Growth Metrics

Western Digital (WDC) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2025)

Western Digital recorded annual Operating Expenses of $1.4 billion in FY2025, down 37.59% year-over-year from $2.2 billion in FY2024.

Western Digital's Operating Expenses history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $1.4 billion for FY2025.

  • In Q2 2026, Operating Expenses rose 219.74% year-over-year to $486.0 million; the TTM figure through Apr 2026 stood at $1.8 billion (up 1.19% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $1.4 billion, down 37.59% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses came in at $1.4 billion for FY2025 at Western Digital, down from $2.2 billion in the prior year.
  • In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $3.5 billion in FY2022 to a low of $1.4 billion in FY2025.
  • A 5-year average of $2.5 billion and a median of $2.2 billion in 2024 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
  • Across the five-year window, Operating Expenses sank 44.33% in 2023 and gained 12.22% in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Western Digital's Operating Expenses stood at $3.3 billion in 2021, then rose by 5.51% to $3.5 billion in 2022, then slumped by 44.33% to $1.9 billion in 2023, then gained by 12.22% to $2.2 billion in 2024, then plunged by 37.59% to $1.4 billion in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, Operating Expenses over the past three periods registered $1.4 billion, $2.2 billion, and $1.9 billion for FY2025, FY2024, and FY2023 respectively.

Peer Comparison

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5 Western Digital 181.67 Bn 178.44 Bn 1.68 Bn -
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Historic Data

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Jun 27, 2025 1.36 Bn
Jun 28, 2024 2.18 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 1.94 Bn
Jul 1, 2022 3.48 Bn
Jul 2, 2021 3.30 Bn
Jul 3, 2020 3.45 Bn
Jun 28, 2019 3.67 Bn
Jun 29, 2018 4.09 Bn
Jun 30, 2017 4.12 Bn
Jul 1, 2016 2.97 Bn
Jul 3, 2015 2.61 Bn
Jun 27, 2014 2.57 Bn
Jun 28, 2013 3.10 Bn
Jun 29, 2012 1.87 Bn
Jul 1, 2011 1.01 Bn
Jul 2, 2010 876.00 Mn
Jul 3, 2009 818.00 Mn