All eyes and ears were on the Walt Disney Co. after Tuesday's stock market close as Wall Street dissected the Hollywood conglomerate's quarterly earnings and management commentary on the impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic.
But Wall Street also wanted to get a better feeling for how new Disney CEO Bob Chapek was doing on his first earnings-call appearance since his ascension that came just as the virus started spreading globally, making for a baptism by fire for the company veteran in his new role. "All things considered, Bob Chapek did a superb job managing his first earnings call, particularly as this call was likely the most challenging call for the company since right after September 11," Moody's analyst Neil Begley told The.