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Competitive Comparison

Netflix vs. Disney

The profitable, cash-generative subscription business I hold against the larger, more diversified media conglomerate I don't — both real, both real cash flows, different risk profiles.

MetricNetflix (NFLX)Walt Disney (DIS)
PEG ratio1.620.69
EBITDA$30.25B (5yr growth 14.4%)$20.74B (5yr growth 25.8%)
EV/EBITDA22.25x10.74x

PEG ratio, compared

NFLX
1.62
DIS
0.69

Same PEG ratio figures as the table above, plotted for a direct read. Bold = held in this book.

Market cap, P/E, PEG, EV/EBITDA, and capex sourced via public filings and financial-data aggregators (GuruFocus, StockAnalysis, company earnings releases), as of July 2026. PEG ratio sourced primarily from GuruFocus where available; different providers use different growth-rate assumptions, so figures elsewhere for the same stock can vary by several multiples. Gold-highlighted column(s) indicate the name(s) actually held in this book.

Why Netflix, not Disney — another honest admission

Disney actually screens cheaper on every metric here: a lower PEG (0.69 vs. 1.62), a lower EV/EBITDA (10.74x vs. 22.25x), and faster 5-year EBITDA growth. I hold Netflix instead because it's a purer, simpler business — streaming and advertising, without Disney's parks, studios, and legacy linear-TV segments that each carry their own separate risk factors and turnaround stories layered on top of the streaming comparison. Netflix is my deliberate test of whether a boring, profitable subscription business belongs next to the far more speculative AI names elsewhere in the book; Disney would be a genuinely reasonable alternative if I wanted the same diversifying role at a cheaper multiple, with more moving parts to underwrite.