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The Walt Disney Company

Industry: Broadcasting Cable TV

Fortune Rank: 57

The Walt Disney Company is a diversified worldwide entertainment company, operating in four segments: Media Networks, Parks and Resorts, Studio Entertainment and Consumer Products. For the 9 months ended 7/02/05, revenues rose 4% to $24.21B. Net income increased 24% to $2.27B. Results reflect strong growth in worldwide home entertainment, higher affiliate revenue, and improved operating margins and lower debt levels.

The Walt Disney Company, along with its subsidiaries, is a diversified worldwide entertainment company with operations in four business segments: Media Networks, Parks and Resorts, Studio Entertainment and Consumer Products. The Media Networks segment is comprised of television broadcast, radio and cable operations.The businesses in the Parks and Resorts segment generate revenues predominately from the sale of admissions to the theme parks, room nights at the hotel and rentals at the resort properties. The Studio Entertainment segment produces and acquires live-action and animated motion pictures, animated direct-to-video programming, musical recordings and live stage plays. The Consumer Products segment partners with licensees, manufacturers, publishers and retailers throughout the world to design, promote and sell a wide variety of products based on existing and new Disney characters and other intellectual property.

The Walt Disney Company

The Walt Disney Company is a Fortune 500 company. In 2010 The Walt Disney Company was ranked number 57 on the Fortune 500 list, making it the 57th largest company in the United States when judged by revenue.

The Walt Disney Company achieved revenue of $36,149.00 million in 2010 and earned a profit of $3,307.00 million.

The Walt Disney Company' rank improves

The company ranking improved in 2010, moving up the Fortune 500 list to 57th compared to 60th in 2009. This was based on its 2009 revenue of $37,843 million (a change of -1 million compared to 2010) and profits of $4,427 million (a change of $-1 million compared to 2009).

Another point of view

To many investors, profits are more important than the revenue a company earns. If the Fortune 500 was ranked by profits instead of revenue then The Walt Disney Company would be ranked 41st rather than 57th due to its profits of $3,307 in 2010.

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• Address
  • The Walt Disney Company
    500 South Buena Vista Street
    Burbank
    CA
    91521
• Contact Details
  • Phone: 818-560-1000
  • Fax: 818-560-1930
  • Website: www.disney.com
  • Stock Symbol: DIS

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