The magic of Disney is worth a lot more than the current stock price
A wide moat means virtually any child born in the United States today is immediately a future customer of the Walt Disney Corporation. Someone is going to take that kid to visit a Disney theme park. They'll watch Disney movies and shows. They'll want Disney licensed toys.
The most vexing challenge any business faces is creating a value proposition that endures. If something works, competitors always spring up to quickly copy it. Disney is not just a distributor. It will own most of the value chain that runs from production studios to your living room.Any distribution business is destined to be a low margin business. Content distributors are like middleman retailers, where price compression and competition are ever-present. There's no sustainable economic moat. Such businesses are always sandwiched between product creators and customers, and it's a tough balancing act.
Netflix is spending billions on developing new content and has quality shows. What it doesn't have, though, is a magic mouse.
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