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Retail Top 100 2012, No. 28: Disney

December 18, 2012

Following record sales and profit, the Walt Disney Company, owner of the namesake theme parks and ESPN sports network, increased its annual dividend for 2011 by 50 percent, the most in at least 20 years. The Burbank, Cali.-based company, which also owns Marvel Entertainment and the ABC TV network, is returning cash to investors through stock repurchases as well, buying back $5 billion of shares in the year ended Oct. 1. The Steven P. Jobs Trust, Disney’s largest shareholder, will reap $82.8 million, an increase of $27.6 million based on the 138 million shares held by the estate of Apple’s late co-founder.

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