The Walt Disney Company cash flow statement
In fiscal 2025, The Walt Disney Company's operations generated $18.10bn of cash; it spent $8.02bn on capital projects, leaving free cash flow of $10.08bn. It returned $1.80bn in dividends and $3.50bn through buybacks.
Cash flow statement
| Fiscal year | 2017Sept 2017 | 2018Sept 2018 | 2019Sept 2019 | 2020Oct 2020 | 2021Oct 2021 | 2022Oct 2022 | 2023Sept 2023 | 2024Sept 2024 | 2025Sept 2025 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash from operations | 12.3 | 14.3 | 6.0 | 7.6 | 5.6 | 6.0 | 9.9 | 14.0 | 18.1 | 17.0 |
| Depreciation and amortisation | 2.8 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 5.5 |
| Stock-based pay | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.5 |
| Capital spending | 3.6 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 8.0 | 8.7 |
| Free cash flow | 8.7 | 9.8 | 1.1 | 3.6 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 4.9 | 8.6 | 10.1 | 8.3 |
| Free cash flow after stock pay | 8.4 | 9.4 | 0.4 | 3.1 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 3.8 | 7.2 | 8.7 | 6.8 |
| Dividends paid | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 1.8 | — |
| Share buybacks | 9.4 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 8.2 |
| Quarter | 2024 Q4Sept 2024 | 2025 Q1Dec 2024 | 2025 Q2Mar 2025 | 2025 Q3Jun 2025 | 2025 Q4Sept 2025 | 2026 Q1Dec 2025 | 2026 Q2Mar 2026 | 2026 Q3Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash from operations | 5,518 | 3,205 | 6,753 | 3,669 | 4,474 | 735 | 6,914 | 4,866 |
| Depreciation and amortisation | 1,285 | 1,276 | 1,324 | 1,332 | 1,394 | 1,316 | 1,405 | 1,414 |
| Stock-based pay | 330 | 317 | 330 | 357 | 359 | 332 | 405 | 423 |
| Capital spending | 1,489 | 2,466 | 1,862 | 1,780 | 1,916 | 3,013 | 1,973 | 1,794 |
| Free cash flow | 4,029 | 739 | 4,891 | 1,889 | 2,558 | −2,278 | 4,941 | 3,072 |
| Free cash flow after stock pay | 3,699 | 422 | 4,561 | 1,532 | 2,199 | −2,610 | 4,536 | 2,649 |
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