Walt Disney (DIS) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2019 - 2026)
Walt Disney's Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] was -18.04% in fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jun 27, 2026), up 4.23 percentage points from -22.28% a year earlier and up 7.33 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Walt Disney (DIS) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2019 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025 (ended Sep 27, 2025), Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] at Walt Disney came in at -25.23%, down 4.70 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] shows a five-year change of +2.63 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier fiscal years, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] was -20.52% in FY2024 (+0.56 pp), -21.09% in FY2023 (+0.65 pp), -21.73% in FY2022 (+6.17 pp) and -27.91% in FY2021 (-0.05 pp).
- The fiscal Q3 2026 figure marks the highest quarterly Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] since fiscal Q2 2024.
- Compared with a year earlier, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] was higher in three of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -1.74 percentage points.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] over five years was fiscal Q2 2024 (a gain of 6.59 percentage points); the worst was fiscal Q1 2026 (a drop of 6.77 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, DIS's Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] in the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2026 was -25.37% (Q2 2026), -25.38% (Q1 2026) and -24.85% (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROIC (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walt Disney | 207.01 Bn | 184.77 Bn | 11.57 Bn | -18.04% |
| 2 | Warner Music | 11.93 Bn | 9.29 Bn | 854.00 Mn | 13.58% |
| 3 | Lionsgate Studios | 4.25 Bn | 2.95 Bn | - | 0.00% |
| 4 | Reservoir Media | 688.00 Mn | 603.04 Mn | 32.16 Mn | 3.45% |
| 5 | Angel Studios | 681.69 Mn | 487.37 Mn | 59.96 Mn | - |
| 6 | Kartoon Studios | 33.47 Mn | 16.34 Mn | - | - |
| 7 | American Picture House | 5.69 Mn | 5.69 Mn | - | - |
| 8 | Nexus Advanced Technologies | 965,086.92 | -16.70 Mn | - | - |
| 9 | AI Era | 54,593.42 | -595,639.58 | - | - |
| 10 | Sony | 161.53 Bn | 96.07 Bn | 7.96 Bn | 12.98% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2026 | -18.04% |
| Mar 28, 2026 | -25.37% |
| Dec 27, 2025 | -25.38% |
| Sep 27, 2025 | -24.85% |
| Jun 28, 2025 | -22.28% |
| Mar 29, 2025 | -20.90% |
| Dec 28, 2024 | -18.61% |
| Sep 28, 2024 | -12.54% |
| Jun 29, 2024 | -12.92% |
| Mar 30, 2024 | -11.23% |
| Dec 30, 2023 | -12.59% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -20.95% |
| Jul 1, 2023 | -24.57% |
| Apr 1, 2023 | -24.61% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -23.22% |
| Oct 1, 2022 | -21.69% |
| Jul 2, 2022 | -21.51% |
| Apr 2, 2022 | -23.80% |
| Jan 1, 2022 | -25.23% |
| Oct 2, 2021 | -27.90% |
API Access
Walt Disney Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=DIS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-invested-capital-[roic]", "ticker": "DIS", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=DIS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();