Q4 2024 Walt Disney Co Earnings Call

In This Article:

Participants

Carlos Gomez; Executive Vice President, Corporate Finance & Treasurer; Walt Disney Co

Robert Iger; Chief Executive Officer, Director; Walt Disney Co

Hugh Johnston; Chief Financial Officer, Senior Executive Vice President; Walt Disney Co

Ben Swinburne; Analyst; Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

Jessica Reif Erlich; Analyst; BofA Securities, Inc.

Robert Fishman; Analyst; MoffettNathanson LLC

Steven Cahall; Analyst; Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

John Hodulik; Analyst; UBS Equities LLC

Michael Morris; Analyst; Guggenheim Securities, LLC

David Karnovsky; Analyst; JPMorgan

Laurent Yoon; Analyst; Bernstein

Tim Nollen; Analyst; Macquarie

Bryan Kraft; Analyst; Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

Presentation

Operator

Good day, everybody and welcome to The Walt Disney Company fourth quarter and full year 2024 financial results conference call. (Operator Instructions) Please note today's event is being recorded.
I would now like to turn the conference over to Carlos Gomez, Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Head of Investor Relations. Please go ahead.

Carlos Gomez

Good morning. It's my pleasure to welcome everyone to The Walt Disney Company's fourth quarter 2024 earnings call. Our press release, Form 10-K and management's posted prepared remarks were issued earlier this morning and are available on our website at www.disney.com/investors.
Today's call is being webcast, and a replay and transcript as well as the fourth quarter earnings presentation will all be made available on our website after the call. Before we begin, please take a note of our cautionary statement regarding forward-looking statements on our Investor Relations website.
Certain statements on this call, including financial estimates or statements about our plans, guidance or expectations and drivers such as future revenues, profitability, earnings, subscribers, demand, investment, content offerings and acceptance, cash position, cost structure and capital allocation and other statements that are not historical in nature may constitute forward-looking statements under securities laws.
We make these statements on the basis of our views and assumptions regarding future events and business performance at the time we make them, and we do not undertake any obligation to update these statements.
Forward-looking statements are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially from the results expressed or implied in light of a variety of factors. These factors include, among others, economic or industry conditions, competition, execution risks, including in connection with our business plans, potential strategic transactions and our content, cost savings, the market for advertising, our future financial performance and legal and regulatory development.
For more information about key risk factors, please refer to our Investor Relations website, the press release issued today, and the risks and uncertainties described in our Form 10-K, Form 10-Q and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Also note that when discussing our results and outlook, we will refer to non-GAAP measures. A reconciliation of non-GAAP measures that are referred to on this call to the most comparable GAAP measures can be found on our Investor Relations website.
Joining me this morning are Bob Iger, Disney's Chief Executive Officer; and Hugh Johnston, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Following introductory remarks from Bob, we will be happy to take your questions.
So with that, I will now turn the call over to Bob.