad-supported program to cut the expense and offer lower subscription fees for the customer. Will this decision help company to regain or at least retain its customer?

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Netflix’s Competitive Advantage is Losing?


Netflix's Competitive Advantage is decaying due to the competitors don't need to make money.
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If we inspect carefully the number of subscribers lost, actually Netflix is just fine. The streaming giant only lost 200 thousand subscribers from a total of 221 million. It is a tiny fraction, less than 0.1%. It is no big deal. Netflix said that number comes from 700 thousand losses due to Russian things. If we neglect Russia – Ukraine number, Netflix has an additional 500 thousand subscribers. Not bad. Far from it. Case closed. So, why we are here? To address a more important issue: Netflix’s Competitive Advantage.

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Intangible Asset Analysis: Misunderstanding Moat

Based on our Intangible Asset Analysis, a well-known brand isn't equal with an economic moat or durable business advantages
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KFC, McDonald’s, Burger King and other fast-food restaurant has their own burger. And it doesn’t make a significant difference.

A good product doesn’t always come with durable economic advantages. Sony makes high-quality DVDs, but you can replace them with Verbatim without much issue. Investingdeck.com tries to resolve one of the misunderstandings about the economic moat. Welcome to our intangible asset analysis.

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