WALT DISNEY CO/
boothcheck covers WALT DISNEY CO/ (DIS) but does not put one priced-in number on it: here the defensible answer is the evidence rather than a point estimate. boothcheck publishes no house fair value, target price, or buy/sell rating. Narrative composed July 25, 2026.
• The theme parks and cruise ships, not the streaming argument, are what pay the bills: the 10-K records that ⟦Segment operating income increased $723 million, from $9,272 million to $9,995 million due to growth at domestic parks and experiences⟧. • The constraint is the balance sheet, where roughly 41.8 billion dollars of net debt sits against a business whose operating profit converts to a much smaller stream of free cash after the parks and the content slate are paid for. • Fiscal third-quart
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2,923 institutional managers reported holding DIS in 13F filings for the quarter ended 2026-03-31. Together they hold about 69% of the company; the top 10 hold 32%. 135 opened new positions that quarter. Held by Vanguard Group, BlackRock, State Street, among others. On the short side, 24.1M shares were sold short as of the 2026-06-15 count, about 1% of shares outstanding (2.8 days of typical volume to cover).
Quarterly 13F filings arrive up to 45 days after quarter end, so the picture is never current (filed through 2026-05-29). Nothing here is investment advice.
DIS has cut its share count 2.9% over the past five years, spending $12.00B on repurchases. It pays a dividend, and has for 2 years running. Cash returned over the past three years: $4.51B in dividends and $12.00B in repurchases.
Share counts are split-adjusted; repurchase totals are gross of share issuance. Nothing here is investment advice.
Open-market insider buys at DIS over the trailing three years: 2023: 2 buys totaling $100k; 2024: 2 buys totaling $3.12M; 2025: 1 buy totaling $2.01M; 2026: 1 buy totaling $99k. 19 officers and directors are on file.
Code P open-market purchases from SEC Form 4 filings, non-derivative, excluding scheduled 10b5-1 plans. Nothing here is investment advice.
DIS's recent reports: the day-one move, then what the following quarter actually did.
| report | day one | next quarter |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-10 | +4.1% | -8.1% |
| 2023-11-22 | +6.8% | -1.6% |
| 2024-02-08 | +11.3% | +6.0% |
| 2024-05-08 | -9.5% | -8.0% |
Day-one is the close-to-close move around the filing. Nothing here is investment advice.
DIS's latest 8-K filings: 2026-08-05 (items 2.02, 9.01); 2026-05-06 (items 2.02, 9.01); 2026-03-20 (items 5.02, 5.07, 9.01); 2026-03-03 (items 8.01, 9.01); 2026-02-24 (items 5.02, 9.01).
Item codes are the SEC's own classification of what each report discloses. Dates link to the filing on EDGAR. Nothing here is investment advice.
Model solve date: 2026-Q2
Narrative composed: July 25, 2026
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