The weighted average cost of capital for The Walt Disney Company at 2026-06-30, calculated using the Baratelli Institute methodology and sourced to the most recent public filings. The number below is a practitioner reference — free to use, free to cite, refreshed quarterly.
| Component | Value | Source / Assumption |
|---|---|---|
| Risk-free rate (Rf) | 4.25% | 10-year US Treasury yield at snapshot date |
| Equity risk premium (ERP) | 5.55% | Damodaran implied ERP, June 2026 update |
| Beta (β) | 1.15 | 5-year weekly regression vs S&P 500, Blume-adjusted |
| Cost of equity (Ke) | 10.6% | CAPM: Rf + β × ERP = 4.25% + 1.15 × 5.55% |
| Pre-tax cost of debt (Kd) | 5.20% | Current-yield estimate on senior unsecured debt at issuer's rating |
| Marginal tax rate (t) | 24.0% | Blended federal + state; company-specific effective rate |
| After-tax cost of debt | 4.0% | Kd × (1 − t) = 5.20% × 76.0% |
| Equity weight (E/V) | 80.0% | Market value of equity ÷ total capitalization |
| Debt weight (D/V) | 20.0% | Market value of debt ÷ total capitalization |
| WACC | 9.3% | (E/V × Ke) + (D/V × Kd after-tax) |
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Use this WACC as the discount rate in an enterprise-value DCF, the hurdle rate for value-based management analysis of DIS, or the cost-of-capital anchor when comparing DIS to peers in the Movies & Entertainment industry. For equity-only valuation frameworks (dividend discount models, residual income), use the cost of equity Ke of 10.6% instead of the blended WACC.
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