disney's billions

Disney's BillionsHow the House of Mouse spent $53 billion

$53 billionDisney's revenue (ttm)

$55 billion

$53 billion

$50 billion

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$0 billion

$500 billion

The S&P 500 Companies, Ranked by Revenue

Disney:

50th

Not all of this falls to the bottom line.

73%

Where does Disney's revenue go?

$53

Billion

Expenses ate up $38.6 billion.$38.6 billion

Where does Disney's revenue go?

73%

9%

$53

Billion

Taxes accounted for another $5.1 billion.$5.1 billion

Where does Disney's revenue go?

73%

9%

18%$53

Billion

Leaving net income of $8.4 billion

Where does Disney's revenue go?

73%

9%

6%

18%$53

Billion

From this, it paid dividends totalling $3.1 billion

Where does Disney's revenue go?

73%

9%

6%

12%

18%$53

Billion

And bought back common stock worth $6.1 billionAnd bought back common stock worth $6.1 billion, yielding a total payout ratio over 100%.

Interesting observations 3

$19.1B

$8.5B

$5.9B$5.1B $4.5B

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The 10 Biggest Corporate Taxpayers in AmericaBased on income tax provisions, trailing twelve months

First, Disney is one of the 10 biggest taxpayers in America.

Second, Disney enjoys wider profit margins than the typical large cap stock.

25%Disney's

pretax

operating

margin (ttm)

19%Average

pretax

operating

margin of the 100

biggest S&P 500

companies

(ttm)

17% Median

0%

500%

1,000%

1,500%

2,000%

2,500%

3,000%

Disney's

Stock

S&P 500

Which, third, explains this…

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