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Walt Disney Company

DIS#27 of 134 by buybacks

NYSE · Communication Services · Entertainment · USA

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Buybacks · TTM to Jun 2026$8.25Blatest four quarters
Buyback yield4.4%repurchases ÷ market cap
Dividends · TTM to Jun 2026$2.23Bdividend yield 1.2%
Shareholder yield5.6%buybacks + dividends ÷ market cap
Shares outstanding · 5 yr−4.6%1.74B shares (2026)
Buybacks ÷ free cash flow99%payout incl. dividends 126%
Buybacks and dividends by fiscal year
Cash returned to shareholders, in USD. Fiscal years end in September.
Shares outstanding
Share count down 4.6% over roughly five years. Falling is what a real buyback looks like.
Quarterly repurchases
Last 8 reported quarters, in USD. Orange bars mark quarters where the company issued more shares than it bought.

Fiscal-year detail

From the cash-flow statement as reported, in USD. Negative repurchases mean net share issuance.

Fiscal yearRepurchasesDividendsFree cash flow
FY2025Sep 2025$3.50B$1.80B$10.1B
FY2024Sep 2024$2.99B$1.37B$8.56B
FY2023Sep 2023−$52.0M$0$4.90B
FY2022Sep 2022−$127M$0$1.07B
FY2021Sep 2021−$435M$0$1.99B
FY2020Sep 2020−$305M$1.59B$3.60B
FY2019Sep 2019$318M$2.90B$1.73B

Repurchases in FY2025 were +17.0% versus the prior year.

About Walt Disney 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, Marv…

Market cap
$187B
P/E (trailing)
22.3×
Fiscal year end
September
ISIN
US2546871060
Reporting currency
USD
Data updated
Oct 10, 2026
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