Inasmuch as you can hang a dollar value on it, the market currently values the Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) — the company behind many of our fondest childhood memories — at a cool $175 billion.
That’s because Disney is more than just an animation studio. It’s a complex organization that goes on to profit from its own blockbusters at every step of the content’s life cycle. And there’s even more to the story than that. So let’s examine the unique business model that makes Disney the best stock to own in the media industry.