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Walt Disney Ownership Summary

Walt Disney is owned by 17.35% institutional investors, 0.07% insiders, and 82.58% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 8.92% of DIS shares. Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF is the top mutual fund, with 3.18% of its assets in Walt Disney shares.

DIS Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Walt Disney	17.35%	0.07%	82.58%
Sector	Communication Services Stocks	26.03%	16.24%	57.73%
Industry	Entertainment Stocks	26.32%	18.84%	54.85%
Idea	Metaverse Stocks List	44.63%	4.56%	50.81%
Idea	Travel Stocks List	37.20%	13.87%	48.94%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	159.34M	8.92%	$18.13B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	132.44M	7.42%	$15.07B
Blackrock	122.28M	6.67%	$12.14B
State street	82.02M	4.56%	$9.39B
Jpmorgan chase	76.58M	4.29%	$8.71B
Geode capital management	40.59M	2.27%	$4.60B
Morgan stanley	35.45M	1.98%	$4.03B
Fmr	35.50M	1.97%	$4.07B
State farm mutual automobile insurance	22.72M	1.27%	$2.58B
Norges bank	20.99M	1.18%	$2.39B

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Granite group advisors	675.65K	39.14%	$64.71M
Oldfield partners llp	504.10K	14.58%	$57.35M
Lindsell train	3.21M	9.85%	$309.03M
Drh investments	90.03K	9.38%	$10.31M
Kazazian asset management	76.65K	9.18%	$8.72M
Valueact	4.39M	8.48%	$502.88M
Dendur capital lp	635.00K	7.54%	$72.71M
Kahn brothers group	378.91K	6.47%	$36.52M
Terril brothers	244.68K	6.45%	$23.58M
Saratoga research & investment management	1.13M	6.17%	$108.76M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Norges bank	20.99M	0.26%	20.99M
Vanguard fiduciary trust	9.97M	0.25%	9.97M
Jpmorgan chase	76.58M	0.55%	8.87M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	132.44M	0.25%	5.56M
Fmr	35.50M	0.21%	4.65M

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Kingstone capital partners texas	-	-	-34.03M
Capital investors	-	-	-5.15M
Citadel advisors	4.25M	0.09%	-4.21M
Pacer advisors	88.71K	0.02%	-3.46M
Point72 asset management	-	-	-3.05M

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	20.99M	0.26%	20.99M	$2.39B
Vanguard fiduciary trust	9.97M	0.25%	9.97M	$961.08M
Vanguard global advisers	3.94M	0.21%	3.94M	$379.67M
Vanguard asset management	3.10M	0.26%	3.10M	$298.37M
Corvex management lp	1.31M	4.97%	1.31M	$149.77M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Perritt capital management	-1.00
Innealta capital	-1.00
Westend capital management	-1.00
Halbert hargrove global advisors	-2.00
Keystone global partners	-5.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Dec 31, 2025	1,722	-45.75%	309,826,125	-76.05%	17	0.34%	638	-50.43%	866	-38.97%
Sep 30, 2025	1,940	-40.87%	436,813,346	-65.46%	24	0.49%	791	-42.01%	901	-40.57%
Jun 30, 2025	3,234	2.96%	1,335,380,088	5.75%	74	1.52%	1,347	-2.39%	1,488	8.69%
Mar 31, 2025	3,090	-6.53%	1,257,095,626	-0.51%	69	1.43%	1,354	-3.97%	1,351	-7.97%
Dec 31, 2024	3,151	4.44%	1,259,559,700	3.40%	69	1.56%	1,324	10.43%	1,416	-0.21%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	57.46M	3.18%	-277.71K
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	56.27M	3.18%	-207.44K
Vanguard 500 Index Investor	45.11M	2.55%	-810.82K
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF	22.91M	1.32%	67.21K
Fidelity 500 Index	22.62M	1.28%	-96.37K
SPDR® S&P 500 ETF	22.49M	1.24%	-372.07K
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust	21.89M	1.21%	-114.70K
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF	21.71M	1.21%	267.17K
State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF	21.06M	1.19%	-22.66K
Vanguard Value Index Inv	16.37M	0.92%	-266.54K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Feb 12, 2026	Chang Amy	-	Buy	$98.79K
Jan 22, 2026	Coleman Sonia L	Sr. EVP & Chief People Officer	Sell	$281.92K
Dec 24, 2025	Coleman Sonia L	Sr. EVP & Chief People Officer	Sell	$277.13K
Dec 12, 2025	GORMAN JAMES P	-	Buy	$2.01M
Aug 25, 2025	Coleman Sonia L	Sr. EVP and Chief HR Officer	Sell	$233.70K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2026 Q1	1	1
2025 Q4	1	1
2025 Q3	-	1
2025 Q2	-	1
2025 Q1	-	1

DIS Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Walt Disney?

Walt Disney shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 17.35%, followed by 0.07% insiders and 82.58% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Walt Disney's industry, Entertainment Stocks , is 26.32%, which Walt Disney falls below.

Who owns the most shares of Walt Disney?

Walt Disney’s largest shareholders are Vanguard group (159.34M shares, 8.92%), Blackrock funding, inc. /de (132.44M shares, 7.42%), and Blackrock (122.28M shares, 6.67%). Together, they hold 23.00% of Walt Disney’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own Walt Disney?

Yes, BlackRock owns 6.67% of Walt Disney, totaling 122.28M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.27% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 12.14B$. In the last quarter, BlackRock increased its holdings by 591.48K shares, a 0.49% change.

Who is Walt Disney’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Granite group advisors is Walt Disney’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 39.14% of its assets in 675.65K Walt Disney shares, valued at 64.71M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Walt Disney shares?

Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF is the top mutual fund holder of Walt Disney shares, with 3.18% of its total shares outstanding invested in 57.46M Walt Disney shares.

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