Walt Disney (DIS) Operating Expenses (2018 - 2026)

Walt Disney's (DIS) quarterly Operating Expenses came in at $21.4 billion in Q1 2026, up 6.28% year-on-year from $20.1 billion in Q1 2025, and down 3.29% quarter-over-quarter from $22.1 billion in Q4 2025.

Walt Disney (DIS) Operating Expenses (2018 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Walt Disney has disclosed Operating Expenses across 9 years of filings, most recently posting $21.4 billion for Q1 2026.

  • Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 came in at $21.4 billion, up 6.28% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $83.4 billion (up 3.73% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $80.6 billion, up 1.44% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses came in at $21.4 billion for Q1 2026 at Walt Disney, down from $22.1 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $22.1 billion in Q4 2025 to a low of $17.6 billion in Q2 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $19.8 billion (2024), against an average of $20.0 billion.
  • Across the five-year window, Operating Expenses gained 24.58% in 2022 and slipped 4.21% in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Walt Disney's Operating Expenses stood at $21.5 billion in 2022, then retreated by 4.21% to $20.6 billion in 2023, then slipped by 0.0% to $20.6 billion in 2024, then grew by 7.25% to $22.1 billion in 2025, then dropped by 3.29% to $21.4 billion in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $21.4 billion (Q1 2026), $22.1 billion (Q4 2025), and $19.9 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Netflix 327.69 Bn 315.40 Bn 11.41 Bn 1.56 Bn
2 Walt Disney 184.70 Bn 191.31 Bn 23.68 Bn 21.38 Bn
3 Warner Bros. Discovery 65.23 Bn 63.09 Bn 4.25 Bn 11.36 Bn
4 Brera Holdings 53.07 Bn 53.07 Bn - 1.60 Mn
5 Live Nation Entertainment 39.71 Bn 31.25 Bn 1.31 Bn 1.06 Bn
6 Liberty Media 21.13 Bn 21.80 Bn 298.00 Mn 647.00 Mn
7 Fox 20.41 Bn 16.92 Bn - 2.49 Bn
8 Roku 20.39 Bn 18.01 Bn 564.94 Mn 513.16 Mn
9 News 15.92 Bn 14.45 Bn - 952.00 Mn
10 TKO Group Holdings 15.40 Bn 13.70 Bn 862.52 Mn 1.26 Bn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 28, 2026 21.38 Bn
Dec 27, 2025 22.11 Bn
Sep 27, 2025 19.86 Bn
Jun 28, 2025 20.01 Bn
Mar 29, 2025 20.12 Bn
Dec 28, 2024 20.61 Bn
Sep 28, 2024 19.83 Bn
Jun 29, 2024 19.80 Bn
Mar 30, 2024 19.20 Bn
Dec 30, 2023 20.61 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 19.16 Bn
Jul 1, 2023 19.69 Bn
Apr 1, 2023 19.54 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 21.52 Bn
Oct 1, 2022 19.61 Bn
Jul 2, 2022 19.07 Bn
Apr 2, 2022 17.65 Bn
Jan 1, 2022 19.62 Bn
Oct 2, 2021 17.94 Bn
Jul 3, 2021 15.67 Bn