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

Western Digital's Return on Invested Capital history spans 18 years, with the latest figure at 0.31% for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, Return on Invested Capital rose 23.0% year-over-year to 0.31%; the TTM value through Jan 2026 reached 0.31%, up 23.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.24%, 26.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital for Q1 2026 was 0.31% at Western Digital, down from 0.35% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 0.35% in Q4 2025 and bottomed at 0.07% in Q3 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Invested Capital is 0.04% (2024), against an average of 0.08%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Invested Capital fell -14bps in 2023 before it skyrocketed 34bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.01% in 2022, then plummeted by -648bps to 0.06% in 2023, then surged by 219bps to 0.08% in 2024, then soared by 361bps to 0.35% in 2025, then dropped by -13bps to 0.31% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for WDC's Return on Invested Capital are 0.31% (Q1 2026), 0.35% (Q4 2025), and 0.32% (Q2 2025).