Western Digital (WDC) Long-Term Investments (2016 - 2024)
Western Digital (WDC) recorded Long-Term Investments of $278 million in fiscal Q2 2025 (quarter ended Dec 27, 2024), down 55.0% from $618 million a year earlier and down 49.3% from the prior quarter.
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Western Digital (WDC) Long-Term Investments (2016 - 2024) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2024 (ended Jun 28, 2024), Western Digital reported Long-Term Investments of $500 million, down 18.8% from FY2023.
- Annual Long-Term Investments has a five-year compound annual growth rate of -4.2% (FY2019 to FY2024).
- Across earlier fiscal years, Long-Term Investments came in at $616 million in FY2023 (+18.2%), $521 million in FY2022 (-16.1%), $621 million in FY2021 (-1.6%) and $631 million in FY2020 (+1.9%).
- The fiscal Q2 2025 figure is the lowest quarterly Long-Term Investments in data going back to fiscal Q4 2016.
- On a year-over-year basis, Long-Term Investments rose in three of the last eight quarters, with an average decline of 4.4%.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Long-Term Investments in the last five years was growth of 18.2% in fiscal Q4 2023, against a decline of 55.0% in fiscal Q2 2025 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three fiscal quarters came in at $548 million (Q1 2025), $500 million (Q4 2024) and $543 million (Q3 2024).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Long-Term Investments (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apple | 4,874.86 Bn | 4,622.35 Bn | 54.77 Bn | 84.12 Bn |
| 2 | Cisco Systems | 442.74 Bn | 378.67 Bn | 11.06 Bn | - |
| 3 | Dell Technologies | 360.03 Bn | 315.78 Bn | 9.83 Bn | 2.70 Bn |
| 4 | Arista Networks | 261.51 Bn | 214.96 Bn | 1.91 Bn | - |
| 5 | Sandisk | 251.12 Bn | 239.64 Bn | 7.58 Bn | 1.78 Bn |
| 6 | Seagate Technology Holdings | 192.54 Bn | 187.54 Bn | 1.90 Bn | - |
| 7 | Western Digital | 149.92 Bn | 138.05 Bn | 2.03 Bn | - |
| 8 | Sony | 146.49 Bn | 96.88 Bn | 6.53 Bn | 2.19 Bn |
| 9 | Lumentum Holdings | 96.17 Bn | 87.98 Bn | 477.30 Mn | - |
| 10 | Hewlett Packard Enterprise | 92.09 Bn | 69.97 Bn | 4.93 Bn | - |
Historic Data
Download Data
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 27, 2024 | 278.00 Mn |
| Sep 27, 2024 | 548.00 Mn |
| Jun 28, 2024 | 500.00 Mn |
| Mar 29, 2024 | 543.00 Mn |
| Dec 29, 2023 | 618.00 Mn |
| Sep 29, 2023 | 490.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 616.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 543.00 Mn |
| Dec 30, 2022 | 542.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 493.00 Mn |
| Jul 1, 2022 | 521.00 Mn |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 570.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 606.00 Mn |
| Oct 1, 2021 | 626.00 Mn |
| Jul 2, 2021 | 621.00 Mn |
| Apr 2, 2021 | 623.00 Mn |
| Jan 1, 2021 | 665.00 Mn |
| Oct 2, 2020 | 647.00 Mn |
| Jul 3, 2020 | 631.00 Mn |
| Apr 3, 2020 | 622.00 Mn |
API Access
Western Digital Long-Term Investments API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=long-term-investments&ticker=WDC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "long-term-investments", "ticker": "WDC", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=long-term-investments&ticker=WDC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();