Western Digital (WDC) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)
Western Digital's Tax Rate was 1.60% in fiscal Q4 2026 (quarter ended Jul 3, 2026), down 25.78 percentage points from 27.38% a year earlier and down 2.98 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Western Digital (WDC) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended Jul 3, 2026), Tax Rate at Western Digital came in at 4.86%, up 50.25 percentage points from FY2025.
- Tax Rate shows a five-year change of -6.58 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In earlier fiscal years, Tax Rate was -45.40% in FY2025 (-41.88 pp), -3.52% in FY2024 (+2.72 pp), -6.24% in FY2023 (-35.03 pp) and 28.79% in FY2022 (+17.35 pp).
- The fiscal Q4 2026 figure marks the lowest quarterly Tax Rate since fiscal Q3 2025.
- Compared with a year earlier, Tax Rate was higher in three of the last six quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +2.06 percentage points.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Tax Rate over five years was fiscal Q1 2022 (a gain of 1913.35 percentage points); the worst was fiscal Q3 2025 (a drop of 976.58 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, WDC's Tax Rate in the three fiscal quarters before Q4 2026 was 4.58% (Q3 2026), 6.12% (Q2 2026) and 11.59% (Q1 2026).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apple | 4,874.86 Bn | 4,622.35 Bn | 54.77 Bn | 17.86% |
| 2 | Cisco Systems | 442.74 Bn | 378.67 Bn | 11.06 Bn | 21.77% |
| 3 | Dell Technologies | 360.03 Bn | 315.78 Bn | 9.83 Bn | 19.45% |
| 4 | Arista Networks | 261.51 Bn | 214.96 Bn | 1.91 Bn | 19.37% |
| 5 | Sandisk | 251.12 Bn | 239.64 Bn | 7.58 Bn | 12.05% |
| 6 | Seagate Technology Holdings | 192.54 Bn | 187.54 Bn | 1.90 Bn | 14.02% |
| 7 | Western Digital | 149.92 Bn | 138.05 Bn | 2.03 Bn | 1.60% |
| 8 | Sony | 146.49 Bn | 96.88 Bn | 6.53 Bn | 26.70% |
| 9 | Lumentum Holdings | 96.17 Bn | 87.98 Bn | 477.30 Mn | - |
| 10 | Hewlett Packard Enterprise | 92.09 Bn | 69.97 Bn | 4.93 Bn | 12.60% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 3, 2026 | 1.60% |
| Apr 3, 2026 | 4.58% |
| Jan 2, 2026 | 6.12% |
| Oct 3, 2025 | 11.59% |
| Jun 27, 2025 | 27.38% |
| Sep 27, 2024 | 37.04% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 67.86% |
| Jul 1, 2022 | 37.92% |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 90.46% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 12.69% |
| Oct 1, 2021 | 13.35% |
| Apr 2, 2021 | 20.88% |
| Jan 1, 2021 | 27.06% |
| Jul 3, 2020 | 20.00% |
| Apr 3, 2020 | 63.04% |
| Dec 28, 2018 | 701.23% |
| Sep 28, 2018 | 12.35% |
| Dec 29, 2017 | 206.33% |
| Sep 29, 2017 | 4.08% |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 32.53% |
API Access
Western Digital Tax Rate API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=tax-rate&ticker=WDC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "tax-rate", "ticker": "WDC", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=tax-rate&ticker=WDC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();