Western Digital (WDC) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026)

Western Digital has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 33.39% for Q2 2026.

• Return on Capital Employed for Q2 2026 came in at 33.39%, up 2346.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 was 33.39% (up 2346.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 17.07%, up 1927.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed came in at 33.39% for Q2 2026 at Western Digital, up from 32.01% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 33.39% in Q2 2026 to a low of 7.04% in Q3 2023.
• The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 4.4% (2024), against an average of 8.61%.
• Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed plunged 1548 bps in 2023 and surged 3031 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
• Western Digital's Return on Capital Employed stood at 3.45% in 2022, then slumped by 277 bps to 6.11% in 2023, then surged by 172 bps to 4.4% in 2024, then surged by 605 bps to 31.0% in 2025, then increased by 8 bps to 33.39% in 2026.
• The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 33.39% (Q2 2026), 32.01% (Q1 2026), and 31.0% (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.