Western Digital (WDC) Payout Ratio (2013 - 2026)

Western Digital's (WDC) quarterly Payout Ratio came in at 0.02 in Q3 2026, down 89.17% year-over-year from 0.16 in Q3 2025, and up 25.97% quarter-over-quarter from 0.01 in Q2 2026.

Analysis

Western Digital (WDC) Payout Ratio (2013 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Western Digital has disclosed Payout Ratio across 11 years of filings, most recently posting 0.02 for Q3 2026.

In Q3 2026, Payout Ratio fell 89.17% year-over-year to 0.02; the TTM figure through Jul 2026 stood at 0.02 (down 21.78% YoY), while the FY2026 annual figure was 0.02, down 20.73% from the prior year.
Payout Ratio came in at 0.02 for Q3 2026 at Western Digital, up from 0.01 in the prior quarter.
In the past five years, Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 0.16 in Q2 2025 to a low of 0.01 in Q2 2026.

Peer Set

Peer Comparison

All peers

#	Company	Market Cap	Enterprise Value	Gross Profit (Qtr)
1	Apple	4,923.51 Bn	4,861.11 Bn	54.77 Bn
2	Cisco Systems	419.97 Bn	404.45 Bn	11.06 Bn
3	Dell Technologies	351.63 Bn	340.06 Bn	9.83 Bn
4	Sandisk	265.22 Bn	260.46 Bn	7.58 Bn
5	Arista Networks	256.62 Bn	243.27 Bn	1.91 Bn
6	Seagate Technology Holdings	209.52 Bn	207.82 Bn	1.90 Bn
7	Western Digital	171.00 Bn	169.42 Bn	2.03 Bn
8	Sony	142.68 Bn	123.26 Bn	6.53 Bn
9	Lumentum Holdings	83.02 Bn	80.28 Bn	477.30 Mn
10	Hewlett Packard Enterprise	82.82 Bn	76.61 Bn	4.93 Bn

Historic Data

Download Data

Date	Value
Jul 3, 2026	0.02
Apr 3, 2026	0.03
Jan 2, 2026	0.03
Oct 3, 2025	0.03
Jun 27, 2025	0.02
Apr 2, 2021	0.43
Jan 1, 2021	1.79
Mar 29, 2019	2.95
Dec 28, 2018	0.70
Sep 28, 2018	1.18
Jun 29, 2018	0.88
Mar 30, 2018	2.96
Dec 29, 2017	1.52
Sep 29, 2017	0.40
Jun 30, 2017	1.45
Jul 1, 2016	1.92
Apr 1, 2016	0.56
Jan 1, 2016	0.39
Oct 2, 2015	0.32
Jul 3, 2015	0.27

API Access

Western Digital Payout Ratio 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=payout-ratio&ticker=WDC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY

import requests

url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "payout-ratio", "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=payout-ratio&ticker=WDC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();

API documentation

Western Digital (WDC) Payout Ratio (2013 - 2026)