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1. FIN 504 week 8 CLC group
nursing project and need an explanation and answer to help me learn.
nursing project and need an explanation and answer to help me learn.
Start Date
Feb 16, 2023, 12:00 AM
Due Date
Feb 22, 2023, 11:59 PM
Points
100
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Assessment Description
This
is a Collaborative Learning Community (CLC) assignment.
The purpose of this assignment is to compile a comprehensive financial analysis for a
company.
This assignment is the final installment in your group's comprehensive financial analysis
project.
Final Submission - Part 1
Access the four previously submitted component assignments and ensure that they have
been revised to incorporate all instructor feedback.
For this part of the assignment, your group will integrate all four written component
assignments into one 2,250-word comprehensive analysis that details the nine-step
assessment process from start to finish.
Additionally, include an explanation of how ethical implications factored into your
assessment of the company's financial future. How does the company uphold its
responsibility to carry out work for the common good and to meet society's needs by
making sound financial decisions?

2. Prepare this part of the assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style
Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite
technical support articles is located in Class Resources if you need assistance.
Comments form Professor.
Additionally, include an explanation of how ethical implications factored into your
assessment of the company's financial future. How does the company uphold its
responsibility to carry out work for the common good and to meet society's needs by
making sound financial decisions?
ATTACHMENTS
clc_group_week_1_disney_powerpoint_presntation_final.pptx
clc_group_week_1_final_draft_analysis_of_twdc.docx
clc_group_week_3_case_study_two_final_paper__1_.docx
clc_group_week_3.pptx
clc_group_week_5_final_paper_component_3.docx
Professor comments,
Additionally, include an explanation of how ethical implications factored into your
assessment of the company's financial future. How does the company uphold its
responsibility to carry out work for the common good and to meet society's needs by
making sound financial decisions?
Good job this week and keep inserting those visuals! I left more detailed comments above.
For the final CLC consider using some tables and showing Revenue dropping by different
percentages and the impact to EPS on a trailing 12 months basis.
I left detailed comments in the sections above but a few things: First I like that you included
a chart you created on your own! We want more of those. I mentioned that this didn't really
have details of investments Disney made into the business. You'll want to get more specific
and look at how much they spend within their cash flow statement and investments. What
are the trends. Remember you are playing the role of an analyst so think in terms of here is
what the company is doing and now I'm going to show you the numbers in graphs and
tables to support your thesis.
Make sure citation are in the paper as you didn't have any. Look to implement those
adjustments in future weeks.
WIthin the paper the group is on some good paths. Now lets start using those visuals. Take a
look at the announcements again as I dropped in some links to excel tutorials. There are
plenty on YouTube and in the class resources, GCU also in the learning center has some
excel help.
Document the numbers behind the why. Show trends as this will help the reader see where
Disney is going. Look forward to future weeks.
done
Requirements: 2250-2300
Analysis of a Company: The Walt Disney Company
Jwaun Dooley, Beena Shaji, and Marisa Tull
Colangelo College of Business, Grand Canyon University

3. FIN-504: Finance Principles
Derek Moore
January 11, 2023
Analysis of a Company: The Walt Disney Company
Step 1: Analysis of Fundamentals: Goals and Strategy
The Walt Disney Company, or Disney, has an array of goals and strategies crucial for
the company to achieve its business objectives. The organization's primary goal is to create
high-quality content focused on providing excellent and customer-oriented content to its
audiences worldwide. This goal entails creating innovative, engaging, memorable films, TV
shows, and other forms of entertainment. Additionally, leveraging technological innovations
is another perfect goal for Disney to achieve its business objectives. Besides, the company
commits to using technology to drive innovation and enhance customer experience by using
data analytics to improve customer preferences, virtual and augmented reality, and other
emerging technologies to create immersive and appealing content (The Walt Disney
Company, 2018). Studies acknowledge that organizations leverage technologies to optimize
their operations and efficiency by streamlining their activities, similar to the commitment
by Disney (Olokundun et al., 2022).
Disney pursues the goal of expansion to new markets by constantly looking at and
expanding its reach across the global market. For example, the company is continuously
launching new theme parks and creating content for emerging platforms like streaming
services and new franchises. The company acknowledges its moves for global expansion as
strategic positioning for the future by establishing more effective frameworks for serving
customers across the globe (The Walt Disney Company, 2018). As a result, the organization
commits to establishing a culture of creativity and innovation by allowing the employees to
think creatively, take risks, and promote new ideas to steer the company forward.
Therefore, with the vast leverage on technology, commitment to expanding in the global
markets and providing high-quality content, fostering innovation, and building partnerships
in service delivery, Disney adopts the differentiation strategy for high-level competitiveness
and offers products to different segments. Differentiation entails providing customers with
unique products other than the provisions by the competitors, which Disney leverages for
customer satisfaction and positive experience (Keiningham et al., 2019).
Step 2: Analysis of Fundamentals: Revenue Outlook
The Walt Disney Company (TWDC) reported earnings for its fourth quarter and fiscal year
that ended October 1, 2022. The revenue noted for the fourth quarter grew by 9% and for
the fiscal year grew by 23%. Additionally, TWDC’s diluted earnings per share (EPS) for the
fiscal year increased to $3.53 from $2.29 the prior year. The Direct-to-Consumer (DTC)
segment has experienced losses, but these losses are expected to lessen moving forward
with the Disney+ plus platform achieving profitability in the fiscal year 2024 barring any
major shifts in the economic climate (The Walt Disney Company, 2022). TWDC has also
reported that future revenue will come from the benefits of price increases and the Disney+
ad-supported tier which will increase profits from the streaming service and generate
shareholder value in the future (The Walt Disney Company, 2022). At the end of November

4. 2022, an announcement was made that the current Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Bob
Chapek, would be replaced by the previous CEO, Bob Iger. Under Chapek’s guide, TWDC
faced many challenges and trials. The Board of Directors’ decision to replace Chapek with
Iger put the company back in alignment for a strategic direction and renewed growth
(Wulandari, 2022). During Iger’s previous four-decade tenure at Disney, he was able to
expand the business in many ways including the acquisitions of film studio giants such as
Pixar and Marvel (Wulandari, 2022). Overall, the revenue outlook for TWDC is conservative
given the current economic environment and post-pandemic state; however, the optimism
is high given Iger’s return, with some analysts forecasting the stock price to increase
anywhere from 4.34% to 143.82% higher (Wall Street Zen, n.d.).
References
Keiningham, T., Aksoy, L., Bruce, H. L., Cadet, F., Clennell, N., Hodgkinson, I. R., & Kearney, T.
(2019). Customer experience-driven business model innovation. Journal of Business
Research, 116, 431–440. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2019.08.003
Olokundun, M., Ogbari, M. E., Falola, H., & Ibidunni, A. S. (2022). Leveraging 5G network for
digital innovation in small and medium enterprises: a conceptual review. Journal of
Innovation and Entrepreneurship, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13731-021-00181-5
The Walt Disney Company. (2022). The Walt Disney Company reports fourth quarter and
full year earnings for fiscal 2022. https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/the-walt-disney-
company-reports-fourth-quarter-and-full-year-earnings-for-fiscal-2022/
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Strategic Reorganization. The Walt Disney Company.
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reorganization/
Wall Street Zen. (n.d.). Walt Disney Co stock forecast, predictions, & price target.
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Wulandari, F. (2022). Disney stock forecast: Will the stock find its magic again? Capital.
https://capital.com/walt-disney-dis-stock-forecast
Step Three: Investments to Support the Business Unit Strategy or Strategies
While we know that the company is still growing in an enormous rate, we have to
look at the strategies that are being used for the platform. Almost everyone has been to the
parks before and after the pandemic; but now we have a lot more interesting things that
happened at Disney. We now have Disney plus, and more investors to the company to help
everything continue to grow. Disney plus had mentioned from quarterly earnings. Disney’s
CEO Bob Chapek mentioned billions of dollars of investment content to have this streaming
service during the pandemic. By offering even better value by building premium content in
large volumes, Disney may be able to reprice Disney+, which is now available at $8 for
monthly subscriptions and $80 for annual subscriptions in the U.S. The main thing that
Disney Plus added was a lot of different variety of shows and movies. You can even see the
new Marvel movies that comes in theaters a couple months in advance or even when it is in
theaters. One movie is Black Widow and it made great views to the Cinemax and Disney and
the same time.
Figure 1: Trends in revenues and profits show the performance from different movies that

5. are on Disney Plus and future
Facts are that Disney is still growing, even if its movies they made or even with their
streaming program that can show the movies or even the other platform they are with. The
have Hulu and ESPN plus. These two platforms are now with a Disney plus and still growing
until this day because the growth of the network and the expanding of the company. Disney
strategies are mainly trying to expand the streaming program so that not only kids but also
grown-ups can enjoy it by watching the old Disney shows to watching sports on ESPN plus.
Step Four: Future Profitability and Competitive Position
Generally, revenues and profits are on an upward trend and are likely to keep growing as
the economy stabilizes. As the economy recovers from the recession caused by the
pandemic, the company's overall performance is expected to improve. In the last financial
quarter of 2022, total revenues made by the company grew by 9%, indicating an increase in
demand for its streaming content and visitors to its essential theme parks. Suppose the
company can successfully venture into new markets using its streaming service. In that
case, it will be able to grow its long-term revenues and profitability and be in a better
competitive position.
Figure 1: Trends in revenues and profits show the performance of the company has been on
an upward trend in the recent past and is likely to be sustained in the future
The fact that the company has multiple revenue streams is also a critical competitive
advantage that will enable its operations to grow in the long term. For most film studios,
distribution has moved to streaming platforms, which the company has successfully
adapted to by establishing its streaming services. Several strategic acquisitions in the recent
past have also enabled the company to reduce the competition it faces and grow its revenue
base. The multiple revenue streams are critical sources of sustainable competitive
advantage that will allow the company to protect its profitability for the long term.
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CLC - Component 3
Step Five: Future External Financing Needs
The future external financing needs for Disney is a quite simple thing to do for
company. Disney have made many of television shows and movies that are well known in
the world today. They also have taught the youth a lot about different things in the world.

6. The best situation for Disney is to keep promoting the streaming productions and to keep
the parks up to dates on seasonal dates. I believe in all four seasons Disney have always
been promoting during the seasons like the Spring and Winter. Disney earning revenue is
$19.24 billion dollars, this is also a distribution of the media, entertainment, parks,
experiences, and product that Disney is selling to the public. Analysts review the capital
structure of a firm to gain insights about management's strategic relationship with and
reliance on outside capital.
Figure 1 shows the Sales Revenue from parks and movies in the past years
Disney is a well-followed firm. Zacks reports at least 24 sell-side analysts who have
made buy, sell, or hold recommendations on the firm, providing estimates of earnings per
share and future growth. While the firm provides substantial amounts of information about
itself in the form of earnings reports, there is a substantial amount of information that is
available about the firm from external sources. Both facts would lead us to expect less bias
in the information that is available about the firm. The CEOS LPV biomass protocol will
include a thorough discussion outlining the types of errors that should be considered (many
of which are discussed above) and present three basic methods of error propagation.
Access to Target Sources of External Finance
Generally, the company can easily use existing and new shares to raise additional capital.
Common shares, as a critical external source of finance that the company intends to use, can
be easily accessed by the company in various ways. As the company is already listed, new
shares can be quickly issued by the board of directors without the need for approval by all
shareholders at an annual general meeting. Only major shareholders need to be consulted.
Alternatively, a rights issue can instead be used, where only existing shareholders will be
allowed to buy new shares (Brigham & Houston, 2021). Preferred shares can also be issued
if the company intends to raise capital and create a particular group of shareholders.
Figure 2: A comparison of current debt and equity levels shows that the company still has
additional borrowing capacity.
The company can quickly raise debt due to its stable financial position and brand value. The
company's debt-to-equity ratio is 2022 was 1:2, meaning there were two equity units for
each unit of debt in the capital structure. This generally indicates a stable financial position
that can be used to source additional debt capital. The company also has a strong brand
reputation and is a well-known global corporation, which makes it easier to source money
from leading financial institutions.
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