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Pixar has become a household name across the world. It is a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company. Pixar is the animation studio that created the Toy Story series, as well as Finding Nemo, and it’s subsequent film, Finding Dory. Most people usually refer to both as “Disney”, as Disney purchased Pixar in 2006, making it commonly known as Disney Pixar. Pixar was known for using computer generated animation, which Disney has now started to use.
It’s possible to invest in Pixar, but as it’s owned by Disney, you’d need to buy Disney shares.
As well as Pixar, Disney owns:
This means that if you choose to invest in Pixar by buying shares in Disney, then you’ll be investing in the others that it owns as well. This means that you’d want to keep an eye on what Disney is getting up to as a whole rather than putting on the latest Pixar movie and calling it investment research.
Open | $108.5 | Previous close | $109.43 |
High | $109.94 | Change | $-0.04 |
Low | $106.9 | Change % | -0.0366% |
Close | $109.39 | Timestamp | 2023-02-01 |
Volume | 9688471 | GMT offset | 0 |
Industry | Entertainment | Currency symbol | $ |
Code | DIS | Country name | USA |
Type | Common Stock | Country ISO | US |
Name | Walt Disney Company | ISIN | US2546871060 |
Exchange | NYSE | CUSIP | 254687205 |
Currency code | USD | Sector | Communication Services |
Currency name | US Dollar | Full-time employees | 171600 |
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Pixar was purchased by Disney in 2006 at a valuation of more than $7.4 billion (around £5.4 billion). Its latest two films, Luca (2021) and Soul (2020) were both released on Disney+. They were both well received by critics and the media. Its latest film to be released in theatres was Onward (2020) which grossed $141.4 million worldwide (around £104 million). This was significantly impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, as cinemas were closed within two weeks of its release.
Disney took a significant hit as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. It was forced to close all of its resorts and theme parks, as well as halt any cruises. The closure of cinemas impacted the release of its films, and forced it to start producing films almost exclusively at crew members’ homes. Despite this, Disney just kept swimming, and its stock has recovered well. The company has several upcoming releases and its streaming service, Disney+ reportedly had 116 million subscribers in July 2021. The question is, will it go to infinity...and beyond?
The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an entertainment company worldwide. It operates through two segments, Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution; and Disney Parks, Experiences and Products. The company engages in the film and episodic television content production and distribution activities, as well as operates television networks under the ABC, Disney, ESPN, Freeform, FX, Fox, National Geographic, and Star brands; and studios that produces films under the Walt Disney Pictures, Twentieth Century Studios, Marvel, Lucasfilm, Pixar, and Searchlight Pictures banners. It also offers direct-to-consumer streaming services through Disney+, Disney+ Hotstar, ESPN+, Hulu, and Star+; sale/licensing of film and television content to third-party television and subscription video-on-demand services; theatrical, home entertainment, and music distribution services; staging and licensing of live entertainment events; and post-production services by Industrial Light & Magic and Skywalker Sound. In addition, the company operates theme parks and resorts, such as Walt Disney World Resort in Florida; Disneyland Resort in California; Disneyland Paris; Hong Kong Disneyland Resort; and Shanghai Disney Resort; Disney Cruise Line, Disney Vacation Club, National Geographic Expeditions, and Adventures by Disney, as well as Aulani, a Disney resort and spa in Hawaii. Further, it licenses its intellectual property to a third party for the operations of the Tokyo Disney Resort; provides consumer products, including licensing of trade names, characters, visual, literary, and other IP for use on merchandise, published materials, and games; operates a direct-to-home satellite distribution platform; sells branded merchandise through retail, online, and wholesale businesses; and develops and publishes books, comic books, and magazines. The Walt Disney Company was founded in 1923 and is based in Burbank, California.
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