WDC vs Peers Stock Comparison

Western Digital Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
WDC Western Digital Corp
$356.13 -22.0% 1M +175.2% 1Y
Market cap
$133.31B
P/E
13.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$14.48B
Div. yield
0.16%
Server and Storage Hardware Technology

Percentile Scorecard

WDC

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisWDC
Valuation 43 #24 of 41
Growth 97 #2 of 37
Profitability 94 #3 of 36
Financial Health 59 #20 of 47
Shareholder Returns 58 #12 of 27
Overall 70
  • WDC ranked among 49 companies in Computer Hardware

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodWDCSPY
1 month -22.0% -0.8%
3 months -28.5% +3.5%
6 months -11.1% +7.0%
Year to date +106.7% +12.2%
1 year +175.2% +13.0%
3 years +1,108.9% +86.3%
3 years, per year +129.6% +23.1%
5 years +749.3% +68.6%
5 years, per year +53.4% +11.0%
10 years +733.6% +258.0%
10 years, per year +23.6% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureWDCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 81.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 82.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 3.15 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 2.16 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -55.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -52.3% -1.8%
52-week high $746.23 $779.14
52-week low $124.92 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleWDC
P/E now vs peer median 13.0xmedian 36.9x
P/S now vs peer median 9.2xmedian 1.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 21.8xmedian 18.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median 31.1xmedian 15.4x
P/B now vs peer median 14.3xmedian 1.1x
PEG now vs peer median 0.17median 0.97

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsWDC
Revenue $14.48B
Gross profit $7.62B
Operating income $5.71B
Net income $10.02B
Free cash flow $4.29B
R&D $1.15B
EPS (diluted) $26.10
Cash & equivalents $1.31B
Total debt $12.58B
Shares (diluted) 384.00M
Enterprise value $123.13B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricWDC
P/E 13.0x
P/FCF 31.1x
P/Operating cash flow 27.4x
P/S 9.2x
P/B 14.3x
P/Tangible book 14.3x
EV/EBITDA 21.8x
EV/EBIT 23.3x
EV/Revenue 9.2x
EV/FCF 31.0x
EV/Operating cash flow 27.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.17

Growth

14 metrics
MetricWDC
Revenue growth (1Y) 43.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 57.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 85.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 126.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) 104.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 85.5%
Net income growth (1Y) 288.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 83.2%
EPS growth (1Y) 286.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 75.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 108.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 88.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 121.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 66.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricWDC
Gross margin 52.6%
EBITDA margin 42.1%
Operating margin 39.4%
Pretax margin 73.2%
Net margin 69.2%
FCF margin 29.6%
Operating cash flow margin 33.6%
Return on equity 110.0%
Return on assets 71.3%
Return on invested capital 53.8%
Return on capital employed 57.3%
Asset turnover 1.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.5x
Stock comp / revenue 1.6%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricWDC
Debt / assets 5.5%
Debt / equity 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA -0.1x
Debt / FCF 0.2x
Liabilities / assets 34.3%
Equity / assets 65.7%
Interest coverage 48.8x
Current ratio 1.4x
Quick ratio 0.9x
Cash ratio 0.3x
Altman Z-score 19.75

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricWDC
Dividend yield 0.2%
Net buyback yield 2.3%
Shareholder yield 2.4%
Payout ratio (earnings) 2.0%
Payout ratio (FCF) 4.6%
Dividend growth (1Y) 151.3%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusWDC
Forward P/E 17.7xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $20.13FY2027
EPS growth, next FY +97.0%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after +69.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year $18.27BFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY +41.4%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after +36.7%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersWDC
Held by institutions 93.7%
Institutions holding 1,845
Change in shares held, QoQ -1.3%
Institutions buying 1,127
Institutions selling 596
Buyers to sellers 1.89

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Frequently Asked Questions

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Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Western Digital (WDC) 0.16%.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.