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Western Digital (WDC) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Western Digital's Return on Capital Employed history spans 15 years, with the latest figure at 0.34% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed rose 31.0% year-over-year to 0.34%; the TTM value through Oct 2025 reached 0.34%, up 31.0%, while the annual FY2024 figure was 0.02%, 1.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 was 0.34% at Western Digital, up from 0.14% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 0.34% in Q4 2025 and bottomed at 0.07% in Q3 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 0.04% (2021), against an average of 0.06%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Capital Employed fell -14bps in 2023 before it soared 31bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 0.12% in 2021, then crashed by -71bps to 0.03% in 2022, then tumbled by -304bps to 0.07% in 2023, then soared by 211bps to 0.08% in 2024, then soared by 340bps to 0.34% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for WDC's Return on Capital Employed are 0.34% (Q4 2025), 0.14% (Q1 2025), and 0.08% (Q4 2024).