As of today (2024-04-16), the Forward Annual Dividend Yield of The Walt Disney Co is 0.80%.
As of today (2024-04-16), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of The Walt Disney Co is 0.27%.
DIS's Forward Dividend Yield % is ranked worse than 88.57% of 385
companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 3.26
vs DIS: 0.80
The Walt Disney Co's Dividends per Share for the
three
months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.30.
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of The Walt Disney Co was 44.50% per year. The lowest was -17.40% per year. And the median was 18.80% per year.
The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.
For more information regarding to dividend, please check our Dividend Page.
Competitive Comparison
For the Entertainment subindustry, The Walt Disney Co's Forward Dividend Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Forward Dividend Yield % data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
The Walt Disney Co Forward Dividend Yield % Distribution
For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, The Walt Disney Co's Forward Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where The Walt Disney Co's Forward Dividend Yield % falls into.
The Walt Disney Co Forward Dividend Yield % Calculation
Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.
The Walt Disney Co Recent Full-Year* Dividend History
Amount
Ex-date
Record Date
Pay Date
Type
Frequency
Forex Rate
USD 0.300
2023-12-08
2023-12-11
2024-01-10
Cash Dividend
semi-annually
USD:USD 1.000000
* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.
The Walt Disney Co's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Forward Annual Dividend Yield
=
Forward Full Year Dividend
/
Current Share Price
=
0.6
/
113.92
=
0.53 %
Current Share Price is $113.92.
The Walt Disney Co's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as $0.3 * 2 = $0.6.
The Walt Disney Co's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield
=
Most Recent Full Year Dividend
/
Current Share Price
=
0.3
/
113.92
=
0.26 %
Current Share Price is $113.92.
The Walt Disney Co's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $0.3.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
The Walt Disney Co (NYSE:DIS) Forward Dividend Yield % Explanation
Over the long term, the return from dividends has been a significant contributor to the total returns produced by equity securities. Studies by Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh, and Mike Staunton of Princeton University (2002) found that a market-oriented portfolio, which included reinvested dividends, would have generated nearly 85 times the wealth generated by the same portfolio relying solely on capital gains.
Dividends may also qualify a lower tax rate for investors.
In dividends investing, Payout Ratio and Dividend Growth Rate are the two most important variables for consideration. A lower payout ratio may indicate that the company has more room to increase its dividends.
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The Walt Disney Co (The Walt Disney Co) Business Description
Disney operates in three global business segments: entertainment, sports, and experiences. Entertainment and experiences both benefit from franchises and characters the firm has created over the course of a century. Entertainment includes the ABC broadcast network, several cable television networks, and the Disney+ and Hulu streaming services. Within the segment, Disney also engages in movie and television production and distribution, with content licensed to movie theaters, other content providers, or, increasingly, kept in-house for use on Disney's own streaming platform and television networks. The sports segment houses ESPN and the ESPN+ streaming service. Experiences contains Disney's theme parks and vacation destinations, and also benefits from merchandise licensing.
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