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$1,000 in Walt Disney Company (The) in 2005 → $4,886 today

If you'd invested $1,000 in Walt Disney Company (The) (DIS) on January 1, 2005 — at the December 2004 month-end close of $21.88 — and held to the latest close (2026-08-), you'd have $4,886. That's a +388.6% total return — trailing the S&P 500, where the same $1,000 became $6,360.

$1,000 in 2005$4,886Total return+388.6%Multiple4.9×CAGR+7.6%

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FAQ

How much is $1,000 invested in DIS in 2005 worth today?

$1,000 invested in Walt Disney Company (The) (DIS) at the month-end close of 2004-12- would be worth $4,886 at the latest month-end close (2026-08-), a total return of +388.6% with dividends reinvested.

Did $1,000 in DIS in 2005 beat the market?

Over the same span, $1,000 in the S&P 500 index would be worth $6,360 — so Walt Disney Company (The) (DIS) trailed the index by +23.2%.

What does "month-end close" mean for this calculation?

The scenario invests at the December 2004 month-end close (the price entering 2005) and values the position at the most recent month-end close (2026-08-). Intra-month extremes are shown on the DIS calculator page.

Is the 2005–2026 return in DIS typical?

No single year is typical. DIS's best calendar-year return since 1962 was about +133.3%, and its worst was -60.1%.

Methodology

Walt Disney Company (The) (DIS) total-return data from January 2005 through the latest month-end close (2026-08-).

The entry price is the 2004 December month-end close and the exit is the latest available month-end close, both from adjusted (split and dividend) Yahoo Finance historical data.

Month-end resolution, no taxes or fees, and history never guarantees the future. For exact-date precision (including buying at a panic low), use the DIS calculator page.

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Data: Yahoo Finance. As of 2026-08-. Not financial advice.