DIS Walt Disney Company (The)

Communication Services · Entertainment

7 · Fair Momentum 3.0 · Weak Watch

103.53

+0.34%

About the company

The Walt Disney Company operates as an entertainment company in Americas, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. It operates in three segments: Entertainment, Sports, and Experiences. The company produces and distributes film and television content under the ABC Television Network, Disney, Freeform, FX, Fox, National Geographic, and Star brand television channels, as well as ABC television stations and A+E television networks; and produces original content under the Disney Branded Television, FX Productions, Lucasfilm, Marvel, National Geographic Studios, Pixar, Searchlight Pictures, Twentieth Century Studios, 20th Television, and Walt Disney Pictures banners. It also provides direct-to-consumer streaming services through Disney+, Disney+ Hotstar, and Hulu; sports-related video streaming content through ESPN, ESPN on ABC, ESPN+ DTC, and Star; sale/licensing of film and episodic content to television and video-on-demand services; theatrical, home entertainment, and music distribution services; DVD and Blu-ray discs, electronic home video licenses, and VOD rental services; staging and licensing of live entertainment events; and post-production services. In addition, the company operates theme parks and resorts, such as Walt Disney World Resort, Disneyland Resort, Disneyland Paris, Hong Kong Disneyland Resort, Shanghai Disney Resort, Disney Cruise Line, Disney Vacation Club, National Geographic Expeditions, and Adventures by Disney, as well as Aulani, a Disney resort and spa in Hawaii. Further, it licenses its intellectual property (IP) to a third party that owns and operates Tokyo Disney Resort; licenses trade names, characters, visual, literary, and other IP for use on merchandise, published materials, and games; operates a direct-to-home satellite distribution platform; sells branded merchandise through retail, online, and wholesale businesses; and develops and publishes books, comic books, and magazines. The company was founded in 1923 and is based in Burbank, California.

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178.8B

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52-week range

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low 92.2 high 120

Dividend deep dive

Walt Disney Company (The) (DIS) operates in the Entertainment industry within the Communication Services sector. The company currently offers a dividend yield of 1.54%. This yield is significantly above its 5-year historical range, which saw a high of 0.56%, a low of 0.33%, and an average of 0.45%. The dividend safety status is currently marked as "watch."

Dividend history

Walt Disney Company has a dividend increase streak of 2 years. It pays dividends semi-annually in June, July, and December. The 3-year and 5-year dividend CAGRs are not provided in the data. The annual dividends per share paid were $0.60 in 2011, $0.75 in 2012, $0.86 in 2013, $1.15 in 2014, $0.685 in 2015, $0.745 in 2016, $0.81 in 2017, $0.86 in 2018, and $0.88 in 2019. More recently, dividends were $0.30 in 2023, $0.475 in 2024, and $0.625 for 2025.

Dividend safety

The dividend safety status is categorized as "watch". The company's payout ratio is 24.0%, indicating a portion of earnings allocated to dividends. The debt-to-equity ratio stands at 41.069.

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AI-generated from Quantic's dividend data · Updated 17 Jul 2026 · Information, not financial advice.