Walt Disney Company Dividends
The next dividend date for Walt Disney Company has not yet been scheduled.
What is a Dividend Date
When we talk about a dividend date, we’re referring specifically to the ex-dividend date.
This is the date on which all stockholders will earn a dividend. Technically, a person needs to be the owner of a share of stock as of the night before the ex-dividend date in order to earn the dividend.
The ex-dividend date is different than the date when the dividend is issued. Although you earn a dividend on the ex-dividend date, that dividend is typically not disbursed to your account until several weeks later.
Most brokerages will automatically credit the dividend to your account once it’s issued.
Historical Dividends for Walt Disney Company (DIS)
| 06/30/2026 | 11/13/2025 | 06/30/2026 | 07/22/2026 | $0.75 |
| 12/15/2025 | 11/13/2025 | 12/15/2025 | 01/15/2026 | $0.75 |
| 06/24/2025 | 12/04/2024 | 06/24/2025 | 07/23/2025 | $0.50 |
| 12/16/2024 | 12/04/2024 | 12/16/2024 | 01/16/2025 | $0.50 |
| 07/08/2024 | 02/07/2024 | 07/08/2024 | 07/25/2024 | $0.45 |
| 12/08/2023 | 11/30/2023 | 12/11/2023 | 01/10/2024 | $0.30 |
| 12/13/2019 | 12/04/2019 | 12/16/2019 | 01/16/2020 | $0.88 |
| 07/05/2019 | 06/26/2019 | 07/08/2019 | 07/25/2019 | $0.88 |
| 12/07/2018 | 11/28/2018 | 12/10/2018 | 01/10/2019 | $0.88 |
| 07/06/2018 | 06/26/2018 | 07/09/2018 | 07/26/2018 | $0.84 |
More 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, 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.
Owning Walt Disney Company Stock on the Dividend Date
If you own Walt Disney Company stock on the ex-dividend date, then you earn the associated dividend.
Theoretically, the price of Walt Disney Company stock should go down by the amount of the dividend (in addition to any other pressures that market forces have on the price of Walt Disney Company stock).
Therefore, it is typically not expected that there is any incremental profit to be gained from buying Walt Disney Company stock right before the ex-dividend date and then selling it immediately after. It’s not like you get the Walt Disney Company dividend payout for free just by doing that since there is typically an equivalent commensurate drop in the stock price.
Owning Walt Disney Company Options on the Dividend Date
Unlike the stock price, which will normally have an abrupt decrease by the amount of the dividend on the ex-dividend date, option prices typically do not reflect the same phenomenon.
The reason is that in the time leading up to the ex-dividend date, that projected drop in Walt Disney Company stock price from the dividend is already baked into Walt Disney Company option prices.
That means the prices of call options that overlap the Walt Disney Company ex-dividend date typically go down in the period leading up to the ex-dividend date.
The prices of put options that overlap the Walt Disney Company ex-dividend date typically go up in the period leading up to the ex-dividend date.
Owners of Walt Disney Company call options do not receive the dividend, even if they own the options on the ex-dividend date. Owners of Walt Disney Company put options are not responsible to pay the dividend, even if they own the options on the ex-dividend date.
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