Walt Disney Financial Analysis

1.0 Introduction The Walt Disney Company is a diversified worldwide entertainment and global mass media company in the USA. It was first discovered by the Disney Brothers called Walt and Roy. It was started as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio and later on to be called Walt Disney Studio. The main headquarters of Disney is located in Burbank, California, USA. This company is now of the leading animation industry in America and they are slowly broadening their horizons into live-action film production as well as in television and also travel. A cartoon name that became such a worldwide phenomenon called Mickey Mouse began in Disney as it was a well known cartoon creation of the company and it became a real pillar in company’s rise and thus later becoming the company’s mascot and the main symbol. In terms of revenue, The Walt Disney Company is one of the biggest entertainment corporations operating in five different business segments such as, Media Networks, Parks and Resorts, Studio Entertainment, Consumer Products and Interactive. Under the media network segment, the company has assets that include the ABC television network and ten broadcast stations. On top of that, Walt Disney’s range of cable networks comprises of ABC Family, Disney Channel, Toon Disney, and even ESPN (80% ownership).The Walt Disney Studios produces films through lines such as Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone, and Pixar. The Walt Disney has also become a top comic book publisher and film producer through the acquisition of Marvel Entertainment. The company themes parks comprises of Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, Disneyland Park, the Disneyland Hotel and the Disneyland Pacific Hotel in California.

2.0 Financial Analysis
Cost is one of the major problems for the Walt Disney Company according to their financial analysis and their main cost problem is their media entertainment. It is not a very good thing for a company like Walt Disney, who is