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Western Digital (WDC) Return on Equity (2016 - 2026)

Western Digital's Return on Equity history spans 18 years, with the latest figure at 0.03% for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, Return on Equity fell 14.0% year-over-year to 0.03%; the TTM value through Jan 2026 reached 0.03%, down 14.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.03%, 3.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Equity for Q1 2026 was 0.03% at Western Digital, down from 0.02% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Equity topped out at 0.15% in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 0.15% in Q3 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Equity is 0.01% (2022), against an average of 0.0%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Equity decreased -23bps in 2023 before it grew 25bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Equity shows it stood at 0.01% in 2022, then tumbled by -1892bps to 0.14% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 170bps to 0.1% in 2024, then crashed by -117bps to 0.02% in 2025, then plummeted by -103bps to 0.03% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for WDC's Return on Equity are 0.03% (Q1 2026), 0.02% (Q4 2025), and 0.05% (Q2 2025).