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That lags well behind the performance of theoverall stock market.
Longer term, however, Disneys stock has done much better.
If you had invested $500 in Disney back then, youd have more than $10,000 today.
At $109.02 per share today, that adds up to about $3,106.
But thats not the current value or even close to it.
Stock Splits
The reason has to do with stock splits.
According toInvesting.com, Disney has announced 14 stock splits since joining the NYSE in 1957.
That was the only split announced in the last 30 years.
Today, you still own those 85.5 shares.
This means your Disney stock is now worth $9,321.21 or 85.5 x $109.02.
Dividends
So why is your investment actually worth more than $10,000?
Because Disney also pays a dividend to its shareholders and that dividend pushes your balance even higher.
The only exceptions were 2020-2022, during the COVID-19 pandemic, when no dividends were paid.
Total dividends paid over 30 years equal about $17 a share.
When you multiply that dividend by 85.5 shares, you should have earned around $1,450 in dividends.
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