DIS vs CMCSA vs SONY Stock Comparison

Walt Disney, Comcast and Sony Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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DIS Walt Disney Co
$112.50 +8.7% 1M -0.5% 1Y
Market cap
$192.02B
P/E
22.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$98.86B
Div. yield
0.01%
Film and Television Communication Services
5 wins
CMCSA Comcast Corp
$22.69 +0.6% 1M -22.6% 1Y
Market cap
$78.42B
P/E
6.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$123.01B
Div. yield
–
Broadband and Cable Communication Services
4 wins
SONY Sony Group Corp
$26.09 +12.5% 1M -9.1% 1Y
Market cap
$155.70B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$82.39B
Div. yield
–
Gaming Hardware Technology
2 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Walt Disney leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Walt Disney 5, Comcast 4, Sony 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionDISCMCSASONYLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $192.02B $78.42B $155.70B DIS
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 22.3x 6.9x -30.5x CMCSA
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 15.2x 6.7x 19.9x CMCSA
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +4.6% -0.2% +2.1% DIS
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 8.7% 9.2% -6.2% CMCSA
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -18.0% 7.8% 12.2% SONY
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -1.2x 2.4x -0.3x DIS
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -0.5% -22.6% -9.1% DIS
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -7.9%/yr -16.0%/yr +2.9%/yr SONY
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 27.2% 34.1% 29.3% DIS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 57/100 66/100 54/100 CMCSA

Percentile Scorecard

DISCMCSASONY

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisDISCMCSASONY
Valuation 42 #73 of 124 94 #4 of 49 79 #24 of 112
Growth 61 #43 of 109 22 #36 of 46 21 #86 of 109
Profitability 39 #66 of 107 67 #16 of 46 63 #40 of 105
Financial Health 64 #49 of 133 61 #20 of 50 49 #60 of 117
Shareholder Returns 81 #15 of 73 86 #6 of 36 59 #34 of 82
Overall 57 66 54
  • DIS ranked among 136 companies in Communication Services
  • CMCSA ranked among 51 companies in Telecommunications
  • SONY ranked among 122 companies in Computer Hardware

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodDISCMCSASONYSPY
1 month +8.7%+0.6%+12.5% -1.0%
3 months +18.6%+1.7%+24.3% +2.9%
6 months +9.6%-17.7%+28.6% +6.4%
Year to date -1.1%-24.1%+1.9% +11.4%
1 year -0.5%-22.6%-9.1% +13.1%
3 years +36.3%-47.8%+54.9% +79.4%
3 years, per year +10.9%-19.5%+15.7% +21.5%
5 years -33.6%-58.2%+15.5% +67.7%
5 years, per year -7.9%-16.0%+2.9% +10.9%
10 years +20.9%-29.2%+306.4% +255.2%
10 years, per year +1.9%-3.4%+15.1% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureDISCMCSASONYSPY
Volatility, 1Y 27.2%34.1%29.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 27.7%39.9%27.5% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.620.040.60 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.02-0.66-0.31 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -55.2%-61.9%-50.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -3.6%-30.1%-13.8% -2.5%
52-week high $116.65$32.48$30.26 $779.14
52-week low $92.42$20.66$19.32 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleDISCMCSASONY
P/E now vs peer median 22.7xmedian 17.2x 7.1xmedian 11.6x -30.5xmedian 31.3x
P/S now vs peer median 2.0xmedian 1.1x 0.7xmedian 1.1x 1.9xmedian 2.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -6.7xmedian 9.5x 4.8xmedian 6.9x 8.7xmedian 19.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median 23.4xmedian 9.5x 4.1xmedian 5.6x 14.9xmedian 28.3x
P/B now vs peer median 1.7xmedian 1.6x 0.9xmedian 1.3x 3.0xmedian 2.9x
PEG now vs peer median 0.39median 0.29 -1.55median 0.24 0.76median 1.15

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsDISCMCSASONY
Revenue $98.86B $123.01B $82.39B
Gross profit $43.29B – $26.19B
Operating income -$40.54B $18.10B $10.29B
Net income $9.24B $11.32B -$5.01B
Free cash flow $8.29B $19.67B $10.78B
EPS (diluted) $4.93 $3.18 $-0.85
Cash & equivalents $5.19B $7.60B $13.40B
Total debt $182.30B $87.40B $36.06B
Shares (diluted) 1.74B 3.56B 6.01B
Enterprise value $169.78B $44.21B $92.96B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricDISCMCSASONY
P/E 22.7x 7.1x -30.5x
P/FCF 23.4x 4.1x 14.9x
P/Operating cash flow 11.4x 2.5x 11.8x
P/S 2.0x 0.7x 1.9x
P/B 1.7x 0.9x 3.0x
P/Tangible book 1.8x 2.4x 3.2x
EV/EBITDA -6.7x 4.8x 8.7x
EV/EBIT -5.8x 8.8x 15.0x
EV/Revenue 2.4x 1.3x 1.9x
EV/FCF 28.4x 8.1x 14.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 13.8x 5.0x 11.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.39 -1.55 0.76

Growth

14 metrics
MetricDISCMCSASONY
Revenue growth (1Y) 4.6% -0.2% 2.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 4.0% 0.6% -1.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -6.5% – 9.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 14.6% – -5.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) -18.3% -18.4% 12.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 7.7% -8.1% 6.1%
Net income growth (1Y) -26.4% -49.9% -168.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 46.3% -9.3% -40.0%
EPS growth (1Y) -22.9% -48.2% -167.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 58.8% -4.6% -40.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -11.3% -3.5% -18.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 30.8% 3.7% 28.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -28.2% -6.2% -11.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 42.8% 7.2% 82.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricDISCMCSASONY
Gross margin 43.8% – 31.8%
EBITDA margin -35.4% 27.3% 21.6%
Operating margin -41.0% 14.7% 12.5%
Pretax margin 12.9% 11.3% 12.2%
Net margin 8.7% 9.2% -6.2%
FCF margin 8.4% 16.0% 13.1%
Operating cash flow margin 17.2% 25.8% 16.4%
Return on equity 8.0% 11.9% -9.5%
Return on assets 4.5% 4.2% -5.1%
Return on invested capital -18.0% 7.8% 12.2%
Return on capital employed -23.9% 8.0% 15.1%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.5x 0.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.8x 2.8x -2.7x
Stock comp / revenue 1.5% 1.1% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricDISCMCSASONY
Debt / assets 22.5% 33.9% 7.5%
Debt / equity 0.4x 0.9x 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA -1.2x 2.4x -0.3x
Debt / FCF 5.6x 4.4x 0.7x
Liabilities / assets 42.9% 64.1% 45.3%
Equity / assets 57.1% 35.9% 54.7%
Interest coverage – 4.3x 12.2x
Current ratio 0.7x 0.8x 1.2x
Quick ratio 0.6x 0.7x 0.4x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.2x 0.4x
Altman Z-score 1.54 1.31 3.89

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricDISCMCSASONY
Dividend yield 1.3% 5.8% 0.3%
Net buyback yield 4.2% 5.0% 1.9%
Shareholder yield 5.6% 10.9% 2.2%
Payout ratio (earnings) 18.6% – –
Payout ratio (FCF) 20.7% – –
Dividend growth (1Y) 109.9% – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusDISCMCSASONY
Forward P/E 15.2xFY2026 6.7xFY2026 19.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $7.38FY2026 $3.39FY2026 $1.31FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +24.5%FY2026 -21.3%FY2026 +19.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -2.6% +11.8% +8.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $95.51BFY2026 $114.87BFY2026 $84.09BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +1.2%FY2026 -7.1%FY2026 +5.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +14.2% +4.8% +0.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersDISCMCSASONY
Held by institutions 75.9% 88.0% 7.9%
Institutions holding 2,940 1,884 739
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.8% +2.7% +2.1%
Institutions buying 1,209 832 333
Institutions selling 1,369 858 268
Buyers to sellers 0.88 0.97 1.24

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

DISCMCSASONY
DIS 1.00 0.30 0.32
CMCSA 0.30 1.00 0.21
SONY 0.32 0.21 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, DIS, CMCSA and SONY?

Walt Disney (DIS) is the largest by market capitalisation: Walt Disney (DIS) $192.02B, Comcast (CMCSA) $78.42B, Sony (SONY) $155.70B.

Which stock is cheaper, DIS, CMCSA and SONY?

Comcast (CMCSA) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Walt Disney (DIS) 22.3x, Comcast (CMCSA) 6.9x, Sony (SONY) -30.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, Comcast (CMCSA) is cheapest (Walt Disney (DIS) 15.2x, Comcast (CMCSA) 6.7x, Sony (SONY) 19.9x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Walt Disney (DIS) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Walt Disney (DIS) +4.6%, Comcast (CMCSA) -0.2%, Sony (SONY) +2.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

Comcast (CMCSA) has the highest net margin (Walt Disney (DIS) 8.7%, Comcast (CMCSA) 9.2%, Sony (SONY) -6.2%). On return on invested capital, Sony (SONY) leads (Walt Disney (DIS) -18.0%, Comcast (CMCSA) 7.8%, Sony (SONY) 12.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Walt Disney (DIS) returned the most: Walt Disney (DIS) -0.5%, Comcast (CMCSA) -22.6%, Sony (SONY) -9.1%. Over five years, Sony (SONY) compounded fastest (Walt Disney (DIS) -7.9%/yr, Comcast (CMCSA) -16.0%/yr, Sony (SONY) +2.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Walt Disney (DIS) 0.01%, Comcast (CMCSA) 0.00%, Sony (SONY) 0.00%. Comcast (CMCSA) and Sony (SONY) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Walt Disney (DIS) has been the steadiest (Walt Disney (DIS) 27.2%, Comcast (CMCSA) 34.1%, Sony (SONY) 29.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, DIS, CMCSA and SONY?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Walt Disney (DIS) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.