Western Digital (WDC) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)

Western Digital's (WDC) quarterly Tax Rate came in at 4.58% in Q2 2026, up 94783.0% year-on-year from N/an in Q2 2025, and down 25.04% quarter-over-quarter from 6.12% in Q1 2026.

Western Digital (WDC) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Western Digital has disclosed Tax Rate across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 4.58% for Q2 2026.

  • Tax Rate for Q2 2026 came in at 4.58%, up 94783.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 was 7.48% (up 10155.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 45.4%, down 4188.0% from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate came in at 4.58% for Q2 2026 at Western Digital, down from 6.12% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Tax Rate ranged from a high of 321.21% in Q2 2023 to a low of 943.24% in Q1 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Tax Rate is 8.85% (2025), against an average of 23.19%.
  • Across the five-year window, Tax Rate slumped 97658 bps in 2025 and jumped 94783 bps in 2026, its largest moves.
  • Western Digital's Tax Rate stood at 18.37% in 2022, then soared by 41 bps to 10.81% in 2023, then surged by 443 bps to 37.04% in 2024, then plunged by 69 bps to 11.59% in 2025, then slumped by 60 bps to 4.58% in 2026.
  • The last three Tax Rate figures came in at 4.58% (Q2 2026), 6.12% (Q1 2026), and 11.59% (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Tax Rate (Qtr)
1 Dell Technologies 266.21 Bn 254.69 Bn 6.73 Bn 19.29%
2 Sandisk 230.78 Bn 227.04 Bn 4.66 Bn 11.98%
3 Arista Networks 194.03 Bn 181.67 Bn 1.68 Bn 19.55%
4 Seagate Technology Holdings 183.90 Bn 182.75 Bn 1.45 Bn 13.43%
5 Western Digital 175.01 Bn 171.77 Bn 1.68 Bn 4.58%
6 Super Micro Computer 24.90 Bn 23.61 Bn 1.02 Bn 20.77%
7 Everpure 23.71 Bn 22.70 Bn 740.09 Mn 6.76%
8 Hp 23.64 Bn 19.93 Bn 3.02 Bn 8.72%
9 IonQ 20.37 Bn 18.35 Bn 15.41 Mn -0.80%
10 Logitech International 16.58 Bn 14.83 Bn 483.28 Mn 4.26%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Apr 3, 2026 4.58%
Apr 3, 2026 4.58%
Jan 2, 2026 6.12%
Jan 2, 2026 6.12%
Oct 3, 2025 11.59%
Oct 3, 2025 11.59%
Jun 27, 2025 27.38%
Jun 27, 2025 27.38%
Mar 28, 2025 -943.24%
Mar 28, 2025 -943.24%
Sep 27, 2024 37.04%
Sep 27, 2024 37.04%
Jun 28, 2024 -27.46%
Jun 28, 2024 -27.46%
Mar 29, 2024 33.33%
Mar 29, 2024 33.33%
Dec 29, 2023 -10.81%
Dec 29, 2023 -10.81%
Sep 29, 2023 -0.44%
Sep 29, 2023 -0.44%