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What If You Had Invested in Disney 10 Years Ago?
The Walt Disney Company (DIS) with real monthly prices, dividends reinvested, through November 2026.
DIS $117.22 ▼ -1.45% last close, Nov 05, 2026
If you had invested $1,000 in DIS in November 2016, today it would be worth
$1,284
Same $1,000 in the S&P 500 (SPY): $3,895
If you had put $500 a month into DIS since November 2016, your $60,500 would be worth today
$65,116
Same plan in the S&P 500 (SPY): $128,888
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DIS returns by period
| Period | Total return | Per year | $1,000 became | SPY per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | $0.7500 | +0.0% | ||
| Dec 15, 2025 | $0.7500 | +50.0% | ||
| Jun 24, 2025 | $0.5000 | +0.0% | ||
| Dec 16, 2024 | $0.5000 | +11.1% | ||
| Jul 08, 2024 | $0.4500 | +50.0% | ||
| Dec 08, 2023 | $0.3000 | -65.9% | ||
| Dec 13, 2019 | $0.8800 | +0.0% | ||
| Jul 05, 2019 | $0.8800 | +0.0% | ||
| Dec 07, 2018 | $0.8800 | +4.8% | ||
| Jul 06, 2018 | $0.8400 | +0.0% | ||
| Dec 08, 2017 | $0.8400 | +7.7% | ||
| Jul 06, 2017 | $0.7800 | — |
DIS year by year
Best full year: 1989 (+71.2%). Worst: 2022 (-43.9%).
| Year | DIS | SPY | What happened |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (so far) | +3.8% | +8.3% | |
| 2025 | +3.3% | +17.7% | |
| 2024 | +24.4% | +24.9% | |
| 2023 | +4.3% | +26.2% | |
| 2022 | -43.9% | -18.2% | Streaming losses and a CEO change sent the stock down about 45%. |
| 2021 | -14.5% | +28.7% | |
| 2020 | +25.3% | +18.3% | Parks and cruises shut down in the pandemic, but Disney+ subscriber growth lifted the stock by year end. |
| 2019 | +33.5% | +31.2% | |
| 2018 | +3.6% | -4.6% | |
| 2017 | +4.8% | +21.7% | |
| 2016 | +0.7% | +12.0% | |
| 2015 | +12.9% | +1.2% | |
| 2014 | +24.9% | +13.5% | |
| 2013 | +55.3% | +32.3% | |
| 2012 | +34.8% | +16.0% | |
| 2011 | +1.7% | +1.9% | |
| 2010 | +17.6% | +15.1% | |
| 2009 | +43.8% | +26.4% | |
| 2008 | -28.7% | -36.8% | |
| 2007 | -3.5% | +5.1% |
DIS: all at once or every month?
Take $12,000: all of it on day one, or $1,000 a month for a year. Across every starting month since 1985 (491 of them), the lump sum was ahead after 12 months in 316 (64%). The lump sum won more often than not, but not by much: big swings meant the start month mattered a lot. The best case for monthly investing was a start in August 2008, when it finished the year 40% ahead.
Worst drop
DIS's worst fall in this history was -64.7%, a loss of more than half, from April 2000 to September 2002. Getting back to the old high took until January 2011: 100 months from the bottom and 10.8 years from the peak. $1,000 invested at that peak shrank to about $353 at the low.
Disney dividends
DIS paid $1.50 per share over the last 12 months, semiannual. At $117.22 that is 1.28%, a small yield; nearly all of the return has come from the price. From 2017 to 2025 the yearly payout grew -5.1% a year, in reverse: the payout shrank. The yearly total did not fall once in the last ten years. Amounts are adjusted for splits.
| Year | Dividends / share | Change | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1.25 | +31.6% | 1.10% |
| 2024 | $0.95 | +216.7% | 0.85% |
| 2023 | $0.30 | — | 0.33% |
| 2019 | $1.76 | +2.3% | 1.22% |
| 2018 | $1.72 | +6.2% | 1.57% |
| 2017 | $1.62 | +8.7% | 1.51% |
| 2016 | $1.49 | +8.8% | 1.43% |
| 2015 | $1.37 | +19.1% | 1.30% |
| 2014 | $1.15 | +33.7% | 1.22% |
| 2013 | $0.86 | +14.7% | 1.13% |
Yield = each year’s dividends divided by the price at the end of the year.
DIS dividend history: last 12 payments
| Ex-dividend date | Amount | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | $0.7500 | +0.0% |
| Dec 15, 2025 | $0.7500 | +50.0% |
| Jun 24, 2025 | $0.5000 | +0.0% |
| Dec 16, 2024 | $0.5000 | +11.1% |
| Jul 08, 2024 | $0.4500 | +50.0% |
| Dec 08, 2023 | $0.3000 | -65.9% |
| Dec 13, 2019 | $0.8800 | +0.0% |
| Jul 05, 2019 | $0.8800 | +0.0% |
| Dec 07, 2018 | $0.8800 | +4.8% |
| Jul 06, 2018 | $0.8400 | +0.0% |
| Dec 08, 2017 | $0.8400 | +7.7% |
| Jul 06, 2017 | $0.7800 | — |
Stock splits
- December 1962: 1.03-for-1
- November 1967: 2-for-1
- March 1971: 2-for-1
- January 1973: 2-for-1
- March 1986: 4-for-1
- May 1992: 4-for-1
- July 1998: 3-for-1
- June 2007: 1.01368-for-1
One share bought before 1962 is 400.933 shares today.
About Disney
| Company | The Walt Disney Company |
| Listed | 1957 (NYSE) |
| Sector | Communication services |
| Dividend | Suspended 2020, restarted 2023 |
Disney owns theme parks, cruise ships, film studios including Pixar, Marvel and Lucasfilm, TV networks such as ESPN and ABC, and the Disney+ streaming service.
The stock reached a record in early 2021 on streaming optimism and then fell by more than half as Disney+ lost money and cable TV shrank. Disney suspended its dividend during the pandemic in 2020 and reinstated it at the end of 2023.
Questions about DIS
How much would $10,000 invested in DIS 20 years ago be worth today?
About $44,581 with dividends reinvested, invested at the November 2006 close: 345.8% in total, or 7.8% a year.
When does DIS pay dividends?
In the last 12 months the payments went out in June and December, $1.50 per share in total.
Did DIS beat the S&P 500?
No. Over the last 20 years it trailed by 2.9 percentage points a year: +7.8% a year for DIS against +10.6% for SPY, dividends reinvested. It also fell harder at its worst (-64.7% against -50.8% for SPY over the same history).