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What if you invested in Disney in 2005?

DIS · Consumer · Data through 2026-06-01

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If you invested $1,000 in Disney in 2005

$4,482today
+348.2% total return|+7.2% annualized

The same $1,000 in the S&P 500 would be worth $9,466(+846.6%)

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The S&P 500 returned $9,466 on the same $1,000. S&P 500 outperformed by $4,985.

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Disney vs. S&P 500 vs. US Dollar, 2005 to present

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Year-by-Year Returns

$1,000 invested in Disney starting January 2005

YearPriceValueAnnual
2005$22.71$1,000-
2006$20.29$893-10.7%
2007$28.45$1,253+40.2%
2008$24.73$1,089-13.1%
2009$17.40$766-29.7%
2010$25.15$1,107+44.5%
2011$33.44$1,472+33%
2012$34.03$1,498+1.8%
2013$47.85$2,107+40.6%
2014$65.29$2,875+36.4%
2015$82.83$3,647+26.9%
2016$88.32$3,889+6.6%
2017$103.52$4,558+17.2%
2018$103.25$4,546-0.3%
2019$107.64$4,740+4.2%
2020$135.13$5,950+25.5%
2021$164.30$7,235+21.6%
2022$139.68$6,150-15%
2023$105.99$4,667-24.1%
2024$94.15$4,145-11.2%
2025$111.82$4,924+18.8%
2026$112.80$4,967+0.9%

What this return means

A $1,000 stake in Disney (DIS) from 2005 has grown to $4,482. That is a +348.2% gain, a little over 4.5x your money, measured to 2026-06-01.

That is only about 7.2% a year once you compound it across 21.5 years. The same $1,000 in an S&P 500 index fund would be about $9,466 over the identical span, so the index came out ahead by roughly $4,985. The index compounded at about 11% a year, a reminder that a single stock can lag a basket of them.

The path was not smooth. The best single year was 2010 at +44.5%, and the worst was 2009 at -29.7%. At its lowest point the position was down about 43% from an earlier high. These figures use split-adjusted closing prices and exclude dividends, taxes, trading fees, and inflation, so a real after-tax result would differ.

Treat this as history rather than advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

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For informational and educational purposes only. Not financial advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results. All calculations are based on split-adjusted closing prices from Yahoo Finance and do not account for dividends, taxes, or trading fees. See our methodology and full disclaimer.