NTAP vs STX vs WDC Stock Comparison

NetApp, Seagate Technology Holdings and Western Digital Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
NTAP NetApp, Inc.
$222.08 +10.4% 1M +90.4% 1Y
Market cap
$44.98B
P/E
31.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$7.39B
Div. yield
–
Server and Storage Hardware Technology
2 wins
WDC Western Digital Corp
$356.13 -22.0% 1M +175.2% 1Y
Market cap
$139.93B
P/E
14.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$14.48B
Div. yield
0.00%
Server and Storage Hardware Technology
6 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Western Digital leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Western Digital 6, Seagate Technology Holdings 4, NetApp 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionNTAPSTXWDCLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $44.98B $147.30B $139.93B STX
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 31.7x 46.3x 14.0x WDC
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 21.2x 16.7x 14.8x WDC
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +12.2% +34.1% +43.0% WDC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 19.2% 26.1% 69.2% WDC
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 36.7% 66.1% 53.8% STX
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -0.5x 0.4x -0.1x NTAP
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% STX
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +90.4% +175.2% +175.2% STX
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +20.3%/yr +48.9%/yr +53.4%/yr WDC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 44.8% 76.0% 81.2% NTAP
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 56/100 62/100 78/100 WDC

Percentile Scorecard

NTAPSTXWDC

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

AxisNTAPSTXWDC
Valuation 41 #66 of 111 26 #83 of 111 54 #52 of 111
Growth 51 #53 of 108 98 #3 of 108 99 #2 of 108
Profitability 91 #10 of 104 97 #4 of 104 98 #3 of 104
Financial Health 27 #84 of 115 35 #75 of 115 66 #40 of 115
Shareholder Returns 70 #25 of 81 56 #36 of 81 75 #21 of 81
Overall 56 62 78
  • NTAP ranked among 121 companies in Computer Hardware
  • STX ranked among 121 companies in Computer Hardware
  • WDC ranked among 121 companies in Computer Hardware

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodNTAPSTXWDCSPY
1 month +10.4%-29.7%-22.0% -0.8%
3 months +30.8%-21.1%-28.5% +3.5%
6 months +104.8%+8.1%-11.1% +7.0%
Year to date +107.4%+133.9%+106.7% +12.2%
1 year +90.4%+175.2%+175.2% +13.0%
3 years +209.3%+844.6%+1,108.9% +86.3%
3 years, per year +45.7%+111.5%+129.6% +23.1%
5 years +151.3%+631.8%+749.3% +68.6%
5 years, per year +20.3%+48.9%+53.4% +11.0%
10 years +553.2%+1,749.1%+733.6% +258.0%
10 years, per year +20.6%+33.9%+23.6% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureNTAPSTXWDCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 44.8%76.0%81.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 38.8%76.2%82.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.372.523.15 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 2.022.312.16 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -43.5%-58.2%-55.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -7.1%-41.1%-52.3% -1.8%
52-week high $239.18$1,094.04$746.23 $779.14
52-week low $94.11$223.00$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.

MultipleNTAPSTXWDC
P/E now vs peer median 30.7xmedian 32.0x 44.3xmedian 32.0x 13.0xmedian 32.0x
P/S now vs peer median 5.9xmedian 2.8x 12.0xmedian 2.8x 9.2xmedian 2.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 20.9xmedian 19.4x 33.9xmedian 19.4x 21.8xmedian 19.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 26.4xmedian 29.0x 47.1xmedian 29.0x 31.1xmedian 29.0x
P/B now vs peer median 29.1xmedian 2.9x 67.4xmedian 2.9x 14.3xmedian 2.9x
PEG now vs peer median 3.74median 1.13 0.47median 1.13 0.17median 1.13

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 monthsNTAPSTXWDC
Revenue $7.39B $12.20B $14.48B
Gross profit $5.22B $5.56B $7.62B
Operating income $1.85B $4.09B $5.71B
Net income $1.42B $3.18B $10.02B
Free cash flow $1.65B $3.10B $4.29B
R&D $1.02B $755.00M $1.15B
EPS (diluted) $7.09 $13.90 $26.10
Cash & equivalents $1.57B $1.70B $1.31B
Total debt $2.49B $3.57B $12.58B
Shares (diluted) 200.00M 229.00M 384.00M
Enterprise value $27.80B $142.29B $129.75B

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
MetricNTAPSTXWDC
P/E 30.7x 44.3x 13.0x
P/FCF 26.4x 47.1x 31.1x
P/Operating cash flow 22.9x 39.8x 27.4x
P/S 5.9x 12.0x 9.2x
P/B 29.1x 67.4x 14.3x
P/Tangible book 29.9x 67.4x 14.3x
EV/EBITDA 20.9x 33.9x 21.8x
EV/EBIT 23.0x 36.1x 23.3x
EV/Revenue 5.7x 12.1x 9.2x
EV/FCF 25.7x 47.7x 31.0x
EV/Operating cash flow 22.4x 40.3x 27.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 3.74 0.47 0.17

Growth

14 metrics
MetricNTAPSTXWDC
Revenue growth (1Y) 12.2% 34.1% 43.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 6.0% 18.2% 57.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 13.2% 73.7% 85.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 7.9% 60.2% 126.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) 35.6% 116.6% 104.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 25.3% 140.8% 85.5%
Net income growth (1Y) 21.1% 116.7% 288.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 5.5% 100.2% 83.2%
EPS growth (1Y) 22.9% 105.4% 286.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 8.2% 95.2% 75.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 3.2% 239.2% 108.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 14.0% 57.4% 88.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -0.5% 279.3% 121.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 15.5% 70.6% 66.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricNTAPSTXWDC
Gross margin 70.6% 45.6% 52.6%
EBITDA margin 27.5% 35.8% 42.1%
Operating margin 25.0% 33.6% 39.4%
Pretax margin 24.7% 30.3% 73.2%
Net margin 19.2% 26.1% 69.2%
FCF margin 22.3% 25.4% 29.6%
Operating cash flow margin 25.7% 30.1% 33.6%
Return on equity 99.6% 195.2% 110.0%
Return on assets 13.1% 33.8% 71.3%
Return on invested capital 36.7% 66.1% 53.8%
Return on capital employed 29.4% 64.9% 57.3%
Asset turnover 0.7x 1.3x 1.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.3x 1.2x 0.5x
Stock comp / revenue 5.4% 1.7% 1.6%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricNTAPSTXWDC
Debt / assets 22.7% 35.8% 5.5%
Debt / equity 1.7x 1.6x 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA -0.5x 0.4x -0.1x
Debt / FCF 1.5x 1.1x 0.2x
Liabilities / assets 86.4% 78.3% 34.3%
Equity / assets 13.6% 21.7% 65.7%
Interest coverage – 14.4x 48.8x
Current ratio 1.2x 1.7x 1.4x
Quick ratio 1.0x 1.1x 0.9x
Cash ratio 0.8x 0.5x 0.3x
Altman Z-score 4.14 13.23 19.75

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricNTAPSTXWDC
Dividend yield 0.9% 0.5% 0.2%
Net buyback yield 1.7% 0.1% 2.3%
Shareholder yield 2.6% 0.5% 2.4%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 19.9% 2.0%
Payout ratio (FCF) – 20.4% 4.6%
Dividend growth (1Y) – 5.7% 151.3%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 2.9% –

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.

ConsensusNTAPSTXWDC
Forward P/E 21.2xFY2026 16.7xFY2027 14.8xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $10.50FY2026 $38.53FY2027 $24.04FY2027
EPS growth, next FY +29.2%FY2026 +147.3%FY2027 +135.2%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after +8.7% +63.8% +70.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $8.49BFY2026 $19.55BFY2027 $20.04BFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY +22.7%FY2026 +60.2%FY2027 +55.1%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after +8.6% +29.7% +39.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersNTAPSTXWDC
Held by institutions 97.4% 83.8% 93.7%
Institutions holding 959 1,955 1,845
Change in shares held, QoQ -1.0% +1.4% -1.3%
Institutions buying 501 1,207 1,127
Institutions selling 336 590 596
Buyers to sellers 1.49 2.05 1.89

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

NTAPSTXWDC
NTAP 1.00 0.20 0.21
STX 0.20 1.00 0.88
WDC 0.21 0.88 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, NTAP, STX and WDC?

Seagate Technology Holdings (STX) is the largest by market capitalisation: NetApp (NTAP) $44.98B, Seagate Technology Holdings (STX) $147.30B, Western Digital (WDC) $139.93B.

Which stock is cheaper, NTAP, STX and WDC?

Western Digital (WDC) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (NetApp (NTAP) 31.7x, Seagate Technology Holdings (STX) 46.3x, Western Digital (WDC) 14.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, Western Digital (WDC) is cheapest (NetApp (NTAP) 21.2x, Seagate Technology Holdings (STX) 16.7x, Western Digital (WDC) 14.8x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Western Digital (WDC) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: NetApp (NTAP) +12.2%, Seagate Technology Holdings (STX) +34.1%, Western Digital (WDC) +43.0%.

Which company is more profitable?

Western Digital (WDC) has the highest net margin (NetApp (NTAP) 19.2%, Seagate Technology Holdings (STX) 26.1%, Western Digital (WDC) 69.2%). On return on invested capital, Seagate Technology Holdings (STX) leads (NetApp (NTAP) 36.7%, Seagate Technology Holdings (STX) 66.1%, Western Digital (WDC) 53.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Seagate Technology Holdings (STX) returned the most: NetApp (NTAP) +90.4%, Seagate Technology Holdings (STX) +175.2%, Western Digital (WDC) +175.2%. Over five years, Western Digital (WDC) compounded fastest (NetApp (NTAP) +20.3%/yr, Seagate Technology Holdings (STX) +48.9%/yr, Western Digital (WDC) +53.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Seagate Technology Holdings (STX) has the highest dividend yield: NetApp (NTAP) 0.00%, Seagate Technology Holdings (STX) 0.00%, Western Digital (WDC) 0.00%. NetApp (NTAP) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, NetApp (NTAP) has been the steadiest (NetApp (NTAP) 44.8%, Seagate Technology Holdings (STX) 76.0%, Western Digital (WDC) 81.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, NTAP, STX and WDC?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Western Digital (WDC) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

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.