Growth Metrics

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

Western Digital's Return on Sales history spans 18 years, with the latest figure at 0.02% for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, Return on Sales fell 7.0% year-over-year to 0.02%; the TTM value through Jan 2026 reached 0.02%, down 16.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.03%, 3.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales for Q1 2026 was 0.02% at Western Digital, down from 0.01% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Sales topped out at 0.26% in Q1 2024 and bottomed at 0.57% in Q3 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Sales is 0.0% (2022), against an average of 0.04%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Sales tumbled -58bps in 2023 before it surged 73bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Sales shows it stood at 0.14% in 2022, then tumbled by -48bps to 0.21% in 2023, then surged by 125bps to 0.05% in 2024, then plummeted by -117bps to 0.01% in 2025, then tumbled by -123bps to 0.02% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for WDC's Return on Sales are 0.02% (Q1 2026), 0.01% (Q4 2025), and 0.01% (Q2 2025).