DIS
The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company is a diversified media and entertainment conglomerate with significant congressional trading activity, including a single $1-5M sale and a cluster of director-level insider purchases totaling $4.3M.
Govt Dependence
5/100
Regulatory Density
85/100
Lobbying Intensity
0/100
Political Signal
NEUTRAL
BusinessWhat DIS does
Disney operates across media networks, theme parks, studio entertainment, and direct-to-consumer streaming. Its revenue is derived from advertising, subscriptions, box office sales, consumer products, and park admissions. The company's operations are subject to copyright, broadcasting, and international trade regulations.
12 months past · 3 months futureDIS activity timeline
Congress
buy
sell
Insider · Form 4
open-market buy
Hedge fund · 13F
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Bills
past action (this ticker)
upcoming markup (sector)
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240 trading days ·
28 congressional trades shown
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2 insider buys
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15 13F filings
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2 past bill actions
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4 upcoming markups
Executive Branch ConflictsDIS held by Trump-administration officials
3 cabinet/senior officials reported DIS positions in OGE Form 278 disclosures across 5 filings.
Donald J. Trump
President · White House
DISNEY WALT CO
Howard Lutnick
Secretary of Commerce · Department of Commerce
The Walt Disney Co.
Howard Lutnick
Secretary of Commerce · Department of Commerce
The Walt Disney Co.
Howard Lutnick
Secretary of Commerce · Department of Commerce
The Walt Disney Co.
Lori Chavez-DeRemer
Secretary of Labor · Department of Labor
Walt Disney Co
Lifetime Government AwardsDIS federal contracts
DIS doesn't hold direct federal contracts.
Verified via USASpending.gov: $0 reported in direct prime-contract awards. Companies in this position typically sell federal services indirectly through prime contractors and integrators (e.g., Lockheed Martin, Booz Allen, Microsoft Azure) or through commercial channels that don't appear in USASpending data.
Smart Money · 13F HoldingsHedge funds holding DIS
$15.63B
Total DIS held by tracked 13F funds
40
Funds with DIS positions
+39
Funds opened this quarter
Viking Global Investors
$1.27B
opened
2025-12-31
Citadel Advisors
$1.21B
opened
2024-03-31
Viking Global Investors
$1.20B
opened
2025-09-30
Citadel Advisors
$959M
opened
2024-09-30
Citadel Advisors
$923M
opened
2024-12-31
Viking Global Investors
$725M
opened
2025-06-30
D.E. Shaw & Co.
$706M
opened
2025-06-30
Citadel Advisors
$668M
opened
2024-06-30
32 more 13F positions tracked · quarterly delta charts available in member dashboard
Politicians Trading DISMembers of Congress with recent DIS positions
18 politicians traded DIS across 118 disclosed transactions totaling $10.9M (last 730 days).
Greed score = composite of trade frequency, volume & recency across the politician's entire history (not just DIS). 0-30 LOW · 30-60 MID · 60+ HIGH.
Tony Wied
3 buys
$6.2M
2025-10-27
LOW · 0
Nancy Pelosi
1 sell
$3.0M
2025-12-30
MID · 44
Ro Khanna
41 buys
29 sells
$1.1M
2026-04-13
LOW · 0
Jefferson Shreve
2 buys
6 sells
$260K
2025-05-12
LOW · 0
Robert P. Bresnahan
6 sells
$97K
2025-04-08
LOW · 0
George Whitesides
2 sells
$65K
2025-03-24
LOW · 0
Sheldon Whitehouse
4 sells
$32K
2024-10-29
LOW · 7
Val T. Hoyle
2 buys
2 sells
$32K
2025-09-23
LOW · 0
John Boozman
1 buy
2 sells
$24K
2026-01-08
MID · 47
Gilbert Ray Cisneros
1 buy
1 sell
$16K
2026-02-10
HIGH · 61
Greg Landsman
2 sells
$16K
2025-03-27
LOW · 0
August Pfluger
2 sells
$16K
2025-07-01
LOW · 1
Julie Johnson
2 sells
$16K
2025-04-01
LOW · 15
Adam Smith
2 sells
$16K
2025-08-08
LOW · 0
John James
2 sells
$16K
2024-09-04
LOW · 0
3 more politicians active in DIS · full table in member dashboard
Congressional TradesWho in Congress is trading DIS
2026-04-13
Ro Khanna
Purchase
$1,001 - $15,000
2026-03-30
Ro Khanna
Purchase
$15,001 - $50,000
2026-02-10
Gilbert Ray Cisneros
Sale
$1,001 - $15,000
2026-01-08
John Boozman
Purchase
$1,001 - $15,000
2026-01-09
Gilbert Ray Cisneros
Purchase
$1,001 - $15,000
2026-01-06
Ro Khanna
Purchase
$15,001 - $50,000
2026-01-22
Ro Khanna
Sale
$1,001 - $15,000
2026-01-29
Ro Khanna
Sale
$1,001 - $15,000
2026-01-22
Ro Khanna
Sale
$15,001 - $50,000
2025-12-30
Nancy Pelosi
Sale
$1,000,001 - $5,000,000
2025-11-03
Julia Letlow
Purchase
$1,001 - $15,000
71d late
2025-11-03
Ro Khanna
Purchase
$1,001 - $15,000
30+ trades on file · most recent 2026-05-13
Corporate Insiders · Form 4What CEOs, CFOs, and directors are doing with their own stock
Open-market buys
A
Insider signal score 55/100 · 4 distinct insiders · 5 open-market buys totaling $4.3M in the last 180 days.
2025-12-12
GORMAN JAMES P
BUY
18,000 sh
$2.0M
Stock awards & option exercises
64
stock awards · $107.9M market value
19
option exercises · $11.4M
2026-03-31
GORMAN JAMES P
Director
AWARD
1,477.1 sh
$143K
2026-03-31
GORMAN JAMES P
Director
AWARD
1,477.1 sh
$143K
2026-03-31
LAGOMASINO MARIA ELENA
Director
AWARD
1,266.8 sh
$123K
2026-03-31
LAGOMASINO MARIA ELENA
Director
AWARD
1,266.8 sh
$123K
2026-03-31
Barra Mary T
Director
AWARD
1,253.2 sh
$122K
2026-03-31
Barra Mary T
Director
AWARD
1,253.2 sh
$122K
2026-03-31
Rice Derica W
Director
AWARD
1,229.6 sh
$119K
2026-03-31
Rice Derica W
Director
AWARD
1,229.6 sh
$119K
For DIS, executives receive stock primarily as compensation rather than via open-market purchases — typical for established large-cap firms.
Bills Affecting DISLive legislation impacting this stock
HR.1343 · 119th
Federal Broadband Deployment Tracking Act
HR.1765 · 119th
Promoting United States Wireless Leadership Act of 2025
HRES.268 · 119th
Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Secretary of Defense to transmit information to the House of Representatives
S.1025 · 119th
FCC Legal Enforcement Act
HR.1867 · 119th
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove in-person requirements under Medicare for mental health services furnish
HR.1892 · 119th
Wireless Electric Vehicle Charging Grant Program Act of 2025
S.794 · 119th
A bill to require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to audit Federal spectrum.
S.792 · 119th
Government Spectrum Valuation Act
HR.7005 · 118th
Rural Broadband Protection Act of 2024
HR.1353 · 118th
Advanced, Local Emergency Response Telecommunications Parity Act
Political ProfileWhere DIS sits in Washington
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STRUCTURAL: No lobbying spend (`get_political_influence.lobbying.total_income`: $0), donations, or federal contracts (`get_government_precedent.federal_contracts_summary`: null). EVIDENTIARY: Active congressional trading (16 transactions by 6 members, including a $1-5M sale) and a cluster of 5 corporate insider buys by 4 directors totaling $4.3M (`get_corporate_insider_signal.total_dollar_volume`). Net: High regulatory exposure from sector bills contrasts with zero formal influence infrastructure, while trading and insider activity provide mixed directional signals.
Regulatory ExposureThreats & opportunities
Regulatory threats
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Sector-wide telecom legislation impacting revenueU.S. Congress"`Recent bill_impacts` lists 8 telecom-sector bills with estimated revenue impacts ranging from $4.4M to $9.2M, though all have an impact_ratio of 0."
Regulatory opportunities
- No specific regulatory opportunities flagged.
Capitol Hill AlliesChampions & critics
Congressional champions
Congressional critics
Member intelligence layer
Live signals + predictions for DIS — for Founders
The free page above gives you the public record. Members see the real-time intelligence layer on top of it:
- Live 7-layer signal scores when Congress trades DIS
- Bill Pass Index v2 odds for every bill on the watch list
- Iron Triangle alerts (committee × donor × trade)
- SEC Form 4 cluster detection (CEO + CFO + director buys)
- Whale-Opportunity expected-value ranking
- Custom watchlist alerts via email + Discord
Frequently AskedAbout DIS & political exposure
Does The Walt Disney Company (DIS) hold federal contracts?
No direct prime contracts reported in USASpending.gov for The Walt Disney Company. Companies in the semiconductor and AI hardware sectors often sell to the federal government via prime contractors and cloud resellers (Microsoft Azure, AWS, Lockheed Martin systems integration) rather than as direct primes.
Which Trump cabinet officials own DIS stock?
3 Trump cabinet members or senior White House staff have disclosed holdings in DIS on their OGE 278 financial disclosures, including Donald J. Trump, Howard Lutnick, Lori Chavez-DeRemer. See the Cabinet Conflicts panel for details.
Has Congress traded DIS stock?
859 congressional trades by 83 unique members of Congress, most recently on 2026-04-13. See the Congressional Trading panel for politician-by-politician breakdown.
What is DIS political risk profile?
Government dependence: 5/100. Lobbying intensity: 0/100. Political signal: neutral. Donor party split: R 0% / D 0%.
How does GovGreed track DIS political activity?
GovGreed integrates STOCK Act congressional trade disclosures, FEC contributions, OGE executive-branch disclosures, USASpending federal contracts, Senate LDA lobbying filings, and SEC Form 4 corporate insider trades into a single queryable graph. DIS data is updated daily from these official federal sources.