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Updated May 13, 2026 · Communication Services · Tapeline analysis

Is DIS a Buy in 2026? The Tapeline Score Breakdown for The Walt Disney Company

The Walt Disney Companymedia, theme parks, and streaming (Disney+) — is one of the most-searched tickers on US markets. Most "is DIS a buy" tools give you a verdict and hide the formula. This page does the opposite: the live Tapeline composite, all six factor sub-scores, the plain-English reason behind today's read, and a link to the public scorecard where every prediction is back-checked vs SPY the next day.

DIS's Tapeline Score Right Now

Composite (0–100)
55.2
Signal
CONSTRUCTIVE
Confidence 65%

Why: favourable macro setup — rates and breadth supportive — growth and profitability both above sector median, while Congressional sells outnumber buys recently.

Live data from /api/ticker/DIS. The score refreshes every minute during US market hours; this page caches each fetch for 30 minutes.

What's Driving DIS's Score

Tapeline's composite is a fixed weighted equation, published on /how-it-works:

score = 0.25 × trend
      + 0.20 × relative_strength
      + 0.15 × fundamentals
      + 0.15 × smart_money
      + 0.15 × macro
      + 0.10 × momentum
Trend · 25% weight
67

20/50/200-day moving-average stack, slope, and time above the 50DMA. Highest weight (25%) because primary-trend alignment dominates 1-day-to-3-week outcomes.

Relative Strength · 20% weight
30

Mansfield RS vs SPY, sector RS, and 12-1 momentum. Captures whether the name is leading or lagging the broader tape on a multi-week basis.

Fundamentals · 15% weight
76

Revenue growth, operating-margin trend, ROE vs sector median, and Piotroski F-score. The quality filter — confirms the name isn't fundamentally broken.

Smart Money · 15% weight
29

Form 4 insider transactions (net 90-day), elite 13F holdings (8 curated managers), and Congressional disclosures. Confirmation factor — most useful in confluence with leading factors.

Macro · 15% weight
82

VIX percentile, market breadth, 10Y yield direction, and regime score. Scales the read — same factor configuration in a hostile regime gets a different verdict.

Momentum · 10% weight
43

20-day rate-of-change, RSI position, and accumulation/distribution. Lowest weight (10%) because it already overlaps with Trend and RS.

The Public Scorecard: Does DIS's Read Hold Up?

Every market day, Tapeline freezes the top 10 composite scores at the close. The next day, each pick's actual return is logged against SPY. Wins are recorded, misses are recorded, nothing gets quietly removed. The full track record is at /scorecard, with a per-ticker history if DIS has ever surfaced in a top-10 cohort.

The scorecard isn't proof the formula will keep working — it's evidence the publisher isn't hiding the misses. That's the part most prosumer scanner tools refuse to do. If you can't see the misses, you can't tell whether a score is signal or marketing.

Risks to Consider Before Acting on DIS's Score

The Tapeline score summarizes six independent signals into one number — it doesn't know your portfolio, your time horizon, your tax situation, or which other names you're considering at the same risk slot. A high score on DIS that confirms what other names in your watchlist are already showing isn't the same trade as a high score on a name with no portfolio context.

The factor breakdown is the part to read carefully. The composite is a summary; the six factors show whether the read is concentrated in one factor (single-source signal, easier to be wrong) or distributed across leading and lagging factors (confluence, higher conviction). Tapeline labels are descriptive — "HIGH CONVICTION", "STRONG SETUP", "CONSTRUCTIVE" — not "BUY" prescriptions. That distinction matters legally and practically.

How to Track DIS Live on Tapeline

The interactive DIS page lives at /t/DIS — same data, plus a live radar chart, news feed, and watchlist add. The full scanner covering ~2,500 US tickers is at /app/scanner.

Tapeline Free covers the top 20 tickers with a 24-hour data delay — enough to evaluate the methodology, not enough for daily trading. Pro ($24.99/mo billed annually, or $29.99 monthly) unlocks the full universe with live data, watchlist alerts on score moves, and the IPO/earnings calendar. Premium ($39.99/mo annually, $49.99 monthly) adds Congressional trades, elite 13F holdings, and unlimited Telegram alerts. 14-day Premium trial, no card.

See DIS's live score now.

14-day Premium trial. No credit card. The six-factor formula above runs on DIS and every other liquid US ticker every minute.